A man has been found guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of his obese teenage daughter who was found dead in “squalor”. Kaylea Titford, 16, was found in conditions
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The family of an obese teenager found dead at home was “let down” by health and social services, a court has heard. Alun Titford, 45, is accused of the manslaughter
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Councils in Scotland would still be facing a real-terms cut to funding even if council tax is increased by 5%, a think tank has said. Analysis by the Institute for
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Labour has condemned the £200 million package of measures to fix children’s social care, insisting the plan has “no vision” and “no ambition” for the most vulnerable children. Education Secretary
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Families with vulnerable youngsters will be given extra support before they reach crisis point under a sweeping shake-up of children’s social care. The plan, which follows criticism of the safeguarding
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The father of an obese teenager found dead at home has told a court he let his daughter down because he was lazy. Disabled 16-year-old Kaylea Titford (pictured) weighed 22
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The Princess of Wales has launched her “life’s work”, an ambitious campaign aimed at raising the profile of the early years development of children. Kate wants the project called Shaping
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Leading charities have called for an independent inquiry into how more than 200 asylum-seeking children have gone “missing” from Home Office hotels, describing the situation as “a child protection scandal”.
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Young people are being trafficked across the Channel to the UK and then “into cannabis farms or into prostitution”, Labour has suggested. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper (pictured) said there
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The Princess of Wales said she is “excited” about a new early years campaign she is launching as she met her team of advisers on the subject for the first
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