Charities have condemned the “shocking” number of children who have been strip searched by the Metropolitan Police without an appropriate adult present. The overwhelming response to what they describe as
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The police watchdog has been unable to discover why a 2004 inquiry which identified dozens of alleged child grooming victims and nearly 100 potential suspects was closed down a year
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There remain “serious concerns” with the children’s services department which had oversight of murdered five-year-old Logan Mwangi, a watchdog has found. Care Inspectorate Wales acknowledged there had been improvements at
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One of the killers of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes has had his jail sentence increased by three years at the Court of Appeal. The six-year-old’s stepmother, Emma Tustin, 32, was jailed for
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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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More than 3,500 online child abuse crimes will take place every month that the Online Safety Bill is delayed, children’s charity the NSPCC has warned. The charity said its analysis
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Vulnerable children are going without vital support because there are not enough social workers or appropriate homes to meet their needs, a regulator has warned. Problems in recruiting and keeping
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A depressed mother has been spared jail for killing her 10-week-old daughter six days after the girl was discharged into her parents’ care against the advice of healthcare professionals. Lily-Mai
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A four-year-old boy said “mummy, please don’t kill me” as his mentally ill mother drowned him, a court has heard. Oluwakemi Badare, 37, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was given a
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