A former house master at a top private school has been jailed for four years for sexually abusing four of his pupils. Peter Webb (pictured) would sneak into dormitories to
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A registered childminder found guilty of seriously assaulting two baby girls in her care has been jailed for 16 years. Anouska Coleman, 37, was convicted of two counts of grievous
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A charity has described homelessness figures as “nothing short of a tragedy” after an official report showed the numbers in England have increased. The number of households in temporary accommodation
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Homeless families are routinely being housed in damp or infested temporary accommodation for weeks on end, a report into local councils has found. Too many people are being left in
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The UK needs a government-led national strategy to combat loneliness, according to a commission set up by MP Jo Cox before she was murdered. The final report of the Jo
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More than 200,000 original decisions on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) have been changed since April 2015, according to analysis of Government figures. Those unhappy with a PIP decision must first
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The “social epidemic” of loneliness needs to be tackled by a combination of government intervention and “every single one of us” playing our part, according to the sister of murdered
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A police force has faced criticism for social media posts that appeared to support domestic abuse victims staying with their partners. Essex Police posted a case study on Facebook about
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More than one in five managers say they would be less likely to employ a disabled person, believing they would struggle to do the job or citing concerns about the
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Thousands of offenders living in the community are managed by a brief phone call every few weeks, a watchdog report has revealed. In some cases convicts are only met once
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