Robert Jenrick has suggested he regrets ordering murals of cartoon characters at a children’s asylum centre be painted over, and would not do it again. The Conservative leadership contender reportedly
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A serving Kent Police officer “felt flattered” and “enjoyed the attention” from text messages sent by a witness during a burglary investigation, a court has heard. Matthew Peall, 47, who
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A serving Kent police officer sent flirtatious messages to a witness during a burglary investigation asking if she had a “high sex drive”, a court has heard. Matthew Peall, 47,
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A migrant processing centre in Kent will be visited by the Children’s Commissioner over concerns raised about safeguarding children at the site. Dame Rachel de Souza is expected to visit
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Regulations requiring one first-aider per nursery “pose a risk to future life”, a coroner has warned after a baby died following a choking incident. Oliver Steeper (pictured) died in hospital
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There were “a number of failures” at an NHS trust in its care of a six-year-old girl before she died, an inquest has found. However, there was no evidence to
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A union representing prison officers is calling for a “full investigation” into the “deliberate poisoning” of staff with the drug spice at HMP Swaleside. The Criminal Justice Workers Union has
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The chairman of an inquiry into maternity failings in Kent has said he is “disappointed” with the approach authorities are taking in resolving some clinical negligence claims by affected families.
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An inquiry chairman investigating how dead people are looked after around the country in the wake of necrophiliac killer David Fuller’s mortuary abuse has said his review is following the
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A father has been found guilty of murdering his two-year-old adopted daughter who died after he “bashed her head against a wall”. Jan Gholami and his wife Roqia Ghulami have
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