The number of babies aged less than a year being taken into care has increased by more than a quarter in the last decade, new figures have revealed. In 2008,
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The mother of an eight-year-old boy who is missing after being abducted by his father 24 days ago has pleaded for him to be returned home. Karol Marmolejo last saw
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Record numbers of vulnerable children are going missing after being “farmed out” to children’s homes many miles from the areas in which they live, MPs have warned. The All-Party Group
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A couple with learning disabilities have had two children taken from their care after social workers raised safety concerns. Their eldest daughter was moved to a relative’s home more than
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New legislation which would ban adults from being able to smack their children has been introduced in Wales. The Welsh Government wants to remove the common law defence of reasonable
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County lines drug gangs are fuelling a rise in the number of British children being used as slaves, with cases more than doubling in a year. Figures released by the
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People are inclined to believe child sexual exploitation does not go on in their area, according to Barnardo’s Scotland. The charity carried out research into the public’s understanding of the
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A family court judge has spelled out why councils should be named in rulings on cases involving applications for children to be taken from the care of their parents. Judge
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Essex Police has apologised to victims after two rogue police officers were convicted of sabotaging child abuse investigations. Detective constables Sharon Patterson, 49, and Lee Pollard, 47, (pictured) forged documents,
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A short series of animations designed to inform children as young as four about online dangers has been launched by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in response to the growing
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