Man jailed for sexual activity with 12-year-old girl who he thought was 19
A man who spent the night with a 12-year-old girl who he thought was 19 has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Carl Hodgson, 28, invited the child to his flat
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Teenager among first in UK to have proton beam therapy for brain tumour
A 15-year-old with a rare brain tumour is to undergo pioneering proton beam therapy at the UK’s first dedicated NHS treatment centre. Mason Kettley, from Angmering in West Sussex, will
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Man who admitted killing wife with dementia in ‘act of mercy’ walks free from court
An 84-year-old man who killed his dementia-suffering wife with an iron pole in an “act of mercy” has walked free from court. Lawrence Franks was unable to cope with the
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Inspectors cancel registration of care home in north Manchester
The Care Quality Commission has taken enforcement action to cancel the registration of Viewpark Care Home and are now no longer legally allowed to provide care at their service in
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Inquest finds ‘unacceptable delay’ led to death of toddler waiting for surgery
Neglect by a children’s hospital led to the death of a toddler who was left waiting days for emergency surgery, an inquest has found. Kayden Urmston-Bancroft, aged 20 months, was
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Being stabbed has made me happier – surgeon who helped Manchester Arena victims
A man who stabbed a surgeon who treated victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack has been jailed for five years and four months. But Ian Rooke’s victim, Dr Nasser
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Jail for man who killed mother-in-law after she helped daughter leave him
A man who brutally murdered his mother-in-law after she helped her daughter escape their unhappy arranged marriage has been jailed for a minimum of 21 years. The killing on the
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New arrests in child sexual exploitation probe amid reports of grooming in Bury
Twenty-one people have now been arrested in connection with an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Bury, police said. On Wednesday, further arrests were made as part of the multi-agency
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Parents arrested over death of baby girl found at Greater Manchester beauty spot
A man and a woman arrested on suspicion of the murder of a newborn baby girl found dead at a beauty spot are the child’s parents. The 48-year-old father and
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Ambulance chiefs condemn ‘mindless vandalism’ after vehicle window smashed in Salford
Health chiefs have condemned “another mindless act of vandalism” against staff after an ambulance window was smashed as a young child was being treated inside. North West Ambulance Service (NWAS)
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