All news by author: Nicola Small

Colin Stagg admits getting his £706,000 compensation by the Home Office to 'rebuild his life' felt 'a bit like winning the lottery' and he splashed out his money on cars, holidays and gifts

Unions have hit out after £39m was splurged on public information campaigns, including one aimed at recruiting school and college staff - enough to pay 1,500 teachers

Port, 48, killed four young gay men but despite obvious similarities the Met Police failed to spot a connection, or even realise they were murdered

Tony’s father Anthony Smith and birth mum Jody Simpson were jailed for 10 years for abusing him so badly he needed both legs amputating and now Smith seeks prison release

Orson Grimer is thriving at school after his parents saved up nearly £14,000 for a two-year Auditory Verbal therapy course - but this is not available to thousand of other deaf children

Researchers believe silk from spiders could be used to bridge gaps between nerves in humans, particularly helpful for patients who have had to have nerves affected by cancer removed

Several teenagers at the top grammar – which has a Royal Charter – were sent home after staff reported malicious messages on two Instagram accounts

The figures, published by the Office for National Statistics, come as ministers are urged to rethink a move to scrap mental health support funding for NHS workers

A Freedom of Information request has revealed just 3.5% of the Home Office fleet is electric despite a 2021 pledge for a zero-emission fleet by 2027 - just years away

The mental health centre will allow the club's charity Everton in the Community to help those in need with access to GP services, talking therapy and educational and employment support

One scandal-hit service ferried 27 critical condition patients by cab. Each person was on a category 1 call, meaning they needed life-saving intervention or resuscitation

Rebecca Bridgman filmed her ordeal for Rishi Sunak after being stranded for five nights waiting for a bed after going to hospital with severe breathing difficulties

A trip for a couple with two kids to Butlins, Bognor comes in at £3,300 for a week, with food and activities included - a family could enjoy a four-star stay in Dubai for a week for less, with breakfast.

NHS nurse Melanie Johnson is leading a team of 35 medics sent by UK-Med to respond to the devastating earthquake in Turkey which has killed at least 46,000 people

Christian Atsu was found dead under rubble following the massive earthquake which struck Turkey and northern Syria, premiership sides paying tribute to the Newcastle United player

Jody Scrine started running 12 years ago and has since covered a huge variety of terrain and climates across the globe, while also raising £50,000 for a breast cancer charity

NHS worker Holly Knowles said that there is now nothing she can do about the intimate images as her tormentor keeps reposting them online despite multiple efforts to remove them

Julia McKee, from Iver Heath, Bucks, is determined to combat domestic abuse after her best friend Sarah Henshaw was attacked with a claw hammer and strangled as she slept

One in 10 GP partners have been forced to reduce time with patients and nearly a quarter have stopped recruiting surgery staff due to the cost-of-living crisis.

Ticketing security experts say that more needs to be done to protect gig-goers, following a surge in criminals using software to bulk-buy tickets to see stars such as Beyonce and Madonna

There were 806 obese toddlers and pre-school children admitted for treatment in hospital in 2021/22, according to NHS figures. Charity bosses say the Government need to do more to tackle the issue

The Prison Officers’ Association has blamed the huge compensation bill on the Tory failure to tackle the jail staffing crisis, with inmates not getting the entitlements required by law

A number of high ranking and wealthy Conservative party members have links to private health care companies which, in turn, are profiting from the current NHS crisis

Research shows one in 10 health visitors are juggling caseloads of more than 1,000 kids – four times the recommended ratio – and nearly a third have more than 750 children on their books

MoJ Figures show 18.5% of officers were off sick on September 20 in one youth jail where youth inmates carry weapons because they say staff can't keep them safe