Drug gangs are “regularly taking over the homes” of the vulnerable and mentally ill to use as a base for their nefarious activities, ministers have heard. Tory MP Gillian Keegan
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A suicide prevention charity helpline experienced its “busiest day ever” after troubled Coronation Street character Aidan Connor killed himself, prompting a flood of requests for help from young people. Papyrus,
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A long-time rough sleeper has dismissed protesters planning to line the royal wedding route in sleeping bags as “anarchists” intent on causing trouble. William “Bill” Watson, who has lived in
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A judge has given doctors the go-ahead to perform a caesarean section on a woman who lacks the mental capacity to make decisions about treatment, following a hearing in a
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Stalkers could be made to wear electronic tags and their victims would receive message alerts when offenders are nearby, police have said. The new initiatives were unveiled for London as
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BBC and commercial radio stations will team up for the first time ever to broadcast a message about mental health. The one-minute segment will air across more than 300 stations
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Releasing more prisoners on temporary licence could help tackle the drugs crisis in jails, a new report suggests. The scheme does not feel like a real possibility to most inmates,
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Following the success of last year’s Local Investment Programme, NHS Digital and the Local Government Association have announced new funding for digital pilots that benefit people who access adult social
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Parents will be helped in their “darkest hours” by MP-backed moves to guarantee bereavement leave and pay for those who lose a child, the Commons has heard. Emotional scenes emerged
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CCTV has been released of a suspected sex attacker after a string of assaults on women. A number of sexual assaults by touching have been reported in Ladywell, Lewisham, south-east
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