An epileptic man who died after being restrained face down by police officers was held in a van for seven and a half minutes before receiving medical attention, a misconduct
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A man is to be prosecuted for allegedly using social media to name the woman at the centre of a rape trial involving two rugby stars. Former Ireland and Ulster
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Victims of mentally disordered offenders are unfairly denied rights given to others affected by crime, a report has found. Ministers must act to end the “unacceptable” gap in support which
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A police officer who sent “inappropriate and unprofessional” messages to a 14-year-old girl in a children’s home has been sacked. Pc Ian Bell was dismissed without notice from West Yorkshire
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A teenager has been jailed for 17 years for the first acid killing in the UK. Xeneral Webster, 19, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Joanne Rand part way through
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The Government is to double funding for a scheme to steer children and teenagers away from violence after a sharp rise in crime rates. Home Secretary Sajid Javid is to
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A man and a woman arrested on suspicion of the murder of a newborn baby girl found dead at a beauty spot are the child’s parents. The 48-year-old father and
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Police would have interviewed a doctor accused of the “horrific” abuse of 114 children had he been alive today, a report has found. Child patients sent to Aston Hall Hospital
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A decision to suspend rather than strike off a doctor found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of a six-year-old boy was “humane and balanced”, the Court of
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A judge in the specialist Court of Protection has ruled, without analysing evidence at a hearing, that a woman in a permanent vegetative state should be allowed to die. Mr
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