Teenager jailed for life for murdering youth mentor in knife attack
A teenager has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years after being found guilty of murdering a youth mentor in a knife attack. Hamed Hussein, 19,
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City council slammed over ‘substantial failures’ in case involving three children
A judge has raised concern about a council’s handling of a case involving three children with links to Bermuda who have been in temporary foster care for more than 20
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Parents launch £500,000 appeal to find lifesaving treatment for five-year-old
The parents of a brave five-year-old boy whose leukaemia has returned despite a stem cell transplant are pleading for help to raise £500,0000 for lifesaving treatment. Oscar Saxelby-Lee (pictured) underwent
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Rees-Mogg apologises after comparing doctor with disgraced anti-vaxxer
Jacob Rees-Mogg has been criticised by England’s chief medical officer for comparing a doctor he clashed with over no-deal Brexit contingency planning to disgraced anti-vaxxer Andrew Wakefield. In a torrid
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MPs condemn Rees-Mogg’s ‘disgusting’ comments about pro-remain doctor
Jacob Rees-Mogg has been criticised by MPs for comparing a pro-Remain doctor to the discredited Andrew Wakefield, who is widely blamed for the scare over the MMR jab. On Monday,
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Woman allegedly conceived by rape wants DNA test to prosecute father
A woman who claims she was conceived by rape wants her father brought to justice in a victimless prosecution by using her own DNA as key evidence. The complainant has
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Mother jailed for life for murdering daughters who ‘got in the way’ of sex life
A mother who murdered her two young daughters after they “got in the way” of her sex life has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years.
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Disabled man ‘forcibly removed from home’ launches new court appeal
A disabled man who says a High Court judge acted unlawfully when he gave medics permission to take him from home to hospital and authorised the use of force has
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Safeguarding needs to be ‘number one priority’ in Catholic Church
The Catholic Church needs to make child safeguarding a number one priority, the secretary to the sex abuse inquiry has said. Gaps remain in the Archdiocese of Birmingham’s approach to
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Inquiry finds children could have been saved from sexual abuse by Archdiocese
Children could have been saved from sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Birmingham if the Catholic church had not been so determined to protect its reputation, a damning report has
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