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Actor and director Samantha Morton has said councils who fail to prevent the deaths of children in care should face manslaughter charges.

Sally Kirkland, a former model and Oscar nominated actress known for her roles in films such as Anna, The Sting and JFK has died aged 84.

Dame Jilly Cooper died from a head injury after falling at her home in Gloucestershire, an inquest has found.

Decades of abuse of thousands of young men by staff at a detention centre in County Durham was "ignored and dismissed" by the prison service, the police and the Home Office, an investigation has found.

Seven men have been charged with more than 40 offences against 11 teenagers after an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Bristol.

Thousands of job cuts at the NHS will go ahead after the £1bn needed to fund the redundancies was approved by the Treasury.