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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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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A 13-month-old girl who died in “troubling” and suspicious circumstances has been “denied justice” an inquest has heard. Poppi Worthington collapsed at home with injuries a pathologist suspected were caused
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The Prime Minister has been urged in the Lords to take a personal lead in tackling “Dickensian” conditions faced by millions of vulnerable children in England. Labour’s Baroness Dean of
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A family of eight are living on less than £1.60 a day after they were incorrectly told to claim Universal Credit, an MP has claimed. Labour’s Grahame Morris (Easington) said
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Ministers have been urged to go back to the drawing board after a damning report on the Government’s shake-up of the probation service. The Tory administration faced a barrage of
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Four Seasons, Britain’s second-biggest care homes operator, has struck a last-ditch deal with its major creditor that staves off the immediate threat of administration. The group, owned by Guy Hands’
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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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More than 1,400 people with dementia who are well enough to go home will be stranded in hospital on Christmas Day, the Alzheimer’s Society said. Charity bosses blamed a lack
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Appalling levels of suicide and self-harm behind bars are a “damning indictment” of the state of prisons, a Commons committee has warned. In a highly critical assessment, MPs argued there
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