Hundreds of Britons were arrested for child sex offences overseas in the last five years, new figures have shown, amid concerns the numbers are just the “tip of the iceberg”.
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A father convicted of murdering his daughter 11 months after she was put back in his care has denied causing her “any injury” at an inquest into her death. Ben
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An independent social worker has told an inquest that she did not see the “volatility” of a father who went on to beat his six-year-old daughter to death as a
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Five children whose parents have a history of drug abuse and can no longer look after them should go into care and be split up, a family court judge has
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A psychologist asked to provide an expert assessment of the father of a toddler at the centre of family court litigation wrote to a judge to apologise for giving “very
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A nine-year-old boy said to have suffered repeated flea bites because his home was infested must be taken from his parents’ care, a family court judge has ruled. Council social
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Ministers have been urged to allow child refugees to sponsor their close families members to join them in the UK. The SNP’s Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) wants
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A report by Bristol Safeguarding Children Board has found the murder of Becky Watts could not have been predicted or prevented. The 33-page review detailed how Becky’s mother Tanya Watts
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A petition calling for answers on why James Bulger’s killer was free to commit more offences will be debated in Parliament. James’s mother Denise Fergus welcomed the decision to debate
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Bosses at a council condemned by a High Court judge over the handing of children in care say they deeply regret “past failings”. Herefordshire Council says it has “changed its
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