Addiction services in England are in desperate need of a funding boost amid a steep rise in higher risk drinking, the Royal College of Psychiatrists said. The number of people
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A teenage girl arrested three times in three months over allegations she attacked her mother must go into council care, a family court judge has decided. The youngster was placed
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The coronavirus “rule of six” came into force in England on Monday, meaning any social gatherings of more than six people will break the law. People face fines of up
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The Government’s coronavirus testing programme is dealing with a backlog of 185,000 swabs, with tests being sent to labs in Italy and Germany as the system faces criticism for struggling
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Concerns are growing over an increase in Covid-19 cases in care homes, prompting the Government to send an alert to care providers to highlight the rising rates and to call
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Frontline NHS workers, many of whom have been helping to fight the coronavirus pandemic, have protested to demand better wages. Campaigners in central London, many wearing scrubs or other NHS
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Netflix has defended the controversial film Cuties as “a social commentary against the sexualisation of young children”, and encouraged people to watch the movie before passing judgment. Critics have blasted
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Social care in England must be urgently reformed after the Covid-19 pandemic coupled with a chronic lack of investment “threatened to break an already fragile system”, a doctors’ union has
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A serial thief who repeatedly targeted hospitals during the national Covid-19 lockdown has been given a four-and-a-half year jail term. Wayne Bradley, 30, described by West Midlands Police as a
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The Government must ban councils from placing all vulnerable children in unregulated accommodation amid concerns over sexual and criminal exploitation, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. Anne Longfield (pictured)
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