Mentally ill mother who threw 18-month-old from flats detained in hospital indefinitely
A mother who was convinced by voices in her head to throw her 18-month-old son from the sixth floor of a block of flats to his death has been given
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Decade high half a million patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment
The number of patients waiting longer than the recommended 18 weeks to start planned NHS hospital treatment has reached the highest number in almost a decade by exceeding half a
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Student jailed for killing autistic teen over ‘pathetic’ Whatsapp row
A gifted student who stabbed an autistic teenager to death over a “pathetic” row on social media has been jailed for 21 years. Paul Akinnuoye, 20, from Tunbridge Wells in
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Judges to decide if brain-damaged woman should be seperated from only surviving child
Judges in a specialist court have been asked to decide whether a woman who suffered brain damage in a car crash which left her husband and two eldest children dead
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NHS Trust steps up outreach work to help manage distress triggered by Grenfell fire
The Grenfell Tower fire is bringing stressful past life events flooding back to people, and those not directly affected by the tragedy should not feel ashamed to seek help. Emma
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Women caught up in cycle of offending due to chronic lack of housing support
A chronic shortage of housing support for women released from custody is driving them back to prison, a report claims. Arrangements are often made at the last-minute, with some women
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Oxfam GB banned from Haiti over sexual misconduct scandal
Haiti’s government has withdrawn Oxfam GB’s right to work in the country after allegations of sexual misconduct by the charity’s staff. Oxfam was plunged into crisis in February when it
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Police force fined £80,000 over email data breach identifying child abuse victims
A police force has been fined £80,000 after an officer sent a bulk email identifying victims of non-recent child abuse. The email was sent to 56 recipients by an officer
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NHS to recruit thousands more foreign doctors and nurses after lifting visa cap
The NHS is to be able to recruit thousands more medical staff from abroad, after the Government announced a relaxation on visas. Doctors and nurses are to be excluded from
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Peer calls for ID cards to avoid Windrush-style scandal following Brexit
Issuing identity cards would help avert a larger Windrush-style scandal post-Brexit, ministers have been told. Leading academic Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve argued of the need for “robust identification documents”, demonstrating
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