Campaigners have welcomed the removal of “outrageous” references to homeless people smelling as part of new legislation but said rough sleepers remain at risk of being criminalised for having nowhere
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A health minister has apologised after a new report concluded that poor care in maternity services is “frequently tolerated as normal”. The parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma is calling for
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A Hunger Games-obsessed ex-prisoner has been locked up indefinitely for the “senseless” killing of an elderly mobility scooter rider five days after his release. Lee Byer (pictured) was psychotic when
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Sir Keir Starmer declined to commit to “stopping the boats” as he set out his party’s plans to tackle cross-Channel migration. The Labour leader said crossings needed to be reduced
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Patients are being forced to play “pharmacy bingo” – travelling from shop to shop to find their treatments – amid a rise in medicine supply shortages, experts have warned. Health
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Cases of whooping cough could reach a 40-year high in 2024, experts have warned amid a rapid rise in cases. The number of cases of whooping cough in England was
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A nursery nurse has denied she “persecuted” a baby girl whom she allegedly unlawfully killed by ill-treatment. Kate Roughley, 37, found nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan unresponsive and blue while she was
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A Conservative MP has instructed his staff to no longer deal with asylum cases, saying he wants to prioritise his “limited resources”. Marco Longhi faced shouts of “resign” and “shameful”
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Most of the unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who went missing on the Government’s watch, and are still missing, are now 18, a Home Office minister has said. Lord Sharpe of Epsom
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The Metropolitan Police has reported an increase in responses to urgent robbery calls six months into its Right Care, Right Person scheme. The initiative, a partnership with the NHS, introduced
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