A police force has made history by issuing a protection order for their first identified male victim of forced marriage. South Yorkshire Police described the move as a “huge step
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A prisoner serving 17 years for rape has had his sentence extended after he trapped a female guard in his cell and attacked her. Liam McCarthy, 28, grabbed the woman’s
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A hospital where patients were left waiting on trolleys and delays were “manipulated” to make them appear less frequent has been told it must improve. Inspectors from health watchdog the
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Care workers are launching a series of strikes in protest at plans to cut their pay or change shifts. Around 120 members of Unison employed by Sirona at care homes
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Twenty million pounds is to be pumped into projects that tackle the “profound and devastating impact” of loneliness, Theresa May has said. The funding for community projects and charities that
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A new expert panel of clinicians is to be established to give swift advice on the prescription of cannabis-based medicines to individual patients, the Government has said. The announcement follows
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A woman who murdered her step-grandfather on Christmas Day by beating him with his own walking stick and stabbing him more than 120 times has been told she will serve
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A “senseless” benefits test is costing the NHS almost £8 million a year as a result of extra GP appointments or attendance at A&E, a charity has claimed. The MS
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A multi-billion pound increase in NHS funding will “go down the drain” unless action is taken on social care, a leading medic has warned. Labour peer Lord Turnberg, a former
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The leader of one of the country’s biggest trade unions has called on the Prime Minister to fund the NHS properly or call a general election. Dave Prentis, general secretary
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