More than a third of children and young people are experiencing increased mental health difficulties during the coronavirus lockdown, a children’s charity survey suggests. The impacts of Covid-19 could be
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Prominent politicians, businessmen and police officers are alleged to have been involved in the filming of sexual assaults against children in care, an inquiry has heard. Some of the abuse
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Two senior Conservative MPs are trying to force the Government to automatically grant EU children in care settled status in the UK when freedom of movement is ended. Former minister
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Asylum seekers in Glasgow have been treated like “Amazon parcels” during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a charity calling for an inquiry into their accommodation facilities. It comes after six
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Children in the care of Lambeth Council faced death threats, punishment and disbelief when they attempted to report sexual abuse, an inquiry has heard. Paedophiles targeted young people in children’s
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Refugees, charities and MPs are calling for an inquiry into an asylum seeker “accommodation crisis” in Glasgow after an attack in the city last week. Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, from
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Men working in social care have more than double the risk of death from Covid-19 as those in the general population, while women have twice the risk, new figures show.
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A mentally ill and violent teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern viewing gantry when he was allowed out unsupervised has been told he “may never be
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A social care worker shot dead in a double murder at an outdoor lockdown party was a “doting father” to to his three children and a “loving husband”, his wife
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A phased return to visiting at care homes across Scotland has been announced by Health Secretary Jeane Freeman. Only essential visits have been permitted so far during lockdown. Ms Freeman
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