Disabled people are almost three and a half times more at risk of violent crime, research shows. Charity Victim Support (VS) found that over the past decade violent crimes against
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Ofgem has decided there is “no case to open an investigation” into a controversial partnership between the energy supplier E.ON and the charity Age UK. Age UK was criticised for
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Eight care home staff, including the owner and the cleaner, have gone on trial accused of deliberately neglecting an elderly and vulnerable man who was left to live in conditions
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The Government is turning a “blind eye” on the “world’s poorest and most vulnerable” by failing to provide an “adequate response” to the European migrant crisis, according to a group
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Inter-agency education and increased collaborative working across Scotland are key points in a new report by a team of Interprofessional Education experts from Aberdeen. Led by Dr Sundari Joseph from Robert
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More must be done to drive down the number of people with mental health problems who smoke, a charity has said. People with mental health problems have significantly lower life
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Women have been given tents when they were released from prison with nowhere to go, a watchdog has revealed. The disclosure was made following an inspection into HMP Bronzefield in
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A charity has reportedly seen complaints of theft and fraud against elderly victims double in a year, leading it to suggest pensioners install CCTV in their homes. Action on Elder
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Action on Elder Abuse (AEA) Scotland has recently published two new booklets in partnership with Age Scotland. ‘Keeping safe from harm and abuse’ is a helpful guide for older people
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Two police officers have been sacked over their treatment of a man with autism. Pcs Christopher Thomas and Christopher Pitts, who both worked for Bedfordshire Police, pursued and detained Faruk
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