A former orphanage resident has delivered a scathing attack on the organisation responsible for her care, saying it needs to take “responsibility” for the impact it has had on people’s
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A husband and wife described as the “Fred and Rose West of Barry” have been jailed for a total of 36 years for grooming and raping teenage girls. Peter Griffiths,
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council in partnership with Ulster University, Queen’s University Belfast and the Departments of Health and Education, developed a series of Understanding Child Development Apps. Social
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A gang of men who embarked on a “campaign of rape and other sexual abuse” against vulnerable teenage girls in Huddersfield has been given lengthy jail sentences, it can now
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Social services bosses at a London council have come under fire from a family court judge over their handling of a case involving a teenage boy with complex special needs.
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Huddersfield has joined a long list of English towns and cities where the same grim story has emerged of the sexual exploitation of teenage girls on a shocking scale. The
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has launched an investigation into the case of an autistic girl said to have been detained in a “cell-like” hospital room for almost two years. Labour
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A third of 15 to 18-year-olds assessed by a charity are suffering from mental health and emotional well-being issues. The research from Action for Children suggests that 33% of the
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Around 50,000 vulnerable young children are living in households with a “toxic trio” of domestic abuse, drug or alcohol addiction, and mental health problems, a new report has found. The
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A man handed a three-and-a-half-year jail term after attacking his partner should be given no information about their two daughters unless one of them dies, a High Court judge has
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