A 12-year-old girl who overdosed on tablets after making an allegation of sexual assault “felt like she wasn’t believed”, her mother has told an inquest. Semina Halliwell (pictured) died on
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A coroner has issued a warning about the effects of medication used to treat depression after the husband of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s daughter took his own life.
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Regulation of senior hospital managers could improve patient safety, the public inquiry over the crimes of nurse Lucy Letby has heard. Letby, 35, was moved to clerical duties in July
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The former head of a national inquiry into child sexual abuse has warned against “politicising” the issue, as she urged the Government to act on the “full implementation” of reforms
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Lawyers for child serial killer Lucy Letby will make a fresh bid to challenge her convictions on the grounds that the lead prosecution medical expert at her trial was “not
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A man who suffered sexual abuse by a monk on a remote Welsh island has said “more needs to be done” after a safeguarding review found assaults happened “in plain
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Duty of candour in the NHS is not working and needs replacing with stronger powers, a former senior ombudsman has told the inquiry over the crimes of child serial killer
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A woman who killed a pensioner after she went missing from an acute mental health unit had previously told police she had “thoughts to kill others” and referenced “a bloodbath”,
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A date has been set for the inquest into the deaths of a mother and four of her children, almost seven years on from a deadly arson attack. The blaze
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The newly-appointed Covid corruption commissioner will “leave no stone unturned” as he investigates a “carnival of fraud”, Rachel Reeves has said. Tom Hayhoe (pictured), a health policy expert, has been
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