A man has been charged with 40 sexual offences after an investigation into alleged abuse at former children’s homes. Bruce McClean, 61, from Runcorn, has been charged with offences including
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Manchester has become the second local authority in England to vote to ban anti-abortion protests outside clinics. Councillors in the city agreed on Wednesday to “take all necessary actions within
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Toddler Poppi Worthington was sexually abused before her death, a coroner has ruled. The “fit and active” 13-month-old was in an “unsafe” sleeping environment and suffered injuries to her bottom
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Former football coach Barry Bennell carried out the “systematic and persistent” sexual abuse of young boys, including assaulting two youth footballers in the changing rooms at Crewe Alexandra’s ground, a
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Violence against women could become significantly less visible in police-recorded crime figures when a new counting method comes into effect, warn researchers at Lancaster University. Plans for Home Office Counting
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A woman who suffered the “unimaginable trauma” of seeing two children die when they were babies must have an 18-month-old daughter taken from her care and placed for adoption even
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A High Court judge has raised concern after being told that social services staff could not find a unit which could take an “extremely aggressive” 15-year-old girl who he said
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The mother of Poppi Worthington frantically urged her dying daughter: “Come on baby, come on Poppi … keep going” as she spoke to a 999 call handler. The harrowing emergency
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Labour has suspended former minister Ivan Lewis following a complaint about his conduct. The Bury South MP is under investigation by party officials because of the allegation. A spokeswoman said:
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A woman who grew up in care has won a prestigious award for her documentary about young people in the care system. Rebecca Southworth, who graduated from the University of
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