Three senior judges who specialise in family law have told how a lower-ranking judge’s plans to allow “live” reporting of a high-profile private family court hearing relating to the death
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Two children born in England after their parents were trafficked from Slovakia should be placed for adoption in England, a High Court judge has decided. Mr Justice Baker said it
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A surge in the number of children as young as 10 seeking help for sex abuse has seen demand on services more than double in just five years, according to
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An eight year old was among more than 22,000 children held overnight in police cells last year, according to new figures. Another one of the 22,792 under-18s was held for
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With child poverty levels in Wales continuing to be amongst the highest in the UK, a conference in the Glamorgan Building of Cardiff University this week (29 January) aims to
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When family difficulties mean that children are at risk of abuse or neglect and face being taken into care or becoming candidates for adoption, how can their fathers be brought
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Social media is to be targeted in a campaign to prevent child sexual exploitation. It aims to provide information for parents and young people about the risks of exploitation and
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Vulnerable British children are being placed in care outside their home county due to the influx of child asylum seekers from across the English Channel. Council chiefs in Kent said
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A boy who died of scurvy was “invisible” to the authorities despite concerns being raised about his welfare, according to a leaked official report. Eight-year-old Dylan Seabridge, who was home-educated,
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A second police force should take over the investigation into the death of toddler Poppi Worthington in an attempt to “salvage some prospect of justice”, ministers have been told. Former
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