Convictions for sex offences against children under 16 have increased by almost 60 per cent in six years, it has emerged.

BOSSES at a Hampshire nursing home have been ordered to urgently improve standards or risk being shut down.

A CARE home manager has been jailed for a year after stealing from residents in what a judge described as a “monstrous breach of trust”.

The Children’s Legal Centre and children’s charity Coram have amalgamated as from 1 September. The merger is intended to unite Coram’s social-work led expertise and extensive reach to schools with the legal experience of the Children’s Legal Centre in promoting the rights of children throughout the UK and beyond.

Almost two in five Europeans suffer from a mental disorder, with the most common being anxiety, insomnia and depression, according to new research.