A criminal investigation has been launched following allegations of sexual offences against the chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police. The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland confirmed it has begun
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A fake taxi driver who kept condoms, latex gloves and Viagra in his car as he prowled the streets for vulnerable women has been jailed for 18 years, police said.
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People’s experience of A&E is getting far worse, with long waits to be seen and patients not always getting help, according to a new report. Hospital regulator the Care Quality
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The numbers of households and children in temporary accommodation in England are at record highs, according to the latest official homelessness statistics. Some 104,510 households were in temporary accommodation by
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The Government is not trying to kick compensation payments for victims impacted by the infected blood scandal into the “long grass”, the Paymaster General has said. Jeremy Quin (pictured) told
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A pledge made in Downing Street four years ago today to fix the social care crisis has been left unfulfilled – with promises of support for the sector shelved, diluted
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Hundreds of patients are taking up hospital beds across England every day despite being ready to leave, due to hold-ups in sorting transport, medicines and paperwork, or because they have
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Pressure on staff and a shortage of workers are holding back improvements in NHS mental health services, MPs have warned. There is also growing concern that the Government has not
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The Church of England has drafted in the former head of the child sex abuse inquiry to get its safeguarding “back on track” after a row which saw a panel
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An Afghan refugee said he is “just living by hope” that he does not become homeless as he accused a Government minister who said people must “help themselves” of not
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