Vulnerable woman found dead at beauty spot two weeks after being sectioned
A young woman was found dead in a tent at a Lake District beauty spot two weeks after being released from hospital hundreds of miles away, an inquest has heard.
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Health trust probe under way after freed paranoid schizophrenic killed mother
A health trust is carrying out an internal investigation after a paranoid schizophrenic killed his mother following his discharge from hospital care. Lee Sowerby (pictured), 45, had already received two
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Second arrest over ‘vulnerable man forced to live in 6ft shed’ for 40 years
A second man has been arrested over claims that a vulnerable worker was forced to live in a 6ft shed for 40 years. The 53-year-old suspect was arrested on Tuesday
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Football coach who sexually abused youth players jailed for five-and-a-half years
A football coach who singled out youth players with man of the match awards and then sexually abused them has been jailed for five-and-a-half years, said police. Sydney Hallworth, 71,
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Retired nurse at centre of life-support dispute dies following ruling by judge
An elderly widow who was at the centre of a dispute in a specialist court has died following a life-support ruling by a judge. Family members were at odds over
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High Court rejects bid from Poppi Worthington’s father to remove details of sexual abuse
A High Court judge has rejected a bid by the father of Poppi Worthington to remove details of her sexual abuse and change the official record of her death, and
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Poppi Worthington inquest coroner ‘overstepped the mark’, father’s lawyers claim
Lawyers for the father of toddler Poppi Worthington, who was sexually abused shortly before she died, have claimed a coroner “overstepped the mark” at the inquest when he recorded the
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Specialist trauma officers rescue man who’s been ‘living in shed for 40 years’
An investigation is under way after a man believed to have lived in a six-foot shed for 40 years was rescued by specialist officers. The 58-year-old was found at a
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Council apologises to mother for ‘absolute hell’ of unfairly limiting access to her children
Council social services bosses have apologised to a mother-of-three who says she went through “five months of absolute hell” after limits were unfairly placed on when she could see her
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Bereaved families say lives ‘undoubtedly put at risk’ after NMC ignored police information
Lives were “undoubtedly put at risk” when a health regulator ignored information supplied to it by the police about practising midwives, bereaved families have said. The comments come after a
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