Society

Dominic Raab to appeal against release of Baby P’s mother from prison
Parole Board directs release of Tracey Connelly, jailed in 2009 over death of son who suffered months abuse
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
30, Mar, 2022 @3:18 PM

‘I don’t want what happened to my husband happening to anyone else’: the widow campaigning for gambling law reform
It was only after Annie Ashton’s husband Luke took his own life that she realised he had been gambling in secret – sometimes up to 100 times a day on his phone. She wants urgent changes to the way the betting industry operates
Leah Harper
30, Mar, 2022 @1:00 PM

Shropshire baby deaths report: parents express relief and anger
Campaigners hope damning report on inadequate maternity care at Royal Shrewsbury hospital will bring lasting change
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
30, Mar, 2022 @12:19 PM

11 years, 10 arrests, at least 62 women: how did Britain’s worst cyberstalker evade justice for so long?
Matthew Hardy so frightened some of his victims that they slept with weapons. Although he was known to the police – and even prosecuted – it was more than a decade before he was jailed
Sirin Kale
30, Mar, 2022 @5:00 AM

Public satisfaction with NHS sinks to lowest level since 1997
Just 36% of people content with the health service, survey finds
Denis Campbell Health policy editor
30, Mar, 2022 @5:00 AM

1.5bn unused PPE items in England have passed expiry date, says audit office
Report says health department has paid £737m for storage, with 3.6bn items considered unsuitable for frontline use
Jamie Grierson
29, Mar, 2022 @11:01 PM

Street lighting increases theft from cars, rather than deterring opportunists
Night-time thefts from vehicles almost halved where lights were turned off between midnight and 5am
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
29, Mar, 2022 @10:30 PM

Max Mosley killed himself after learning of terminal cancer, inquest hears
The former F1 boss died aged 81 at his home in London in May 2021
Christy Cooney
29, Mar, 2022 @9:08 PM

Jackie Weaver had ‘no authority’ after all, investigation finds
A year after the chaotic Handforth parish council Zoom call, reports find meeting facilitator was in the wrong
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
29, Mar, 2022 @6:51 PM

Women and babies remain at risk of unsafe NHS care, experts warn
Exclusive: Health leaders say midwife shortage means they cannot meet recommendations in review into Shropshire trust failures
Andrew Gregory Health editor
29, Mar, 2022 @5:55 PM

A Rothschild woman who was overshadowed by no one | Letter
Letter: Miriam Rothschild was a botanist and zoologist of note for many decades, and the world authority on fleas, writes David Feld
Letters
29, Mar, 2022 @4:37 PM

Girl born four months premature named honorary 41st runner in Grand National
Jockey Club nominates Betty Batt, now four, who spent first year of her life in Alder Hey, to raise funds for the hospital
Geneva Abdul
29, Mar, 2022 @3:41 PM
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