Police release CCTV after spate of sexual assaults on women and children
Nine females – three aged 11 – have been approached and sexually touched by an attacker in the last three months, police said. Two women aged 27 and 25, and
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‘Simply shameful’: Prison report reveals inmates denied soap and locked up for 23 hour-a-day
A report into a riot-hit jail has revealed inmates were locked up for as much as 23 hours a day and highlighted a failure to provide soap, cleaning materials and
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Too many care practitioners guilty of applying traditional values to same-sex adoption
Increasing numbers of gay men and lesbians in Britain are adopting children or becoming foster carers. Latest figures show that there are now more than 20,000 children living in same-sex
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Two arrested over neglect allegations at Northamptonshire care home
Two people have been arrested after allegations of neglect at a privately owned care home. The Latimer Grange Care Home in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, is under scrutiny from officers after
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PM rejects calls to halt Universal Credit roll-out as helpline charges scrapped
Theresa May has again rejected calls to pause the roll-out of Universal Credit as ministers announced that controversial charges of up to 55p a minute to call a helpline were
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Ofsted: Unofficial exclusions used too readily to deal with special needs pupils
Schools have “too readily” used unofficial, illegal exclusions to deal with pupils that have special needs, inspectors have warned. Youngsters with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are more likely
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PrEP prophylactic treatment ‘could prevent quarter of new HIV cases’, study
A quarter of new HIV cases in England could be prevented by giving high-risk men prophylactic treatment, a study has shown. The controversial programme could save the NHS millions as
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Care beds shortage sees unfair pressure to take relatives discharged, says peer
A shortage of care home beds is seeing undue and unfair pressure put on people to take relatives discharged from hospital despite being unable to cope, ministers have been told.
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Women’s refuge budgets cut by almost quarter over seven years, probe finds
Women’s refuges across the country have had their budgets cut by nearly a quarter in the last seven years, according to new figures. Budgets have been slashed despite the number
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Estimate of 13,000 potential victims ‘far too modest’, says Anti-slavery commissioner
The scale of modern slavery in the UK is much greater than previously thought, a watchdog has warned. Kevin Hyland, the independent anti-slavery commissioner, described an official estimate suggesting there
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