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Empire Windrush

Ten years is too long to wait to right the wrongs of the Windrush Scandal

Almost 10 years after the Windrush Scandal broke in the UK, more than 100 lawyers and campaigners have written to the government with a call for urgent action to completely reform the compensation scheme and speed up payments.

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Abuse Human rights Abuse in schools

Call for witnesses over alleged abuse at Barrow Hills School in 1970s

Lawyers are investigating allegations of serious sexual abuse at Barrow Hills School in Surrey during the 1970s.

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Norfolk woman appeals to former school colleagues after asbestos cancer diagnosis

A Norfolk woman is appealing to former colleagues for information after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer nearly exclusively caused by exposure to asbestos.

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