The ringleader of a “prolific” people smuggling gang thought to be behind 10,000 Channel crossings has been jailed for 15 years, with a string of other members also convicted. A
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Some councils in England are facing a “tsunami” of homelessness as more and more families need help and end up in often unsuitable temporary accommodation, MPs have heard. A family
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Sara Sharif’s father tried to save his daughter and begged for an ambulance, only to be told “Leave it, she’s dead”, jurors have heard. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif (pictured left),
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An octogenarian former jet fighter pilot has spoken about his new life as a foster carer. RAF veteran Nigel (pictured), whose surname has not been given, said he took up
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The age at which victims of domestic abuse are recognised as such by law is to be looked at by the Government after a teenager was killed by her ex-boyfriend.
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A hospital worker allegedly caused the death of a 22-year-old mental health patient after she gained access to materials that she had used in earlier suicide attempts, a court has
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A man who murdered and dismembered his 74-year-old landlady and hid her remains in a storage unit has been jailed for at least 19 years. Scott Paterson, 45, of no
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The cost of a lack of action on social care reform is the subject of a newly-launched inquiry by MPs. The Health and Social Care Committee said it will look
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A teenager who stabbed his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend to death in the street has been detained for life with a minimum term of 17 years. Logan MacPhail (pictured), then aged 16,
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GP surgeries will have to consider making staff redundant if the rise in employer national insurance contributions announced in the Budget is not covered, while some care homes could be
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