A report into “shocking abuse” at an NHS mental health unit where patients were filmed being mistreated has found poor leadership, bosses “disconnected” from reality and practices of suppressing “bad
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The death of a teenager who took her own life in prison could have been prevented, says her family. On Friday, an inquest jury in Warrington concluded that Annelise Sanderson,
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A teenage inmate found hanging in her cell was “happy and bubbly” weeks after she was identified as at risk of suicide or self-harm, an inquest jury has heard. Annelise
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A tearful whistleblower told of her frustration reporting the rape of children by grooming gangs in Rochdale only to be ignored by police and the local council. Sara Rowbotham, co-ordinator
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A teenage inmate found dead in her cell “seemed like a lost soul” during her first time in an adult prison, her mother told an inquest. Annelise Sanderson, 18, was
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Girls were “left at the mercy” of paedophile grooming gangs for years in Rochdale because of failings by senior police and council bosses, a report has said. The damning 173-page
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A nurse who drugged patients on a hospital stroke unit for an “easy life” and to “exercise contemptuous power” has been jailed for seven years and two months. Catherine Hudson
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Matt Hancock told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that he found local political leaders in Liverpool easier to deal with than those in Manchester, in an apparent swipe at Andy Burnham.
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Matt Hancock knew Tier 3 restrictions would not work when he imposed them on Greater Manchester, the Covid inquiry has heard. Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, accused the
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The bungled handling of the release of personal information about Nicola Bulley’s health struggles was “avoidable and unnecessary”, and police and media need to rebuild trust, police chiefs have said.
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