An independent inquiry will be launched into the “systematic failures” that allowed Sarah Everard’s killer to be employed as a police officer, the Home Secretary has announced. Speaking at the
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A handyman who murdered a doctor and her 14-year-old daughter has been jailed for life and must serve a minimum of 34 years. The bodies of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi,
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An officer who strangled Sarah Everard with his police belt after kidnapping her under the guise of a fake arrest for breaking lockdown rules will die in jail. Wayne Couzens,
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A Cheltenham care provider has been ordered to pay £460,000 after it failed to protect residents from avoidable harm. Lifeways Community Care Limited, which operated Alstone House in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,
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A judge has raised concern about a shortage of secure accommodation for troubled teenagers after being told that a council is spending £45,000 a week on the care of a
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A father who threw his baby daughter into her cot more than 20 years ago has been cleared of her murder. Dean Smith, 46, inflicted horrific head injuries to four-week-old
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Three “utterly cruel” schoolchildren who “lured” a 13-year-old boy to a park before stabbing him to death following a dispute on social media have been sentenced to custody in young
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Scotland’s drugs minister has defended a change in stance which will allow police to issue warnings to those caught with drugs such as heroin or cocaine, saying: “We can’t arrest
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A woman with Down’s syndrome has lost a High Court challenge against the Government over legislation which allows the abortion of babies with the condition up until birth. Heidi Crowter
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A GP embezzled more than £1.1 million in less than two months in a “significant” abuse of trust. Experienced doctor Rumi Chhapia (pictured) could face a hefty jail sentence after
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