Campaigners have called on ministers and senior members of the judiciary to take action over concerns some family court judges hold “outdated views” on domestic abuse and sexual violence. A
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A 19-year-old man has admitted raping and murdering a promising student who gave him a place to stay when he was too drunk to go home. Megan Newton, 18, was
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Relatives of vulnerable patients allegedly abused in hospital in Northern Ireland have urged the health minister to call a public inquiry. Police suspect 1,500 criminal assaults over a number of
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A widow who is in the end stages of dementia and has chronic renal failure should not be forced to undergo kidney dialysis sessions, a judge in a specialist court
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Prosecutors may have pressed ahead with assault charges against Caroline Flack due to high public concern around domestic violence, lawyers have said. Questions have been raised over whether the case
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One of the victims of paedophile monk Peter Turner has said the abuse he suffered at his hands is just as likely to kill him as disease or old age.
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Carers who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed overnight are ready to work and should be paid minimum wage for their whole shift, Supreme Court
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A former monk at a Catholic boarding school who continued to abuse young boys after confessing to having sexual contact with a pupil has been jailed for more than 20
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The former head of a charity for the disabled has been jailed for five years for defrauding the charity’s pension fund of £256,000 to buy a holiday home in France
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A GP convicted of 90 sex offences against 24 female patients was branded a “master of deception” as he was handed three life sentences. Manish Shah, who will serve at
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