Children in custody have painted a bleak picture of the youth prison estate after an annual inspection revealed a “deterioration” in the vast majority of responses to a far-reaching survey.
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A nursing home in Surrey has been closed at short notice by regulators after finding residents were “at significant risk of harm”. Merok Park Care Home, which had passed an
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Three men have been charged with the indecent assault of a child over an investigation into allegations of historic abuse at a children’s care home dating back to the 1980s.
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Staff at leading housing charity Shelter are to stage a three day strike in a row over pay. Unite said its 400 members will walk out from next Tuesday in
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Labour is promising to establish a £330 million cancer treatments fund to improve access to cutting-edge surgery and radiotherapy as well as the latest drugs if it gains power in
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A couple convicted of the murder of four-year-old Daniel Pelka are having appeals heard by leading judges today. His mother Magdelena Luczak and stepfather Mariusz Krezolek were sentenced to life
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The mother and stepfather of murdered four-year-old Daniel Pelka – who died after sustained and “incomprehensible” cruelty at their hands – have lost challenges at the Court of Appeal. Three
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The most senior judge in England and Wales said men who prey on vulnerable young girls for sex will be dealt with “severely”, as he dismissed appeals from four paedophile
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Patients who suffer poor care “too often” face a defensive culture in the health service when they try to complain, according to a health watchdog. Half of those who did
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A government decision to close a fund that helps the disabled to work and live in the community has been ruled lawful by a High Court judge. Mrs Justice Andrews,
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