A lower income has the greatest impact on the development of child brought up by a single mother, not poor parenting skills, a study has found. Researchers at the universities
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A woman who was jailed after jurors concluded that she had fractured her baby son’s skull had already been cleared by a senior judge who analysed the case in separate
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A woman who has fostered more than 250 children over five decades said the Duke of Cambridge was shocked to learn of how many children she has helped. Christine Lunn,
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A man who said his former partner had alienated their two children from him has won a family court care battle. The man said the children’s mother had pressured them
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Lessons need to be learned from the Jean McConville case, the head of Northern Ireland’s largest victims group has said. The Wave Trauma Centre helps survivors and relatives of those
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Social services wrongly believed IRA abduction victim Jean McConville had “abandoned” her children, her son said. Michael McConville wants a public inquiry after he was “let down” by child carers,
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Young people not knowing how to speak to each other in the “real world” could be contributing to rises in knife crime and violence, according to a former chief crown
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A Muslim couple facing allegations of “terror-related offences” can care for three children – but must be monitored by council social services staff, a High Court judge says. The man
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The Duchess of Cambridge took the time to speak to many children and their families as she officially opened a new hospice which she praised as “wonderful”. Kate, who is
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Society needs to “wake up” to child sexual exploitation, Dame Esther Rantzen has said, after figures showed the Childline service carried out 12 counselling sessions on the subject every day
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