Prescribing heroin to addicts could be cheaper than methadone, an expert on addiction has suggested. Professor Martin Schechter, who has long campaigned on the issue, said the drug substitute did
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David Cameron promised 30 hours a week of free childcare for three and four-year-olds as he insisted the Tories were the “real party of working people”. Launching the Conservatives’ election
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A Ukrainian concert pianist who became embroiled in a row with social workers after his son was taken into foster care has been criticised by a family court judge. The
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Early years experts have warned that the Conservatives’ pledge to double free childcare for pre-schoolers may not be practical. Under proposals announced in the party’s manifesto today, all three and
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A Conservative candidate’s suggestion that people with mental health issues could wear identifying wristbands to help ensure they are not unfairly dealt with by authorities has been attacked by opponents.
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The more adolescents witness alcohol consumption in films, the more likely they are to try alcohol and participate in risky drinking behaviour, according to new research from the University of
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Labour’s manifesto confirmed the party’s pledge of a £2.5 billion “time to care” fund to boost spending on health, but did not match Conservative and Liberal Democrat promises to meet
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Paedophiles are using the digital currency bitcoin to buy child sexual abuse images online, a UK internet watchdog has found. In its annual report for 2014, the Internet Watch Foundation
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People who share sexually explicit images without consent could be jailed for up to two years from today, as new revenge porn laws come into force. Campaigners and victims have
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The amount of money spent on research into dementia and stroke in the UK is still far too low, health experts have said. Analysis of funding for research into the
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