Levels of violence at a young offender institution have dropped after teenagers were rewarded for good behaviour – including being given sweets and chocolate. Inspectors found an 80% reduction in
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A mentally ill man who died in police custody “must have been petrified in his final minutes”, his family have said. Kevin Clarke, 35, died at Lewisham Hospital on March
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An online predator who groomed underage girls in an attempt to meet them for sex has been jailed for eight years, police said. Mohamed Mohamoud, of Uxbridge, contacted the children
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A coroner has criticised “repeated failures” at a high-profile abortion clinic following the death of a mother of one, hours after she had her foetus terminated. Dr Sean Cummings said
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A wealthy antiques dealer has been jailed for at least 24 years for strangling his seven-year-old daughter. “Deceitful and manipulative” Robert Peters, 56, researched child killers online but kept his
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A couple who were caught on CCTV subjecting three young children in their care to a litany of abuse, including vicious beatings, biting and even sucking on their faces, have
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Campaigners have taken the first step in a bid to take a council to court over a ban on demonstrations outside an abortion clinic. Ealing Council was the first in
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An article in the Times which claimed a judge ruled that a Christian child must be removed from a Muslim foster home was a “distortion”, the press watchdog has ruled.
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Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has called for an investigation into a fire that broke out at a care home in his constituency killing one, after hearing that a
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A woman has died after a fire at residential units for adults with learning disabilities. More than 70 firefighters were called to Connington Crescent, Chingford, just before 2.15am on Friday.
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