More than 480 children in England died or were seriously harmed by abuse or neglect, a new report has revealed, a day after 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother were
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Three members of Sara Sharif’s family are facing jail over the 10-year-old’s death amid urgent calls to protect other children “failed” by the system. Her father, Urfan Sharif, 42, and
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Barry Keoghan said he has had “a lot of problems with trust” after growing up in the care system. The Dublin-born actor has been outspoken about his childhood, which saw
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A 13-year-old girl has been locked up for 18 months for stabbing her adoptive mother. She was aged 12 when she plunged a kitchen knife into her 47-year-old mother’s arm
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Scaling up early interventions to prevent social care needs escalating could save the public purse £11 billion within six years, according to research. But despite a boost in council funding
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A woman who kept her baby in a drawer under her bed until she was discovered weeks before her third birthday has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years. The youngster, discovered
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Parents will be able to access 30 minutes of free childcare at the start of the school day as the Government pushes ahead with its rollout of breakfast clubs in
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Costs of adult social care have become “insurmountable” following the “catastrophic impacts” of the Budget, a leading voice in the sector will tell a conference featuring the care minister. Local
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A national child safeguarding practice review has investigated the experiences of 193 children who were sexually abused by a family member. The report reveals that safeguarding agencies were not equipped
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A seven-year-old girl spoke about killing herself, and another aged 11 gave birth after being sexually abused by a family member, a national child safeguarding review has found. The report,
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