Doctors have been given the go-ahead by a judge in a specialist court to perform a caesarean section on a mentally-ill woman. Mrs Justice Gwynneth Knowles also granted medics permission
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Dozens of people facing deportation from the UK this week have had their removal put on hold after the High Court temporarily blocked a controversial Home Office policy. Campaign group
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The family of a British Army captain who plunged to her death from a viaduct 46 seconds after her handcuffs were removed say they are suing police. Relatives of Janice
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A blind 98-year-old Second World War veteran who became embroiled in a High Court battle because he wanted to leave a care facility is back at home, a judge has
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Two hospitals have apologised for not telling a woman she had terminal cancer until a week before she died. Beverley Smith, 63, from Truro, Cornwall, died in July last year
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Thousands of dying people are spending their last days being rushed to and from hospital, figures show. More than 26,000 people in England had three or more trips to A&E
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Former Liberal leader Lord Steel has denied “hiding his head in the sand” over child abuse allegations against former Rochdale MP Sir Cyril Smith. Lord Steel said he asked the
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Anti-poverty groups have condemned Chancellor Philip Hammond for not ending the benefits freeze early. Mr Hammond used his Spring Statement to make clear that the controversial measure would continue, but
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Actress Tina Malone’s lawyers said she was “very happy” to be going home after she avoided jail for sharing a Facebook post said to unmask James Bulger killer Jon Venables.
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Boris Johnson has been urged to apologise to victims of child abuse after claiming millions of pounds of police funding is being “spaffed up the wall” investigating historic allegations. The
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