Clergy and staff from a Church of England Diocese were referred to police in 2015 after church leaders had allegedly “turned a blind eye” to claims of child abuse, an
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A woman who has suffered from a “prolonged, pathological grief disorder” since her daughter was stillborn nearly six years ago has been awarded more than a quarter of a million
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A man whose mother and sister were killed in an attack by his father has made a tearful plea for understanding of the plight of victims of domestic abuse. Briton
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A drug dealer who trafficked three children including a teenage girl to use in a “county lines” crack and heroin selling ring has been jailed for 14 years after a
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A charity is using a drone in a pioneering move to search for homeless people sleeping rough in the countryside. The P3 charity is testing the technology in Lincolnshire, where
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Police in Lincolnshire are failing to record thousands of crimes including sexual offences, grievous bodily harm and rape. A watchdog examined records between June 1 and November 30 2017 and
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An embattled hospital trust will remain in special measures, despite making marked progress in the last 18 months, after inspectors found four of its five criteria were below the required
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A retired paramedic has told an inquest he did “make mistakes” in the way that he treated a mother who suffered a cardiac arrest following family court proceedings. Gary Long
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The proposed closure of key children’s services at a hospital has sparked claims from patient campaigners that lives could be at risk. Health chiefs have said a temporary closure of
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Scientists believe a new antibiotic which is capable of killing superbugs and has been successfully used to treat an infection could lead to the first new class of antibiotic drug
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