A mother and father who left their severely underweight five-month-old daughter with broken bones and exposed her to cannabis have been jailed for causing her death. Ava Mae Collard was
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A mother has been found guilty of the murder of her baby son who suffered injuries consistent with being shaken and striking his head on a hard surface. Eloddie Goncalves
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The Church of England has drafted in the former head of the child sex abuse inquiry to get its safeguarding “back on track” after a row which saw a panel
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The police watchdog has launched an inquiry into a force’s response to concerns raised for the welfare of a nine-year-old boy before he was held down in a bath and
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Two children at the centre of a care dispute between their estranged Russian parents must return to live with their mother in Moscow, a judge in London has ruled. The
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A council has launched a legal challenge against the Home Secretary, arguing it is being put under “wholly disproportionate strain” by looking after hundreds of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Kent County
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Child sexual exploitation might be under-reported during school holidays, a charity has warned, after data suggested dips in the monthly average police records of such abuse outside of term time.
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Protesters in Brighton have shown support for the council’s plan to launch legal action against the Home Office for reopening a hotel where more than 100 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children went
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The number of people admitting their paedophilia to a specialist hotline has climbed three-fold, latest data has revealed, with more than 10,000 telling a charity they were worried about their
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Neighbours had raised concerns for months before a nine-year-old boy was killed by his mother and her partner, who have been convicted over his death, with a safeguarding review now
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