A father has been jailed for plotting a “monstrous” acid attack on his three-year-old son which left the youngster “scarred for life”. The parent and five other defendants were all
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A man who killed three children before hanging their mutilated bodies on a fence outside their home has been cleared for release by the Parole Board. David McGreavy (pictured) killed
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Hospital staff did not spot an eight-year-old boy’s rare but life-threatening illness in the hours following his admission, an inquest has heard. Callum Cartlidge, described by his headteacher, as a
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Two 86-year-old men have been charged in connection with an investigation into historical abuse at a school dating back to the 1960s. West Mercia Police said both would appear in
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An elderly dementia patient had her care funding wrongly stopped by a council after a “flawed assessment” by social workers concluded she was able to manage her own finances. In
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A paedophile will probably die in jail after being handed 13 life sentences for the “horrific” abuse of children in Britain and abroad amid fears the full scale of his
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The Head of Dementia Innovation at a national charity has been honoured with a prestigious award, given in memory of a dementia activist. April Dobson is the 2016 recipient of
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A new report Evaluating the Health Implications of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) on Parents, commissioned by Pace (Parents against child sexual exploitation) and undertaken by the University of Worcester, examines
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A joint-venture by the Alzheimer’s Society, Herefordshire Council and the University of Worcester has resulted in the opening of a new service for people living with mild to moderate dementia
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A new report, authored by the University of Worcester’s Association for Dementia Studies, has revealed how women are much more likely to be affected by dementia than men. The majority
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