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Sadie Salt Nursery Crime

Statement from parents of Sadie Salt as charges brought over two-year-old's death

Hertsmere Borough Council has today confirmed that it has authorised charges linked to the death of two-year-old Sadie Salt.

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Prison
Human rights Inquests Prisoner rights

Failure to hold urgent suicide risk review probably contributed to 33-year-old's death in prison, jury concludes

An inquest into the death of 33-year-old Craig Gibbs found that failures in the way his escalating risk of self-harm and suicide was responded to on the day he died probably contributed to his death at HMP Exeter on 26 October 2022.

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Employment Gig economy

Royal Mail-operated eCourier told it is likely to be breaking the law after tribunal hearing over drivers' worker rights

Royal Mail-operated eCourier has been told that the claimants are likely to win arguments relating to worker status, in a judgment handed down by the employment tribunal.

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