A nurse has been found guilty of sexually assaulting an 85-year-old woman whom he had cared for after she suffered a fall. Steven Hicks, 60, was convicted of attacking the
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The sister of a two-year-old boy who was found dead alongside his father in Lincolnshire has said police and social services “did what they could” and are not to blame.
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Four staff members at a specialist hospital unit who were exposed by an undercover BBC Panorama documentary mistreating vulnerable patients have narrowly escaped jail. Whorlton Hall, a 17-bed independent unit
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Four people found dead at a house near Norwich were two young girls, a man and a woman – who were all believed to be family members, police said. Norfolk
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The first Sunday in March will be marked with a UK-wide day of reflection as people remember all those who died during the pandemic. March 3 will be the first
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Safeguards to protect tenants in social housing from damp and mould in the wake of the death of a two-year-old child should be considered for the private rented sector too,
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Parents of long-term sick children in hospital are to be consulted on proposals which could see them receive financial support. The Government has committed to establishing a stakeholder forum of
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A young woman who repeatedly stabbed her alcoholic mother to death after being told to “get a life” has been jailed for nine years. Hanaa Bennis, 22, cried as Old
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Increasing poverty is the cause of greatest concern to health visitors according to research, which found the vast majority reported a rise in the number of families affected by the
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The Home Office has been reprimanded by the statistics watchdog after the Government was accused of lying about clearing part of the asylum backlog. UK Statistics Authority chairman Sir Robert
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