Inmates win 'cold turkey' payout
Taxpayers have footed a £1 million compensation bill after almost 200 drug-addicted prisoners sued the Government, claiming that denying them a heroin substitute breached their human rights.
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An apology at last for family of Down's boy accused of a racist assault
The Crown Office in Scotland offered a rare apology yesterday to the family of Jamie Bauld, the Down’s syndrome teenager with a mental age of about 5 who was accused of a racist assault.
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Suicide link to 'smoking pill'
A HIGH-flying Sky TV executive stabbed himself to death after taking a controversial “quit-smoking” pill, an inquest has heard.
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Two-thirds of British residents fear violence as migrant tensions rise
Almost two-thirds of British residents fear race relations are so poor that tensions are likely to spill over into violence, the BBC has found.
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Tributes flow in for Ray Wyre after death at 56
Care cases down in London by 40% since introduction of PLO
Skills for Care unveils study of direct payment users as employers
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