Former detainees and a charity have won a challenge against a Government policy change on torture said to have led to asylum seekers fleeing persecution being wrongly detained in UK
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Jeremy Hunt has told MPs the NHS pay cap has been scrapped, but was unable to rule out cutting health services to fund rises above 1%. The Health Secretary said
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Families are “missing out” on specialist end-of-life care as two in five people are unaware that most hospice services are provided for free, a charity has said. Only 57% of
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Schizophrenics and patients with bipolar disorder are being treated with dogs, rabbits and rats by using “animal magic” for therapy at a Manchester hospital. The seven-week course of animal-assisted therapy
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Almost 30,000 reports of children sexually assaulting other youngsters, including 2,625 alleged attacks on school premises, have been made to police in the last four years, figures reveal. The data
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The bottom fifth of households in London own just 0.1% of the capital’s wealth, including finances and property, a new study shows. Research by the Trust for London suggested 2.3
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Louis Theroux reduced viewers to tears with his “harrowing” new programme about drug addiction. The documentary maker travelled to Huntington, West Virginia, to explore the impact of heroin use as
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Reduced funding to mental health services across the UK is leaving staff vulnerable to violence and aggression from patients, and means they cannot provide the level of care needed, says
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Margaret Thatcher’s decision to approve suspected child abuser Cyril Smith for a knighthood helped him maintain close ties to children’s services, an inquiry has heard. The late politician received the
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A family court judge has decided not to name a council she criticised over its handling of a case involving a baby girl now placed for adoption. Recorder Carly Henley
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