A very sick 11-month-old girl who has spent her life in hospital should be allowed to die peacefully, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Hayden said doctors could
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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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A couple who complained about their child being taken from them and handed to adopters even though a cruelty prosecution had been abandoned were not the victims of a miscarriage
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A teenager will go on trial next year charged with the rape and murder of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail on the Scottish island of Bute. The 16-year-old, who cannot be identified
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A school information and communications technology (ICT) technician has been jailed for grooming and sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. Alex Barnes, 22, pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual activity
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A member of the Windrush Generation forced to pay for cancer treatment has lost a High Court challenge against a key part of the Government’s “hostile environment” immigration policy. The
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Council social services bosses have apologised after a High Court judge criticised their handling of two cases involving children. Mr Justice Keehan complained of “incompetence and serial failings” by staff
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A specialist judge involved in an independent review of mental health legislation has said tribunals need more powers to help people to be cared for outside hospitals. Anselm Eldergill, a
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A police officer who left a colleague waiting outside as he had sex with a vulnerable woman he had met while on duty has been jailed for two years. Both
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A social worker appointed to represent the interests of two children at the centre of complex family court litigation has come under fire from a senior judge. Kailash Chudasama had
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