Social workers have changed their minds about allowing a drug addict who regularly tested positive for crack cocaine when pregnant to care for her toddler daughter, a family court judge
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A “troubled” 16-year-old girl will have to wait more than a month before she can be admitted into a secure accommodation unit because of the lack of placements available, a
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Two police officers accused of spying on a woman campaigning about the death in custody of her brother have “no case to answer” a police misconduct hearing has found. The
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Medics have been given the go-ahead to continue feeding a bed-bound man with severe learning disabilities who had been at the centre of a “quality of life” dispute in a
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Prosecutors have concluded their case against two Ireland and Ulster rugby players accused of rape. The Crown completed presenting evidence on day 24 of the high profile trial at Belfast
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A support worker who fractured his wife’s skull with a machete after finding out she might be leaving him for another man has been found not guilty of attempted murder.
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A woman who has accused two Irish rugby players of rape was branded a “silly girl” who was “causing trouble for the lads” in messages exchanged among their friends, a
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A man has been charged with murder after an LGBT rights campaigner was discovered stabbed to death in his home, Scotland Yard has said. Officers were called to the West
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The Care Inspectorate has applied to the courts to close down a care home in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, in order to protect the health and safety of residents. Lawyers
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Research headed by a University of Huddersfield professor has caused an influential social work organisation to call for a major review of UK adoption law, so that children who have
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