Pensioner, 92, to go on trial next year accused of abuse at children’s home
A 92-year-old man is due to go on trial next year accused of sexual abuse at a children’s home more than 30 years ago. Malcolm Phillips and his co-defendant Linda
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Final call for testimony from Northern Ireland mother and baby home survivors
A final call has been made for survivors of former mother and baby home and Magdalene institutions in Northern Ireland to come forward and give testimony. It comes as part
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Children’s home ‘didn’t care’, alleged Rochdale grooming gang victim tells jury
A woman allegedly groomed and sexually abused by a gang of Asian men in Rochdale told a jury that staff at a children’s home “didn’t care” what girls were up
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Probes launched following allegations of cruelty at mental health facility for teenagers
A health board has launched two probes following allegations of cruelty at a mental health facility for teenagers. The BBC spoke to a number of young people who were treated
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Pensioner, 91, to appear in court accused of abuse at children’s home
Two people, including a man in his 90s, have been charged with multiple child sexual offences following an investigation into allegations of abuse at a children’s home more than 30
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MPs warned ‘exploitative’ large providers of children’s homes could ‘game’ profit cap
“Exploitative” companies running children’s homes targeted by the Government for making excessive profits will still find a way to “game” the system, MPs have been told. A leading sector figure
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Minister admits ‘unacceptable’ rise in children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders
An education minister has admitted there has been an “unacceptable increase” in the number of children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders. These court orders allow a child to be
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Warning of ‘stark failure’ in social care after children placed in caravan and Airbnb
Vulnerable young people have been placed in a caravan and an Airbnb in a “stark failure of the children’s social care system” in England, according to a new report. While
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Children in care being illegally placed in unregulated ‘profiteering’ homes
Vulnerable youngsters are being illegally placed in unregistered children’s homes at a cost of up to £20,000 a week, Parliament has been told. Acknowledging the “unsatisfactory” situation, education minister Baroness
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Ten further arrests made over alleged historic abuse at former residential school
A further 10 arrests have been made as police continue to probe historic allegations of abuse at a former residential school in Stevenston. Kerelaw (pictured) was a secure establishment for
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