14 h. ago Speed limits of 10mph would reduce road deaths, charity report finds

A speed limit of 10mph would mean less than one in 10 road accidents would result in someone being killed or seriously injured

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3 d. ago Part of Charity Commission’s Kids Company report ‘extremely unfair’, says judge

The charity, which supported vulnerable children, went into liquidation in August 2015 following unfounded safeguarding allegations.

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4 d. ago The six early warning signs of dementia that EVERYONE needs to know: Read over expert guide to diagnosing the disease

Dementia is now the UK's biggest killer. More than a million people are thought to have the condition, according to a report for the charity Alzheimer's Society published last year.

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7 d. ago Speed limits could drop to 10mph on major roads in bid to improve safety

Drivers could see speed limits reduced to 10mph in certain areas if proposals from the Road Safety Foundation are introduced - but it has been blasted by motorist groups

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2 w. ago Concerns raised about care home charity chaired by Cardiff councillor

The chair of Cartref said trustees are aware of their responsibilities, including their responsibility to report to the the Charity Commission when necessary

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2 w. ago Here’s a radical way to save England’s collapsing justice system: get rid of juries | Simon Jenkins

We’re saddled with an archaic system. As record numbers of trials stall and costs soar, it’s time for us to ditch this relicAre the middle ages about to end? We all know Magna Cartaset the principle that justice delayed is justice denied. These days, outmoded British judicial systems amount to precisely such a denial of justice, playthings of a legal profession supremely confident of its perfection. No aspect of these systems is more superfluous than juries. There is no conclusive evidence they are more “just” than systems based on judges in the rest of Europe – or in non-jury courts in Britain.As of September 2024, a record 73,000 trials in England and Wales are, like A&E patients, waiting their turn in a bureaucratic corridor. In March, a trial of a man alleged to have been threatening members of the public with a machete was postponed for three and a half years to 2028. According to a 2023 report by the charity Rape Crisis, on average adult survivors of rape in England and Wa...

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