Care home staff could not lock doors to prevent a 14-year-old from running away before she and a 13-year-old friend murdered a vulnerable alcoholic in her own home, it has
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A 17-year-old girl with a history of mental health difficulties who was raped after going into council care and being placed in a specialist residential unit should move to secure
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A seven-year-old boy who stabbed Barbie dolls and made gestures to cut their throats should go into council care, a family court judge has ruled. The youngster arrived in the
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The murder of a 24-year-old who was stalked and had her neck slashed by her “psychopath” soldier ex-boyfriend is a “potent reminder” of why women reporting abuse must be taken
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A judge has decided not to name two adults given suspended jail terms for unlawfully contacting two children embroiled in family court litigation. Mr Justice Cobb, who is based in
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A new wave of drug fuelled student super-parties held in houses could lead to a “perfect storm” of mass casualties, it has been warned. Organised through social media and often
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The NHS’s longest serving chief executive has been placed on extended leave after an investigation was launched into “a number of very serious issues”. Sir Leonard Fenwick, who has run
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A violent paedophile who made a “hidey hole” in his home to conceal a girl he was abusing has been jailed for 27 years for a string of serious sex
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Detectives investigating hundreds of allegations of sexual and physical abuse at a young offenders’ centre have identified 32 suspects who may be charged. Since August 2013, Durham Police have run
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A man is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering a disabled adult who was beaten for days, drugged and dumped by the side of a footpath.
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