Scotland’s First Minister has insisted due process must be respected after her predecessor appeared in court on a series of sexual assault charges. Alex Salmond pleaded not guilty on Thursday
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The availability of secure accommodation for vulnerable children in England and Wales is in crisis, a senior judge has said. Lord Justice Baker said the “significant shortfall in the availability
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A man with a history of mental illness killed three elderly men hours apart because of a deluded belief they were part of a paedophile ring, a court has heard.
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A head teacher has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after making and publishing depraved child abuse images. Daniel Chapman, 31, portrayed himself as the “safeguarding champion” of a school while
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Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond is due to appear in court on a series of sexual assault and attempted rape charges. The preliminary hearing is to take place at
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Two doctors whose six-year-old daughter died while at the centre of a High Court life support treatment dispute have criticised specialists and hospital bosses involved. They say they are making
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The criminal justice system will receive an extra £15 million to speed up prosecutions for rape if the Conservatives win the General Election, the party has pledged. The package of
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A woman who was jailed after jurors concluded that she had fractured her baby son’s skull had already been cleared by a senior judge who analysed the case in separate
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A terminally ill motor neurone disease sufferer has vowed to continue his legal fight against the “blanket ban” on assisted dying after High Court judges rejected his case. Phil Newby,
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A woman who was not told her father had a fatal progressive condition would not have had a child if she had known she could pass on the disease, the
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