Children going hungry as free school meals not offered to low-income families
Children are going hungry as free school meals are not offered to many whose parents are on a low income, a new study suggests. A report for the Child Poverty
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Thousands of NHS breast cancer patients eligible for new drug combination
Thousands of breast cancer patients could benefit from a new drug combination on the NHS, health officials have said. The use of the medication -abemaciclib and fulvestrant – has been
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Judge to consider if husband can maintain intimate relationship with vulnerable wife
A judge in a specialist court might have to decide whether a man can keep making love to his wife of more than 20 years. The woman has learning difficulties,
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Hospitals Trust apologise to family of new mother who died from heart condition
A woman who died from an undiagnosed heart condition four days after giving birth could have been saved if her condition had been spotted and treated earlier, a hospital has
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English authorities hope to follow Scottish success in tackling knife crime
Police chiefs in England are aiming to copy Scottish success in using a public health approach to reduce knife crime. Action taken north of the border, where Glasgow was once
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Abused pensioner who beat wheelchair-bound husband to death cleared of murder
A “frail” 73-year-old woman who beat her wheelchair-bound husband to death with a wooden pole after suffering years of abuse has been cleared of murder. Packiam Ramanathan went into a
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Health bosses to analyse records of child deaths with world-first database
The NHS is to launch the world’s first database charting child deaths in an effort to stop under-18s dying from preventable causes. The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD), funded by
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Charity reports rise in number of adults seeking help over alcoholic parents
The number of adults seeking a charity’s help in dealing with an alcoholic parent has tripled over five years. The National Association for the Children of Alcoholics (NACOA) last year
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Manchester father who violently shook baby son to death jailed for 15 years
A father who violently shook his four-month-old son to death has been jailed for a total of 15 years. Sam Gildea, 30, of Partington, Greater Manchester, admitted the manslaughter of
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Barrister calls for child abuse inquiry to clear former MP of ‘heinous allegations’
Former Conservative MP Harvey Proctor must be cleared by a public inquiry of “heinous allegations” of involvement in historical child sex abuse at Westminster, his barrister has said. Adam Wagner,
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