This is the fourth regional report from the Northern Ireland Self-Harm Registry. The most recent report covered the period 2012-2015 and this report builds on previous work and includes annual
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A man and a woman have been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 14 years each for murdering a vulnerable woman, who they should have been caring
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A judge has decided against ruling that a woman with learning difficulties is no longer able to consent to making love with her husband of more than 25 years. Mr
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A couple convicted of murdering a vulnerable woman for whom they claimed to be carers will return to court for sentencing. Margaret Fleming, who had learning difficulties, vanished “from the
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Care for elderly victims of crime by police and prosecutors was not good enough in more than half the cases examined by two watchdogs. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and
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A council has been ordered by the High Court to temporarily house a mother and her 12-week-old son to prevent them being made homeless ahead of a legal challenge. Camden
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The Government is being urged to tackle the crisis in social care through the increased use of so-called assistive technologies to help people with learning disabilities and improve the skills
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A judge who gave specialists permission to perform an abortion on a pregnant woman with learning disabilities did not pay enough heed to her feelings, appeal judges have said. Mrs
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The Government will review the benefits system for terminally ill people after charities said it was not fit for purpose in a damning parliamentary report. Claimants near the end of
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Hundreds of potential trafficking and slavery victims were held in immigration detention centres last year, figures suggest. Home Office statistics show more than 500 potential victims were detained under immigration
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