Child abuse inquiry head spent 44 days working abroad in past year
Dame Lowell Goddard, the head of Britain’s inquiry into child abuse, has spent more than 70 days working abroad or on holiday in her first year in the role. This
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Boy placed in residential care as he awaits outcome of Anglo-Irish legal debate
A 10-year-old boy born with foetal alcohol syndrome has found himself at the centre of an Anglo-Irish legal debate after his adoptive parents said they were struggling to cope. The
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NHS England to appeal against HIV preventative drug ruling
NHS England is to appeal against a High Court ruling that it has the power to commission a drug described as a “game changer” in the fight against HIV/Aids –
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Liberty slams ‘unprecedented’ Home Office guidelines for immigration detainees
New guidelines will allow immigration detainees to be put in solitary confinement for being “stubborn”, a leading human rights campaign group has said. Liberty condemned the “unprecedented” new Home Office
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Amy Winehouse Foundation to open women’s addiction recovery home
The Amy Winehouse Foundation – the charity set up following the singer’s death – is opening a home for women recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. Called Amy’s Place, the
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Aids charity wins High Court battle over NHS funding for HIV preventative treatment
A leading Aids charity has won a High Court battle over whether a preventative treatment for HIV which charities say is a “game-changer” can legally be funded by the NHS.
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Home Office wins appeal against ruling allowing four vulnerable refugees into UK
The Home Office has won its appeal against a landmark ruling allowing four Syrian refugees living in the “Jungle” camp in Calais to come to Britain. An immigration judge ruled
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Parents remanded on child cruelty charge after death of baby boy
The parents of a baby boy who died in hospital have appeared in court accused of child cruelty. Hannah Henry, 20, and Alistair Walker, 26, faced magistrates charged in connection
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Sutton social services advised ‘no grounds’ for appeal over Ellie Butler decision
Social services bosses say lawyers advised them that they “couldn’t have appealed” when a senior family court judge ruled that Ellie Butler should return to live with the father who
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People diagnosed with cancer twice as likely to live at least 10 years, Macmillan
People are twice as likely to live at least 10 years after being diagnosed with cancer than they were at the start of the 1970s, new research shows. More than
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