A judge in the specialist Court of Protection has ruled, without analysing evidence at a hearing, that a woman in a permanent vegetative state should be allowed to die. Mr
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The hiring of a private company employed to perform various back-office tasks for the NHS in England “was a shambles”, MPs have said. In a scathing report on NHS England’s
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Hundreds of new mental health workers will be trained up and introduced to schools from next year to help boost young people’s wellbeing. Seven universities and colleges will offer education
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Church intentions to discipline bishop Peter Ball “fizzled out” because officials thought he was a “sick man” who was going to retire, former archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has said.
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Seven courts in England will be closed to save cash, the Justice Secretary has announced. Plans to shut down Cambridge Magistrates’ Court were withdrawn after a public consultation. But Banbury
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A “Snapchat queen” who posted a video of her boyfriend dying in a pool of blood has been found guilty of orchestrating his killing. Fatima Khan (pictured), 20, plotted with
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Detention of vulnerable women at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre will end in a pilot scheme announced by Home Secretary Sajid Javid. The announcement of the trial to MPs comes
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Social workers are on high alert to check on people having difficulties in the heat, council leaders said. But the Local Government Association (LGA) also urged the public to check
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Terrorism watchdog Max Hill QC has pledged to “restore public trust in the Crown Prosecution Service” after being announced as the new Director of Public Prosecutions. Mr Hill will replace
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A troubled county council has issued a second order to confine spending to “only the most essential services” amid fears that its budget shortfall could reach £70 million this year.
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