A council worker who stole more than £260,000 meant for care homes has been jailed for four years. Grandmother Karen Kavanagh, 60, took the money over a period of almost
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A judge has approved a care plan which will allow a man with learning disabilities to meet “friends” he has found in gay chat rooms. Mr Justice Cobb has ruled
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A London council which hit the headlines after two children died has come under fire from a High Court judge over the way social workers handled a case involving a
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A 17-year-old boy has been charged with 16 sexual offences following allegations of abuse at a nursery in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police launched an inquiry after receiving information relating
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A psychologist who briefly worked with convicted fantasist Carl Beech is suing the Mail on Sunday over “serious defamatory allegations” that she “gave legitimacy” to his false claims of a
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A people-smuggler has admitted killing 39 migrants who were found dead in the back of a refrigerated truck. The bodies of the Vietnamese nationals were discovered by emergency services at
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Care home bosses must make sure an elderly resident who cannot have visits because of the coronavirus crisis has “effective communication” with relatives, a judge has said. Mr Justice Hayden
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Alex Salmond has vowed evidence of a plot to discredit him will “see the light of day” after he was acquitted of a string of sexual offences, including attempted rape.
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Safety checks carried out by probation officers at a rehabilitation service to see if offenders pose a danger to the public are “consistently poor”, according to a watchdog. “Major improvements”
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The number of domestic abuse victims from minority communities including disabled people is increasing, new figures suggest, but charities and families say more work is needed to help sufferers come
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