Jimmy Akingbola has called for better visibility of children in Britain’s care system after reflecting on his own experience for an upcoming project. In a new documentary for ITV, Jimmy
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Police have started a programme of community outreach to speak with victims of historical institutions for women. Thousands of women and girls in Northern Ireland spent time in mother and
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A woman who murdered a baby she was hoping to adopt previously told a therapist she had anger management issues and drank six bottles of wine a week, a review
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A mother whose baby was murdered by the woman who was trying to adopt him has said council authorities should take some responsibility for his death. Laura Corkill told the
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The Government should formally apologise to unmarried women who were “railroaded” into unwanted adoptions between the 1950s and 1970s, MPs and peers have said. The Joint Committee on Human Rights
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A woman has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years for the murder of a one-year-old boy she was hoping to adopt. Leiland-James Corkill had been placed with Laura
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This moment is a once in a generation opportunity to reset children’s social care. What we need is a system that provides intensive help to families in crisis, acts decisively
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The children’s social care system needs a “radical reset” to stop the “cycle of escalating problems”, the leader of a review into the sector has warned. Josh MacAlister, a former
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A woman has told a jury she finally admitted killing the 12-month-old boy she was hoping to adopt to “give him justice”. Laura Castle, 38, entered a plea of guilty
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A woman murdered a 12-month-old boy she was hoping to adopt as her frustration with him turned to hostility, a court has heard. Leiland-James Corkill was placed with Laura Castle,
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