Major reforms to children’s social care will not “prevent evil” but offer an opportunity to limit the number of tragic cases, an education minister has said. Will Quince (pictured) told
Read More
Former Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan has been jailed for 18 months as a judge said he faced “a day of reckoning” for groping a 15-year-old boy in 2008. The
Read More
A woman has been convicted of murdering a one-year-old boy she was hoping to adopt. Leiland-James Corkill was placed with Laura Castle (pictured) 38, and her husband Scott Castle, 35,
Read More
A woman who sexually assaulted and raped a child with two other men has been jailed for life. Vicki Bevan (pictured, centre), 37, was given the life sentence by Judge
Read More
Britain’s children “do not want to be defined by the pandemic” and are “determined to make this a better world”, the head of the NSPCC said. Sir Peter Wanless (pictured)
Read More
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
Read More
The Justice Secretary has said the Parole Board needs a “fundamental overhaul” after it rejected his bid to keep the mother of Baby P behind bars. Tracey Connelly, whose son
Read More
Jimmy Savile was one of the UK’s most serious serial sexual predators. Over several decades the television personality groomed and abused up to 1,000 boys and girls in TV studios
Read More
A 54-year-old married man has been jailed for 11 years after being found guilty of having sex with a 15-year-old girl – but the court heard his wife is standing
Read More
The true scale of alleged child abuse in local authority foster care may never be revealed due to historic issues with record keeping, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard. Opening
Read More
Notifications