Visits to a children’s hospital by therapy dogs have helped reduce anxiety among young patients awaiting medical tests, investigations and examinations, according to a new study. Southampton Children’s Hospital is
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Three dealers who recruited vulnerable teenagers to act as couriers to run drugs to coastal communities have been jailed for a total of 12-and-a-half years for offences of modern slavery
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There could be thousands more paedophiles in the UK than previously estimated, the head of the National Crime Agency has said. Speaking at the launch of the NCA’s annual national
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The mother of a sister and brother sexually groomed and abused online has said web companies should be made to pay victims compensation, an inquiry has heard. The woman, who
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The man known as Nick – who is accused of lying when he claimed he witnessed child murders and was sexually abused by a VIP Westminster paedophile ring – fled
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Middle-age mortality rates have risen as “deaths of despair” from suicide, drug and alcohol overdoses, and drink-related liver disease increase, according to a new study into inequality. Deaths of despair
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The Prince of Wales paid tribute to his sons’ mental health charity work and acknowledged the “challenges of the future”, as he marked the centenary of a veterans’ charity. Speaking
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ITV has been urged to end broadcasts of the Jeremy Kyle Show for good after the apparent suicide of a man who failed a lie-detector test on the programme. The
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The prison service has been accused of “systemic failure” after an inspection found a jail’s performance had worsened despite being placed in “special measures”. Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke
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The parents of a baby who suffered broken ribs before being smothered have been found guilty of causing or allowing his death. Stafford Crown Court was told two-month-old Tyler Morgan
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