Families have lost a High Court challenge against the Government’s two-child rule for payment of tax credits and universal credit. A judge in London ruled on Friday that the policy
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A woman who died following a late-stage abortion procedure was discharged from the clinic despite vomiting and swaying so much she looked “drunk”, an inquest has heard. Aisha Chithira, 31,
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Four students who sexually abused vulnerable girls have been jailed for between four and five years after a judge said they had treated their victims like “trophies”. Taiyab Hussain, Shaheem
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A man who ended his life in a euthanasia clinic after allegedly having acid thrown in his face by his ex-girlfriend may have been trying to hurt her instead, a
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A juror who accepted a bribe has been jailed for six years in the first prosecution of its kind in Scotland. Catherine Leahy, 62, served on a jury in a
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A top private school sports coach has been convicted of indecently assaulting his students. Ajaz Karim sexually abused six girls aged 14 to 18 while he worked at Christ’s Hospital
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The families of two disabled men severely injured at a care home said a report into how authorities handled the cases has confirmed fears they have been raising for three
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A male survivor of domestic abuse has spoken of how he was “days away from death” after being abused physically and psychologically by his partner. Alex Skeel, 22, has urged
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A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a woman who was splashed with acid from head to toe as she was unwittingly caught up in a drugs
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Northern Ireland’s Justice Department is expected to launch a review of how serious sexual offences are addressed. Ireland and Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were cleared of
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