Five men have been charged with assaults at a former boarding school for boys in Cumbria. The alleged historical offences are said to have taken place at Underley Hall School
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Many inspirational figures in popular culture – from Harry Potter to Superman – were fostered, adopted or institutionalised as youngsters. Wider recognition of this could help to dispel prejudice against
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A forum which is gathering accounts from children who have been in care has reported 38 incidents of abuse to police. The National Confidential Forum heard testimonies describing abuse, neglect,
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Compensation could be delayed for victims of residential home abuse in Northern Ireland following the predicted collapse of power-sharing, a campaigner said. Recommendations from the first of the UK’s institutional
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Lawyers have vowed to fight on with a long-running, multimillion-pound compensation claim over alleged sex abuse in a Catholic children’s home despite losing three out of four first “test” cases.
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Millions of pounds are expected to be paid to former residents of a children’s home at the centre of sexual abuse on an “industrial scale”. The Shirley Oaks Survivors Association
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Hundreds of impoverished children buried in unmarked graves are set to be honoured with a special memorial. A £10,000 Portland stone sculpture depicting a pair of hands releasing a symbolic
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Care Council for Wales The Care Council for Wales has published the profile of the Residential Child Care Managers and Workers in Wales 2016. The profile, available on the Care
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A children’s home worker has been jailed for nine years for the sexual abuse of boys dating back to the 1980s. Jack Jones (pictured,left), previously known as Eamonn Tallon, from
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More than 120,000 children across Britain face spending this Christmas homeless and in temporary accommodation, according to analysis by Shelter. The charity, which used government data to make the findings,
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