The Scottish Government has appointed a senior judge to chair the public inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced that Lady Poole, a
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Agencies which had contact with murdered toddler Star Hobson during her short life have said: “We need to fully understand why opportunities to better protect Star were missed.” Bradford’s council
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The UK government has launched a national review into the horrific abuse and murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. Arthur was six years old when he was killed in Solihull by his
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The Government is being urged to publish a timetable for the holding of a public inquiry into coronavirus and to make sure it reflects the diversity of the UK population.
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The family of a former Wales international hockey player who took her own life after suffering with chronic anxiety have said she was the “gentlest person” and “beautiful inside and
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A health board has ordered a review after a woman’s body was left in a mortuary for six weeks, meaning a post-mortem examination could not determine the cause of death.
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The Government will not hesitate to take action off the back of a review into failings around the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, Number 10 has said. The six-year-old was murdered
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An independent review is under way into the actions of social workers who found “no safeguarding concerns” for a boy who was murdered just two months later by his stepmother.
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A former pupil who was physically restrained and abused by a teacher has told an inquiry the trauma he suffered left him fearing for his life and that it will
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The “inertia” of Southampton’s board allowed Bob Higgins free to continue to abuse boys at the club, causing them “incalculable” damage, an independent review has concluded. Children’s charity Barnardo’s said
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