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DHSC Launches £461,000 Pilot to Empower Nurses in Adult Social Care

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced a £461,000 investment to support the Adult Social Care Nurse Prescribing Pilot. The initiative will enable nurses across six Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) to complete a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)-approved prescribing qualification, allowing them to prescribe medicines within their adult social care settings. Participants […]

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Grooming Gang Relatives ‘Applying for Charity Jobs to Intimidate Victims’

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Relatives of convicted grooming gang members have been applying for roles at UK charities that support sexual exploitation survivors in an effort to intimidate victims and interfere with investigations, according to new revelations. Paul O’Rourke, managing director of Next Stage Youth Development in Rochdale, said his organisation has uncovered multiple infiltration attempts from individuals linked

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Hobbycraft Probes After Gender-Critical Feminist ‘Asked to Leave’ Over Staff Badge Dispute

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Hobbycraft has launched an internal investigation after a customer claimed she was removed from its Dundee store for questioning a staff member’s “no Terfs, no Tories” badge. Rebekah Chapman, a 33-year-old gender-critical campaigner and designer, said she was ejected from the store after politely questioning why the employee was wearing what she described as an

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CCTV Exposes Chilling Nightclub Rapist Who Targeted Women in Fife

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A Fife businessman has been jailed for nine years after CCTV revealed him prowling a nightclub looking for women to drug before carrying out what a judge described as “reprehensible” sexual attacks. Kenan Baki, 46, sexually assaulted one woman and raped another after spiking their drinks at the Society nightclub in Kirkcaldy. The victims, who

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New Multi-Million-Pound Initiative to Transform Dementia Research Worldwide

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A major new international initiative has been launched to accelerate progress in dementia research and treatment. The Dementia Frontiers Fund, created by Alzheimer’s Research UK in partnership with Gates Ventures, aims to unlock groundbreaking discoveries that could transform understanding of dementia worldwide. Announced on 23 October, the multi-million-pound programme seeks to tackle some of the

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Father of Convicted Rapist Backs ‘Innocent Men’ Campaign, Sparking Public Outrage

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A Scottish GP, Dr Andrew McFarlane, is under fire after making a £1,200 donation to a controversial men’s rights group while allegedly waging an online harassment campaign against a rape survivor. Dr McFarlane, 61, who works with NHS Highland, was arrested and charged in August for allegedly using social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to

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British Army Under Fire as Women Accuse Civilian Doctors of Decades-Long Sexual Abuse

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Hundreds of women who joined the British Army over the past five decades have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse during medical examinations, according to reports obtained by The Times. Wiltshire Police confirmed that the alleged incidents occurred at multiple army recruitment sites across the UK between the 1970s and 2016. The force has

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Think Tank Urges NHS to Train More Generalist Doctors to Tackle Hospital Gridlock

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The NHS should train more generalist doctors instead of requiring medical graduates to specialise early in their careers, a new report by the Re:State think tank has recommended. Currently, junior doctors in England must select a medical specialty such as cardiology, respiratory medicine or endocrinology within two years of starting work. According to Re:State’s report,

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Police Arrest 22-Year-Old After “Shocking and Senseless” Stabbing in Midhurst Gardens

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A 22-year-old Afghan national has been arrested after a triple stabbing in Uxbridge, west London, left a dog walker dead and two others injured, the Metropolitan Police confirmed. Emergency services were called to Midhurst Gardens at around 5pm on Monday following reports of multiple stabbings. A 49-year-old man, who was walking his dog, was treated

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Wallsend Man Jailed for Spying on Holidaymakers at Butlin’s Resort

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A man who secretly filmed holidaymakers as they undressed at a Butlin’s resort has been jailed for three years. Mark Simpson, 51, of Wallsend, North Tyneside, pleaded guilty to multiple offences including two counts of voyeurism, after recording people getting changed at Butlin’s Skegness on 30 separate occasions. He also admitted possession of a prohibited

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