Four men killed themselves in the last year after being blackmailed as part of an increasing cyber “sextortion” racket. International gangs of organised criminals are targeting more and more young
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A woman who has seen five children taken from her care is being allowed to bring up a sixth with her latest partner, a family court judge has said. Judge
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An 18-year-old man who has admitted “hideous” sex crimes against seven teenage girls in Rotherham may have had other victims, police have said. Corie Adams admitted a series of charges
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Health inequalities are “deeply embedded” across Britain, a charity has said after new figures showed a wide variation in the number of years people can expect to live healthy lives.
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Eight police forces are now looking into allegations of historical child sex abuse in football. There have been 250 reports made to police and more than 50 calls were made
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Elderly carers are not getting enough support to manage their own health needs, a charity has warned. Many older carers are forgoing their own health in order to care for
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Stroke patients are missing out on the best possible care due to a shortage of consultants and nurses, including on weekends, two reports have concluded. Experts from the Sentinel Stroke
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The problem of fuel poverty will not be solved in the lifetime of a child born today on current rates of progress, campaigners have warned. National Energy Action (NEA) is
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More than one in seven of the country’s Year 10 students are neglected in some way by their parents or guardians, a new study suggests. The findings of the Children’s
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The regime at a prison was one of the worst of its type to be seen by a watchdog, according to a scathing inspection report. Inmates at HMP Hindley were
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