The councillor behind a campaign about the dangers of young women drinking has hit back at claims it is “thunderingly offensive” and that it takes Britain back 60 years. Sunderland
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The foster parents of the Parsons Green Tube bomber say they feel “betrayed” by his actions – and claim they were never warned that he had admitted being “trained to
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A coroner has berated a murderer father after he accused an inquest into his daughter’s death of being corrupt. Ben Butler, who beat six-year-old Ellie Butler to death at their
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A “devious” teenager is facing years in jail for the Parsons Green Tube bombing which injured 51 passengers. Iraqi asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan, 18, plotted to cause carnage in central
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A High Court judge has condemned a council as a result of “dreadful failures” in the handling of children in its care. Mr Justice Keehan said he had decided to
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Ministers have been urged to allow child refugees to sponsor their close families members to join them in the UK. The SNP’s Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) wants
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Ministers have announced a review of school exclusions, amid concerns that some youngsters are more likely to be taken out of classrooms than others. Education Secretary Damian Hinds argued that
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A report by Bristol Safeguarding Children Board has found the murder of Becky Watts could not have been predicted or prevented. The 33-page review detailed how Becky’s mother Tanya Watts
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A petition calling for answers on why James Bulger’s killer was free to commit more offences will be debated in Parliament. James’s mother Denise Fergus welcomed the decision to debate
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Bosses at a council condemned by a High Court judge over the handing of children in care say they deeply regret “past failings”. Herefordshire Council says it has “changed its
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