Labour plans youth hubs to help stop knife crime ‘that is killing our children’
Labour would set up 90 new youth hubs to give teenagers the “best start in life” and to “stop the knife crime that is killing our children”, Yvette Cooper has
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Nurse found guilty sedating hospital stroke unit patients to keep them ‘quiet and compliant’
A nurse has been found guilty of ill-treating patients on a hospital stroke unit by giving them sedatives to “keep them quiet and compliant”. Catherine Hudson (pictured), 54, drugged two
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Nearly 12,000 domestic abuse disclosures made in eight years, say Police Scotland
Nearly 12,000 disclosures regarding domestic abuse have been made since Police Scotland launched a scheme eight years ago. The Disclosure Scheme for Domestic Abuse in Scotland (DSDAS) has received more
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Legal first as tribunal hears case of social worker alleging menopause discrimination
The case of a woman who was allegedly discriminated against due to suffering menopause symptoms will be heard by an employment tribunal this week in a legal first. The Equality
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Judge rules NHS trust involved in legal battle over teenager’s care can be named
An NHS trust previously involved in a legal battle over whether a 19-year-old could be moved onto palliative care can now be named, a High Court judge has ruled. Sudiksha
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Bereaved families granted more time to investigate Covid-19 legal claims
Bereaved families have been granted more time to investigate High Court claims against the Government over the deaths of relatives during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thirty deaths
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First drug consumption room approved as work continues on avoiding prosecutions
Significant work will be needed to ensure drug users are not prosecuted for transporting illegal drugs into the UK’s first safe consumption room, the head of Glasgow’s health and social
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Councils in England ‘wasting millions’ on special educational needs legal disputes
Councils in England have been accused of “wasting” millions of pounds in court disputes with parents and carers over disability and educational support for their children. A total of 11,052
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Nurse Lucy Letby to face retrial on allegation she tried to murder baby girl
Nurse Lucy Letby will face a retrial on an outstanding allegation she attempted to murder a baby girl. Letby (pictured), 33, was sentenced to a whole life order after she
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Victims of rape facing ‘outmoded’ practices in court, senior judge warns
Rape victims are facing “outmoded” practices in court, Scotland’s most senior judge has said. Lord Carloway, the Lord President and Lord Justice General, is the head of the judiciary for
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