One in every 52 children in Blackpool is in care compared with one in 140 across England, according to new analysis which researchers said exposes “deeply rooted social inequalities” in
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A nursery deputy manager caused the death of a baby girl who she placed face down, tightly swaddled and strapped to a bean bag for more than an hour and
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A “sadistic” killer’s placement in a classroom alongside vulnerable trans teenager Brianna Ghey will be investigated at the inquest into her death, a court has heard. Brianna, 16, was lured
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A karate champion regarded as a “hero” by his students has been found guilty of sexual assaults on teenage boys. Andrew Sherry, a founder member of the Karate Union of
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Seven men have been jailed following a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Merseyside. Thomas Mills, 47, Brian McPadden, 61, Paul Lafferty, 42, and Jonjo O’Donoghue, 21, were
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Two women died after eating chicken mayo sandwiches fed to them in hospital and contaminated with listeria, an inquest has concluded. Retired Jamaican nurse Beverley Sowah (pictured), 57, and mother-of-five
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An inquest into the death of a baby girl has been delayed following concerns received by a “whistleblower”. A hearing into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ida Lock in
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An NHS support worker has won more than £405,000 on the People’s Postcode Lottery six years after the death of her twin boys and now wants to give back in
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A girl and a boy who murdered teenager Brianna Ghey have been jailed for life and given minimum terms of 22 and 20 years before parole. Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie
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The girl and boy who murdered teenager Brianna Ghey can be named for the first time as 16-year-olds Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe. The killers, both 15 at the time,
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