At least 10,000 children could be at “terrible risk” because they are effectively off the police radar when they go missing, a major new inquiry has warned. A parliamentary group
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Nearly three million people in Britain are in “distressed” relationships where they regularly argue or consider divorce, a new report has found. The stresses of parenting and financial pressures are
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Care workers have reported up to 150,000 pre-school children to social services over fears of abuse or neglect, investigations revealed. A series of scandals involving children – dating back to
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Police have been criticised by a family court judge over the way they questioned a six-year-old girl suspected of being sexually abused. Recorder Carly Henley, who analysed evidence at a
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The children’s services department at one of the country’s biggest councils is to be run by a voluntary trust following years of criticism. The department at Birmingham City Council has
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The Duchess of Cambridge has praised the “amazing and life-changing” work of children’s hospices as she highlighted the importance of spending quality time together as a family. In a letter
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A girl at the centre of a family court dispute between her separated parents had bugs sewn into her clothes so that her father could listen to what she said
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A man who claims he was forced to work as a child slave after being taken into foster care has received an apology. Terry Lodge said he was made to
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A High Court judge says he is gravely concerned about a “vulnerable” 14-year-old boy who has “significant educational needs” and has been missing for a year. Mr Justice Keehan made
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Nine men have been convicted of committing sexual offences against a teenage boy who was subjected to a “horrifying” catalogue of abuse while in council care. A three-month trial was
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