Around 150 residents of a retirement complex have been evacuated from their homes after the building was ravaged by fire, police said. Firefighters in Crewe have been battling through the
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A hospital visitor inadvertently gave staff a cake laced with cannabis as a thank you for their care, a health trust has said. The gift was taken into Warrington Hospital
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A nurse who was re-arrested on suspicion of the murders of eight babies at a hospital neo-natal unit has been released on bail, police have said. Lucy Letby, 29, was
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A nurse has been re-arrested on suspicion of the murders of eight babies at a hospital neo-natal unit. Lucy Letby, 28, was initially arrested last July on suspicion of the
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A man who set fire to a school and stalked teachers as part of a crusade against alleged child abuse has been jailed. Philip Day was sentenced at Chester Crown
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A children’s home worker has been found guilty of 19 sexual offences against boys. Bruce McLean (pictured) was convicted by majority verdicts at Chester Crown Court on 19 counts of
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A paedophile who was suspected of child grooming offences joined the police force to target vulnerable victims and went on to rape a 13-year-old girl. “Selfish and cruel” police constable
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A children’s home worker accused of sexually assaulting boys in his care used his connections with Manchester United to “buy a form of silence” from his victims, a court has
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A police officer accused of the rape of a teenage girl had ambitions of working in a unit dealing with vulnerable youngsters, a court has heard. Cheshire Police constable Ian
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Detectives have been searching a nurse’s home after a healthcare worker was held on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of another six at a
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