A former nursery worker wept in court as she went on trial alongside a boyfriend, with both accused of the murder of her two-year-old daughter. Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell and Scott Jeff,
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Disabled children’s social care law has been described as out-of-date, inaccessible and potentially unfair, as part of a Government-ordered review. The Children and Families minister said “outdated and offensive language
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Some 10,000 children have fallen into poverty as a result of the two-child limit since Labour took office, according to analysis by a charity which insisted the policy “must be
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Children are arriving at school still wearing nappies, using buggies and unable to communicate properly with their classmates, the former children’s commissioner for England has said. Anne Longfield (pictured) warned
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A former primary school teacher and Scout leader has been jailed after having a sexual conversation with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl. Unbeknown to Samuel Robinson, of Butt
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A further 10 arrests have been made as police continue to probe historic allegations of abuse at a former residential school in Stevenston. Kerelaw (pictured) was a secure establishment for
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A woman has been found guilty over the deaths of her four young boys in a fire after she left them home alone to go to Sainsbury’s. Deveca Rose (pictured)
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Councils say they are “staring down the barrel” financially, as new analysis suggests they will be limited to being “little more than care services” by the end of this Parliament
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Four men have been jailed for taking part in mob violence that engulfed a Leeds suburb after four children from a Roma family were taken into care. A double decker
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A social worker was described as a “monster” as he was jailed for sexually messaging two young teenagers on Snapchat and accessing records of another teenager he had a relationship
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