The second phase of hearings into allegations of abuse at children’s homes run by a religious order has drawn to a close following weeks of “powerful, compelling and disturbing” testimony.
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Focus on the Brexit “soap opera” has delayed the Government’s response to a report examining abuse of British children sent overseas, a minister has suggested. Jackie Doyle-Price thanked Labour’s Lisa
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A detective constable failed to properly investigate child sex abuse claims and was only found out when the matter came to light again a year later. Sussex Police officer Celia
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A murder inquiry has been launched following the death of a young schoolgirl on a Scottish island. Alesha MacPhail, six, was reported missing from Rothesay on the Isle of Bute
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Action for Children are concerned that opportunities to intervene early are being missed. Some children are stuck in a revolving door into social care, in a cycle of referral and
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Tens of thousands of vulnerable children at risk of abuse and neglect may not be getting the help they need, a charity has warned. A report by Action for Children
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An inquest has been opened and adjourned into the death of a four-year-old girl allegedly murdered by her mother. Amelia Brooke Harris died at her home on Brithweunydd Road in
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A senior nun has apologised “unreservedly” to those who told an inquiry they were abused at children’s homes run by a religious order. Sister Anna Maria Doolan said she had
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A retired archbishop has told an inquiry he is “deeply ashamed” following allegations of abuses at children’s homes run by nuns. Archbishop Mario Conti said he had been “blindly satisfied”
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More children are being forced to commit crimes including carrying weapons and selling drugs, a leading charity has warned. Barnardo’s surveyed its children’s service managers across the country and found
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