A watchdog has raised concerns over “inadequate supervision” of child sex offenders being held at an immigration removal centre. In one case a detainee was transferred to prison following an
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Families of children with special educational requirements have lost a High Court challenge against local authority cuts to special needs funding. Four children, whose relatives brought the case on their
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A “guilt-wracked” woman has been jailed for at least 15 years for stabbing her IT executive husband during a regular boozy session dubbed “fight night”. Natasha Welsh, 43, stabbed “lovable
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A family court judge had already blamed a man who was accused of subjecting a three-year-girl to female genital mutilation (FGM), despite him being later cleared by a criminal court
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A High Court judge is to investigate after three sisters all aged under 10 developed a sexually transmitted infection. Abuse concerns emerged after the children’s parents had twice been evicted
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A charity operating a psychiatric facility where a teenager was found hanged when it launched a programme of fitness and wellbeing is being investigated by the Charity Commission. Sophie Bennett,
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A 73-year-old woman who beat her “control freak” husband to death with a wooden pole after he treated her like a slave has been jailed for two years and four
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A 73-year-old woman who beat her wheelchair-bound husband to death with a wooden pole after years of abuse will be sentenced for his manslaughter. Packiam Ramanathan (pictured) went into a
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Police chiefs in England are aiming to copy Scottish success in using a public health approach to reduce knife crime. Action taken north of the border, where Glasgow was once
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A “frail” 73-year-old woman who beat her wheelchair-bound husband to death with a wooden pole after suffering years of abuse has been cleared of murder. Packiam Ramanathan went into a
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