A police officer has been cleared of misconduct over the death of a 20-year-old who was restrained in an “unorthodox” way on a shop floor. Rashan Charles died in July
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A GP who secretly took thousands of videos and images of female patients during appointments was told he had breached their trust as he was jailed for 14 months. One
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Children with disabilities face discrimination under equality laws which allow schools to exclude them for “challenging behaviour”, a judge has ruled. Judge Alison Rowley, sitting in the Upper Tribunal, said
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Detectives have charged 31 people with offences including rape and trafficking after an investigation into sexual offences against children in the Huddersfield area. West Yorkshire Police said the five alleged
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A campaign group’s legal challenge to the Scottish Government’s move to allow pregnant women to take abortion-inducing medication at home has been rejected by a judge. The Society for the
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A young schoolgirl was battered to death with a table leg by her “mentally ill” great-uncle just hours after a hospital crisis team said it could not help him because
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Former Celtic Football Club youth coach Jim McCafferty has been jailed after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a teenager in what a court heard he had regarded as a “bit
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A paediatrician convicted of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of six-year-old Jack Adcock said she was “very pleased” after winning her bid to be reinstated to the medical register.
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Black cab rapist John Worboys has reportedly been questioned by police over allegations of non-recent sexual assault. The Met said they would not confirm the person’s identity other than to
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Ministers have launched a new drive to divert criminals with drug, alcohol and mental health problems away from prison. The Government wants to see more vulnerable offenders given community orders
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