A bereaved mother-of-four has described how she both cried and beamed with joy after a landmark legal judgement over the rights of unmarried couples. Siobhan McLaughlin, 46, was refused bereavement
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The co-founder of a children’s soft play company has been jailed for spying on dozens of women and schoolgirls, authorities said. Former Eddie Catz director Darren Johnson was sentenced to
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Collaborative music lessons in schools improve the attitudes of pupils towards their peers with autism, a new study in the journal Autism reports. Led by Anna Cook, PhD student at
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Survivors who were abused as children after being sent abroad under state-backed programmes are suing the Government for compensation. Thousands of Britons, many in care or from poor families, were
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A man has lost a fight to regain the care of his teenage daughter after a family court judge concluded that he found it “difficult to say no” to her.
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A new national response unit will be established to help local authorities support vulnerable children at risk of exploitation by criminal gangs, Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi has announced.
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Firms in hospitality, hairdressing and social care are being urged to offer jobs to the victims of modern slavery. A programme launched by the Co-op is already being supported by
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Ministers have been urged to address the “crisis in children’s mental health” after a Children’s Society report revealed that around one in four 14-year-old girls self-harm. The charity’s annual Good
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A man with a history of abusing and stalking women should not be told that his baby son has been placed for adoption, a High Court judge has decided. Mr
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Police are searching for two teenagers who have been missing since the early hours of the morning. Keir Earl, 13, and Colese Marsden, 15, were reported missing from an address
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