Four staff members at a specialist hospital unit who were exposed by an undercover BBC Panorama documentary mistreating vulnerable patients have narrowly escaped jail. Whorlton Hall, a 17-bed independent unit
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A boyfriend who murdered his new partner’s toddler by shaking her to death after learning his Universal Credit had been stopped and being threatened for drug debts has been jailed
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James Cleverly has apologised for using “unparliamentary language” after calling a Labour MP “shit”, a source close to the Home Secretary said. Mr Cleverly (pictured) has been under pressure to
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A new boyfriend who murdered his partner’s toddler by shaking her to death after learning his Universal Credit had been stopped will be jailed for life. Michael Daymond, 27, attacked
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A 33-year-old with paranoid schizophrenia launched a “ferocious” fatal attack on a fellow psychiatric patient in the hospital where they were being treated, a judge has said. Ahsan Zia, 33,
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A former Durham coach has admitted sexually assaulting a teenage player after being convicted of similar offences against young cricketers on four previous occasions. Michael Strange (pictured), 63, appeared via
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A maternity unit has been given the lowest possible rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after the regulator described it as a “chaotic environment which was not fit for
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Ambulance bosses have apologised to families after staff were accused of covering up errors and withholding evidence from coroners when patients died. An independent review has been completed into how
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A 15-year-old girl who is in council care has given birth after a High Court judge ruled that doctors could perform a caesarean section against her will. Mr Justice Poole
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Four members of staff at a specialist hospital have been found guilty of mistreating vulnerable patients after an undercover BBC Panorama documentary. Five other staff members were cleared of all
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