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Peer’s son killed himself after family told he did “not fit the criteria” to be readmitted to mental health hospital
Rupert Green, 21, the son of Lord Nicholas Monson, hanged himself in the garden of his mother's Surrey home after suffering psychosis, an inquest heard
Conservatives abandon Northern Powerhouse as spending gets ploughed into the south
Conservative promises to build a Northern Powerhouse lay in tatters today after new research found spending in the north of England has fallen by £6.3 billion while the south-east and south-west of England have seen an increase of £3.2 billion since 2009-10. Analysis of official figures by thinktank IPPR North showed that the north of England continued to see bigger cuts in public spending than any other region. Spending per head in London has increased by twice as much as spending...
Scientists reveal why snails and slugs target your favourite garden plants
They have four retractable tentacles on their head - which they use to sniff out their favourite grub, according to a study
Children’s home owner who campaigned against child abuse secretly abused kids in his care
John Webber was convicted of a staggering 26 sex offences - including multiple assaults on six boys aged between 15 and five.
Police urge people not to use unlicensed currency exchanges after £8.5m London criminal gang link
The warning came after four gangsters were jailed for 15 years after tricking Chinese students into giving them access to their bank accounts.
Four in five people in UK believe veterans with PTSD would struggle to stay in work
YouGov poll for The Poppy Factory indicates scale of challenge for those with mental health conditions, especially at Christmas. More than 4 in 5 (85 per cent) people in the UK think it would be difficult for someone living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to stay in paid work for 12 months or longer, new research shows. The poll of 2,098 UK adults was carried out by The Poppy Factory, based in Richmond-upon-Thames, which helps wounded, injured and sick veterans back...
Lawrence race murder suspect in multi-million pound drug trial
Jamie Acourt, 42, was arrested in Barcelona earlier this year, but denies being the ringleader of the drugs racket
‘Gunman’ holed up in London flat surrounded by armed cops
He climbed on to the roof of an address in Stoke Newington, north London, after police attempted to carry out a search warrant
Government’s full Brexit legal advice doesn’t look good for Theresa May
When MPs voted to find ministers in contempt of parliament for not complying with a vote to show MPs the full Brexit legal advice yesterday the faces on the Conservative Party front benches said it all. Today the government released their full advice - see below - and it makes grim reading, with Theresa May facing awkward questions over the next five days when she should be shoring up enough support for her Brexit deal to pass through a parliament. ...