The victim told the court she believed she was going to die during the ordeal. Giving evidence behind a screen, she said: "It wasn't consensual... they have ruined my life."
Cheshire constabulary confirmed that the arrested individual was one of three former hospital bosses detained last June on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, as part of an ongoing investigation.
"I don't fully understand the reasons that I'm in the position I am in, but that is for a separate process for me to try to get to the bottom of."
Statistics show that between April 2019 and March 2025, 104 children died with temporary accommodation recorded as a contributing factor to their vulnerability, ill-health or death.
It's been revealed that a trustee of William Blake House, a care home for adults with profound disabilities, embezzled £1m. There are very few homes in the country that offer this sort of care and now it faces closure. As a father of a disabled son myself can I tell the prime minister that this situation is one of my worst nightmares, and it's one of the worst nightmares of many parents with disabled adult children.
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee sought reassurance that the Cabinet Office had shared details of Capita's performance on the CSPS before the DWP made its award to the outsourcing firm to provide HR, finance, and payroll services to the DWP, the Ministry of Justice, the Home Office, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Disabled people are enduring average waits exceeding 100 days for crucial support applications designed to help them secure or maintain employment, a new report reveals. A leading disability equality charity has condemned the findings from the National Audit Office (NAO), describing the public spending watchdog's report as "laying bare the brutal reality for disabled people trying to get into and stay in work."
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