Final death toll from Grenfell Tower fire put at 70 plus stillborn baby
Seventy people and a stillborn baby make up the final death toll in the Grenfell Tower fire, police have confirmed. All those who died in the blaze in west London
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Middlesex initiative aims to improve standards in social care and training of social workers
Middlesex University has this week launched the North London Social Work Teaching Partnership, a national project funded by the Department for Education in order to build excellence in social work
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Severely disabled woman dies after court decision to end life support
A 79-year-old woman left brain damaged and severely physically disabled following a stroke has died following a life-support treatment ruling by a judge in a specialist court. Mr Justice Cobb
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Mental health response after Grenfell Tower biggest operation of its kind in Europe
The mental health response following the Grenfell Tower fire is the biggest operation of its kind in Europe, a doctor has said, with numbers affected likely to exceed 11,000. The
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Police release CCTV after spate of sexual assaults on women and children
Nine females – three aged 11 – have been approached and sexually touched by an attacker in the last three months, police said. Two women aged 27 and 25, and
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Council to introduce ‘unprecedented’ ban on anti-abortion groups protesting outside clinic
Anti-abortion protesters could be banned from standing outside a clinic after a “ground-breaking” decision by a council. Ealing Council voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion to stop the anti-abortion
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More than two million Londoners living in poverty, report suggests
The bottom fifth of households in London own just 0.1% of the capital’s wealth, including finances and property, a new study shows. Research by the Trust for London suggested 2.3
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Judge rules brothers with ‘narcissistic cult’ mentality should leave mothers care
Three teenage brothers who developed a “narcissistic cult” mentality and came to believe there was no point leaving home, socialising or going to school, should leave their mother’s care, a
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Up to 12,500 ‘hidden homeless’ sofa surfing, squatting and sleeping on public transport in London
People are sofa surfing, squatting and sleeping on public transport as a hidden homelessness crisis hits London, according to a report. Thirteen times more people are homeless but hidden than
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Council vows crackdown on landlords after 35 men found living in one house
A raid on a three-bedroom house in north west London found 35 men living in rooms full of mattresses. The discovery was made on Winchester Avenue, Queensbury, at around 6am
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