A 16-year-old boy raped and attempted to murder a 10-year-old girl as she walked home from school, leaving her lying unconscious in a stream, a court heard. The defendant, who
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Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to use next month’s Spring Statement to deliver a “rescue package” for millions of low-income families left worse off by successive waves of benefit
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Hospital admissions for vitamin D deficiency and rickets have risen by a third in just one year, figures show. The NHS Digital data, analysed by the Press Association, shows that
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More than a hundred thousand people with dementia are being urged to take part in pioneering research studies as part of plans to make England the best country in the
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Two people with learning disabilities lack the ability to make decisions about the use of social media, a judge in a specialist court has concluded. Mr Justice Cobb decided that
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The cost of a prescription in England is to rise to £9, the Government has announced. The move will mean an extra 20 pence is added to the current price
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Almost one in five disabled workers have had a job offer withdrawn because of their health condition, a study suggests. Research by the disability charity Leonard Cheshire indicated that most
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Doctors in England will no longer charge patients with mental health problems for paperwork they need to get debt support. Money saving expert Martin Lewis, who launched a campaign against
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Changes to council funding rules in England proposed by the Government will shift money from deprived to rich areas, an economic think tank has warned. Ministers’ plans to base assessments
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Council spending on care for child asylum-seekers has almost doubled in four years, according to the Local Government Association. It said figures show councils in England spent £152.4 million in
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