Frontline NHS workers, many of whom have been helping to fight the coronavirus pandemic, have protested to demand better wages. Campaigners in central London, many wearing scrubs or other NHS
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A 16-year-old boy who is involved in gangs and drugs should go into council care for his own safety, a judge has decided. Deputy High Court judge Darren Howe ruled
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An urgent manhunt is under way after three young boys were abducted from a foster home in south London by their father, who was armed with a knife. Scotland Yard
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Thousands of NHS workers have taken to the streets across the UK to demand better wages for staff left âon their kneesâ by the coronavirus pandemic. In London, health workers
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Labour peer Lord Boateng said he had âno recollectionâ of ever meeting paedophile Michael John Carroll or visiting the London childrenâs home he ran. Speaking at the Independent Inquiry into
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A rapid Covid-19 test that promises results in under an hour is being trialled in care homes. The clinical trial, led by Queen Mary University of London, will be carried
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A High Court judge has approved a plan which will see a teenager with behavioural difficulties temporarily kept locked in a council house because social services staff cannot find appropriate
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Lady Boateng has denied attending a meeting where officials discussed a convicted sex abuserâs application to foster two children, telling an inquiry the claims are âquite absurdâ. Former chair of
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Childrenâs homes run by Lambeth Council were âfrightening placesâ where residents were subject to sexual and physical abuse and forced to take tranquillisers, an inquiry has heard. The Independent Inquiry
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Lambeth Council failed to support the families of two children, including a baby, who had both died under its care after facing abuse by its staff, an inquiry has heard.
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