Oxfordshire grooming probe expects to find 300 CSE victims
A serious case review is expected to find more than 300 young people in Oxfordshire have been victims of child sexual exploitation over the last 15 years. The review, carried
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Ten men charged in Rochdale child grooming probe
Ten men have been charged as part of an investigation into child grooming and sexual exploitation in Rochdale. The men, nine of whom are Asian, are accused of a catalogue
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Pickles names new commissioners to run Rotherham council
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has named the five commissioners who will take over the running of crisis-hit Rotherham and also promised £250,000 to help set up an outreach project to
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Warning of crisis in elderly housing with thousands more homes needed
Thousands more homes which can meet the needs of older people will be needed in the coming years to prevent bed-blocking bottlenecks in the NHS growing worse, the National Housing
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Youth charities warn over web self-harm sites
“Alarming” numbers of children are being exposed to self-harm images online which could encourage them to hurt themselves, charities have warned. More than half of children aged 11-14 who viewed
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Rotherham MP calls for ‘major new centre’ to support victims
Government cuts to Rotherham police and council are “compounding the horror” of the child sexual exploitation scandal when what is needed is a major new centre to support victims, the
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Osborne hails £6 billion social care plan for Manchester councils
Plans to devolve £6 billion a year of health spending to Greater Manchester will lead to closer integration between the NHS and social care and improve results for patients, George
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MPs warn of ‘significant increase’ in pressure on social care
MPs have warned of a potential “significant increase” in pressure on adult social care as a result of switching the focus of a key Government scheme to slashing NHS costs.
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New reports claim senior NHS staff ‘knew of Savile abuse’
There is clear evidence that senior staff at Stoke Mandeville Hospital knew about the abuse of young patients at the hands of Jimmy Savile, a lawyer representing many of his
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University study links depression to violent crime
A diagnosis of depression increases the risk of committing violent crime three-fold, research has shown. The study of nearly 50,000 people in Sweden found that 3.7% of men and 0.5%
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