A prescription drug linked to 33 deaths in 2017 in Northern Ireland is now being treated as a class C drug. Pregabalin is also known as Lyrica or street named bud. It is an anti-epileptic drug also used to relieve chronic pain. Northern Ireland has the highest prescription rate in the UK. It is illegal to…
Doctors, nurses and teachers would be required by law to report children feared to have been caught up in a life of violence and if they fail to do so they will be held accountable. This is a proposal to help tackle the knife crime. Young people who go to A&E with suspicious injuries or…
A £5,000 reward is being offered for information about a missing teenager who has been missing for more than a month. Leah Croucher, 19, disappeared whilst walking to work in Milton Keynes at 08:15 GMT on February 15. She was last seen by her family at 22:00 GMT on February 14. CCTV footage showed her…
A total of 70.9 million prescriptions of antidepressants were dispensed in England in 2018. NHS Digital figures show that the number of drugs issued for conditions such as depression and anxiety went up from 67.5 million in 2017. This total is almost double the number given in 2008. The figures include all items issued by…
The detective who led the inquiry into Jill Dando’s murder has said that her case will never be solved. Hamish Campbell told a documentary is to mark 20 years since the 37-year-olds newsreader’s shooting: “Do I think somebody will come back to court? Probably not, no.” Mr Campbell’s team arrested Barry George in 2000, one…
Child abusers who view indecent images of young children online could be avoiding justice because some Met Police units only have the space to examine two of their electronic devices for evidence. A lack of resources means detectives who arrest people suspected of downloading illegal images can only choose two devices of their electronic devices…
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