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Baby Found Alive in Mortuary After Being Declared Dead at Oxford Hospital

A newborn baby was declared dead at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford but later found to be alive when transferred to the mortuary, in one of several disturbing cases now under national investigation. The incident is among dozens of alleged failings at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which is being reviewed as […]

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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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Sir Julian Hartley Resigns as CQC Chief Executive Amid Leeds Care Inquiry

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Sir Julian Hartley has resigned from his position as Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) with immediate effect. Dr Arun Chopra, currently Chief Inspector of Mental Health, will take over as Interim Chief Executive until a permanent appointment is made. Explaining his decision, Sir Julian said he felt his current role had become

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Organised Crime Exploits Loopholes in UK Tenancy Law to Target Landlords

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For months, Alex York believed his Chelsea tenants were simply behind on rent. “I just thought they were normal tenants,” he says. But when York visited the property to speak with them, he discovered a far darker reality. His home had been taken over by a criminal gang running a large scale property scam. A

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Scotland Named UK’s Most Violent for Classroom Attacks on Teachers

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Scotland now has the most violent classrooms in the United Kingdom, with serious attacks on teachers and school staff tripling in the past ten years. Between March 2014 and March 2024, there were 490 reports of serious injuries to school staff caused by violence, the highest rate in the UK when adjusted for population, according

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“Dirty Money in London” : Properties Frozen Over Cambodian Torture Compound Links

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More than £130 million worth of London property has been seized as part of an international crackdown on a criminal network accused of running brutal scam compounds in Cambodia and Myanmar. Two men Chen Zhi and Qiu Wei Ren were added to the UK sanctions list on Tuesday, alongside several companies connected to them, in

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‘He Controlled Everything’: How Technology Was Used to Trap Disabled Woman in Years of Abuse

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A disabled woman has spoken out about years of relentless abuse at the hands of her partner, who used technology to control every aspect of her life from her money and medical care to her privacy at home. Sarah*, a wheelchair user in her forties, told The Independent she had “no privacy at all” as

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Two Nightmares at Once: The Mothers Accused of Killing Their Own Babies

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When Rose saw her young daughter asleep against the ladder of her bunk bed, she instinctively pulled out her phone and took a picture.Seconds later, to her horror, she realised the 21 month old was not asleep. Her neck had become entangled in a scarf tied to the bunk bed. She was unconscious. Through tears,

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Survey Reveals Growing Crisis in Classroom Discipline Across Scotland

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Teachers across Scotland have warned that schools have become too lenient with disruptive pupils, claiming a lack of consequences is fuelling poor behaviour in classrooms. A major survey by the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) found that just 22 per cent of teachers believe their school has a clear disciplinary system in place to deal

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Wisdom outweighs speed: middle age emerges as brain’s sweet spot

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Middle age is often cast as life’s bleakest stretch: creaking joints, stalled careers, demanding children and ageing parents. Yet new research suggests that the late fifties may, in fact, be the prime of human mental performance. A paper in the journal Intelligence has produced a new measure, the cognitive-personality functioning index (CPFI) which combines intelligence,

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