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Abuse of thousands of young men at detention centre 'ignored and dismissed', investigation finds

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 charged after investigation into child sexual exploitation in Bristol

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

Thousands of NHS staff to be made redundant

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

Hundreds of UK jobs at risk as Japanese firm plans factory closures

A Japanese manufacturing firm is facing a union battle over plans to shut factories in County Durham with the loss of hundreds of jobs.