Social workers on the front line have described “Dickensian” conditions as some families choose between heating and eating, according to a union survey. Professionals in the sector are “all too
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A man who stabbed his neighbour to death in 2004 has absconded from a mental health facility in east London, sparking a police appeal. Philip Theophilou, 54, left the facility
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Inmates are developing drug problems after being jailed because of long waiting times for mental health services, a report has found. An inspection report for HMP Wymott, near Leyland in
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A police officer has been found not guilty of raping a woman at her home. David Stansbury (pictured), 43, who was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her home
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A rapist who carried out two near-identical sex attacks 12 years apart by luring lone women into his car has been jailed. Fareed Issa Tariq, 43, was imprisoned for 18
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Healthcare workers have blockaded the entrance to NHS England’s headquarters to call for an end to its contract with a firm which campaigners say supplies technology to Israel’s military. Palantir
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The chairman of an inquiry into maternity failings in Kent has said he is “disappointed” with the approach authorities are taking in resolving some clinical negligence claims by affected families.
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Chris Packham has said he “loathed himself” and thought he was “broken” as a teenager before he understood he had autism. The Springwatch presenter, 62, was only diagnosed at the
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A violent offender who beat a fellow resident to death at a home for people with mental health conditions has been locked up indefinitely in hospital. Rajinder Pall, 45, had
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The deaths of aid workers in Gaza are “completely unacceptable”, Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said, as he called on Israel to explain what happened in the airstrike. Three British nationals
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