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New 1,500-place prison opens amid bid to tackle jail overcrowding

Brothers jailed for rape and sexually abusing teenagers in Rotherham

New 1,500-place prison opens amid bid to tackle jail overcrowding

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Brothers jailed for rape and sexually abusing teenagers in Rotherham

Two brothers who raped girls in Rotherham almost two decades ago have been jailed for 17 and 14 years respectively....

New 1,500-place prison opens amid bid to tackle jail overcrowding

‘Extremely dangerous misfit’ jailed for minimum of 39 years for beach attack

Government accused of failing patients as spending on mental health to fall next year

New record high number of children in poverty branded ‘source of national shame’

Disabled father says welfare reforms have prompted fear amid lack of clarity

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Engage: Managing your service in line with the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care

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I work with abuse survivors in Rotherham – the current discussion about grooming gangs risks retraumatising them

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