A High Court judge has ruled that doctors can give a sick five-year-old girl from a Jehovah’s Witness family a blood transfusion. The little girl’s parents said their religious beliefs
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A man who refuses to register his son’s birth because he does not want the state to control the youngster has defended his stance after losing a High Court fight.
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Inspectors have identified key strengths in the way children and young people in need of care and protection are supported in Edinburgh. In a report published today, the Care Inspectorate
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A man who refuses to register his son’s birth because he does not want the State to control the youngster has lost a High Court fight. Council social services bosses
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The Catholic Church needs to make child safeguarding a number one priority, the secretary to the sex abuse inquiry has said. Gaps remain in the Archdiocese of Birmingham’s approach to
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A 13-year-old girl who displays “significant challenging behaviours” and is said to be at risk of sexual exploitation is being kept under constant supervision at a specialist unit, a High
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A woman who has had seven children removed from her care is pregnant again, a family court judge has been told. The woman, who is in her late 20s, is
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The Government has been defeated in the Lords over the scrapping of the adoption register for England. Peers voted by a majority of 85 to “regret” the move, warning it
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A two-year-old boy who needed major surgery after being kicked and punched by a man his mother lived with should move to his father’s home, a High Court judge says.
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The schools admission code will be changed so the most vulnerable children, such as those fleeing domestic abuse, can access a place more quickly, the Education Secretary has announced. According
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