Parents of sextortion victim urge others not to feel ashamed and to seek help
The parents of a teenager who took his own life after becoming a victim of sextortion are urging other victims not to be ashamed and to seek help. Murray Dowey,
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Puberty blocker pause not fuelled by ideology, says top doctor
Scotland’s pause on puberty blockers was not driven by ideology, the country’s top doctor has said. Earlier this year, the decision was taken to pause the prescription of puberty blockers
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Former doctor admits causing harm during child circumcision operations
A former doctor has admitted causing “painful cruelty to children” by running a mobile circumcision service. Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, was a practising doctor when he started visiting homes
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World’s first vaccine for ovarian cancer ‘could wipe out the disease’
The world’s first vaccine for ovarian cancer – being developed in the UK – could wipe out the deadly disease, researchers say. Scientists at the University of Oxford are creating
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Concern as thousands of children still awaiting first appointment for gender care
The national waiting list for children’s gender care in England and Wales rose after the opening of two new specialist hubs, with more than 5,700 under-18s waiting an average of
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Rise in abortions ‘linked to cost of living and lack of access to contraception’
The number of abortions for women living in England and Wales is at a record level, having risen by almost a fifth in a year. There were 251,377 abortions for
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Mastermind of grisly and gruesome ‘human butchery’ enterprise jailed for life
The mastermind of a lucrative extreme body modifications enterprise who cooked human testicles to eat in a salad has been jailed for life. Marius Gustavson (pictured) and his acolytes carried
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Cass Review findings of weak evidence in gender care ‘scandalous’ – Wes Streeting
Findings that children’s gender care in the NHS has been based on weak evidence have been branded “scandalous” by the shadow health secretary who told of his anger that adult
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Concerns young people being failed by ‘appalling’ waiting lists for gender care
Concerns have been raised that gender-questioning young people are being failed by “appalling” waiting lists as a report warned that staffing is one of the “most challenging” parts of delivering
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Tavistock whistleblower ‘had no alternative’ but to raise concerns over gender service
A whistleblower at the Tavistock Trust said he is “pleased I didn’t turn away” when colleagues raised concerns to him several years ago about the children’s gender service which closed
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