In the early hours of the morning, retired police detective Jon Wedger walks through the dimly lit streets of Tottenham, north-east London. He points towards a corner near a takeaway shop.“That’s where the three young girls are,” he says quietly. One is just 12 years old. Wedger, who served 25 years with the Metropolitan Police, […]
Care leaders have warned that England’s social care system is on the brink of collapse following the Care Quality Commission’s State of Care report, which they say “barely scratches the surface” of the challenges facing residential and nursing homes. The CQC’s annual assessment, published on Friday, exposed chronic workforce shortages, unsustainable funding pressures, and a
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A man who lured two women from Uganda to the UK with false promises of work and housing before raping them has been jailed for 17 years. Charles Isabirye, 48, was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court after being found guilty of a series of serious sexual offences, including four counts of rape, breach of a
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Billions of pounds are being wasted by the Home Office on hotel accommodation for asylum seekers, according to a scathing new report from the Home Affairs Committee. The committee’s findings reveal that the projected cost of housing asylum seekers has tripled from £4.5 billion to £15.3 billion, as demand has surged since the COVID-19 pandemic
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A convicted sex offender who was mistakenly released from prison spent more than an hour asking officers for help before being allowed to walk free, a witness has claimed. Hadush Kebatu, 41, from Ethiopia, was released from Chelmsford Prison in Essex on Friday due to what officials described as “human error”, just four weeks into
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An asylum seeker has been found guilty of murdering a young woman who worked at the hotel where he was staying in the West Midlands. Deng Chol Majek, originally from Sudan, stabbed 27-year-old Rhiannon Whyte 23 times with a screwdriver in what prosecutors described as a “vicious and frenzied” attack at Bescot Stadium railway station
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England’s health and social care system remains under intense pressure as it prepares for a major shift from hospital-based treatment to community care, according to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) latest State of Care report. The annual review, which assesses the performance of NHS and social care services, found that while there are signs of
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The long-awaited Renters Rights Bill has passed its final parliamentary stage and is now set to become law once it receives Royal Assent, expected later this month. The bill marks one of the most significant overhauls of the private rental sector in decades. Following a largely procedural debate in the House of Commons after the
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Millions of women across England are set to benefit from a major expansion of the NHS Health Check, as the government confirms that advice and guidance on menopause will be included for the first time. The new measure, described by campaigners as a “major leap forward” for women’s healthcare, will form part of the existing
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A PE teacher has been banned from the classroom after inventing a fake professional football career and later producing a false medical letter to explain absences from work. Between 2015 and 2016, Aaron Smith claimed to have played for West Bromwich Albion, Leicester City, and England Schoolboys Under-15s, the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) heard. Smith,
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