Inspectors have praised a young offender institution where boys are rewarded for good behaviour with sweets or access to computer games. The prisons watchdog commended HMYOI Werrington for creating a
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Thousands of breast cancer patients may be safely spared gruelling chemotherapy following a landmark study. A trial of more than 10,000 women with the most common form of early breast
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Rapper Big Narstie has hit out at a shortfall in mental health care, claiming it is leading to a generation of youngsters being forced into crime. The musician, 32, acts
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The more children a woman has, the greater her risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure, research has shown. Researchers at the University of Cambridge found having five or
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More than 160,000 people are “trapped” in debt because they cannot afford to pay for their social care, according to a new study. Freedom of Information requests submitted by the
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A little boy who slipped into a coma after being given a “potentially life-threatening” dose of a drug used in the treatment of epilepsy must live with a foster carer,
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The Department of Health and Social Care had today announced the appointment of Colum Conway as the first Chief Executive of Social Work England, the new specialist regulator for social
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Ministers remain “absolutely” committed to reducing net migration to the tens of thousands, Downing Street insisted. Number 10 acknowledged that it would “take time” to reach the goal but the
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A 30-year-old man has been jailed for 23 years for drugging and raping men he met on the dating app Grindr, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Sam Ashley,
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Up to 75 women may have died early following blunders in a breast screening, according to latest estimates. NHS records show as many as 174,000 women were affected by failures
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