A vulnerable teenage girl may be temporarily placed in Airbnb accommodation by council social services staff because a suitable specialist unit cannot be found, a High Court judge has been
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Police are continuing to investigate alleged sex offences at a nursery in Devon. Officers launched an inquiry in July last year after receiving information relating to Jack and Jill Childcare
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The Duchess of Cambridge has described the early years development of children as life’s most “crucial” moment for “future health and happiness” as she launched a landmark national survey about
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Standards that would force tech giants to make children’s privacy online a primary consideration have been published by the UK’s data regulator. The final Age Appropriate Design Code has been
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Child criminals are being held in “harmful” solitary confinement behind bars, with some let out of their cells for just 15 minutes a day, according to a report. The Chief
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Moving children into out-of-area placements away from their local authorities has left more children at risk of exploitation, a Labour MP has said. Labour’s Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and
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A father of five who began a new life as a woman after leaving an ultra-orthodox Jewish community has abandoned a family court fight over her children. The woman has
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The Only Way Is Essex star Lydia Bright has urged people in the UK to consider becoming foster parents. The reality star’s own parents fostered children when she was growing
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An £89m Welsh Government fund is providing care closer to home for people of all ages, helping reduce pressure on hospitals and social care services across Wales, the Deputy Minister
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Councils have been asked to review their adoption practices following concerns eligible parents who wish to adopt are being wrongly turned away. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson made the request following
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