A woman jailed for five years after falsely accusing a soldier of rape has lost an appeal against her sentence. Rebecca Palmer, 26, from Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wiltshire, made
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A man has been jailed for 25 years for sexually abusing three young girls. Tony Chapman, 42, from Rotherham, was convicted of raping, physically assaulting and threatening to kill two
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Women and their families caught up in the breast screening failure have demanded answers as to how hundreds of patients may have had their lives cut short. Health Secretary Jeremy
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A campaign is being launched to encourage people to talk about death in a bid to break the taboo of preparing for bereavement. The Co-op said it is holding the
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The Home Office is in the dark over whether its crackdown on modern slavery is working, a Commons report has claimed. MPs said the Government does not yet have the
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told MPs that officials are working to identify women living in Scotland that may be affected by a major breast cancer screening error. A “computer
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A “disturbed” teenager who has been at the centre of an accommodation controversy is making “phenomenal” progress after being found a place at an appropriate secure unit, the most senior
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British scientists have been equipped with a new warchest to fight one of cancer’s most complex and lethal killers. An £18 million fund is now available to “ambitious” groups studying
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Vulnerable women are so afraid of being deported they are not reporting violent and sexual abuse to police or seeking protection, a new report warns. The Government’s hostile environment policy,
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Four out of five young mothers feel lonely after having a baby and meet their friends less often, a new study shows. Research by the Co-op found that many mothers
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