Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on other areas of the UK to follow Wales in banning the smacking of children. The physical punishment of children is outlawed in
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The physical punishment of children is now outlawed in Wales. Any type of corporal punishment, including smacking, hitting, slapping and shaking, has been made illegal in the country from Monday.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for the officers who strip searched a black schoolgirl while she was on her period to be charged with gross misconduct after a
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Ministers were not sitting in an “ivory tower” when decisions were being made about how to protect care home residents during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, the High
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A judge has ruled that a woman who suffered a brain haemorrhage is dead after doctors and relatives became embroiled in a treatment dispute. Doctors said the woman, who is
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Ministers have begun mounting a defence after two women whose fathers died complained about a Government “failure” to protect care home residents during the Covid outbreak. Cathy Gardner (pictured) and
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A five-year-old boy who was found dead in a river was made by his parents to stand facing a wall “for 30 minutes at a time” as punishment, a court
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The mother of Star Hobson has had her prison sentence for causing or allowing the 16-month-old’s death increased by the Court of Appeal. Frankie Smith (pictured), 20, was jailed at
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A pregnant woman detained under the terms of mental health legislation is capable of deciding whether to have an abortion even though doctors say such a move would not be
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A teenage boy accused of murdering a five-year-old had a “desire for violence” and spoke of killing people, a court has been told. The body of Logan Mwangi, also known
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