Parents in Scotland are “at the end of their tether” over the mental health of their children, MSPs have heard. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated problems in child and adolescent
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The principal of one of Scotland’s top private schools has called for a whistleblowing officer to be appointed to protect the wellbeing of children and young people. Melvyn Roffe, who
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The Duchess of Cambridge has been praised for her “vision and commitment” in establishing a new institution to support the early years development of children ahead of her 40th birthday
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The Home Secretary has called in scientific advisers in a bid to use X-rays and other medical checks on asylum seekers to stop grown men “masquerading as children” on their
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Ghislaine Maxwell was once a “sophisticated” and “very impressive” British socialite until her affiliation with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein led to her detention for sex trafficking. The daughter of disgraced
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“Predator” Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted of luring young girls to massage rooms for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to molest. The 60-year-old British socialite, who was labelled “dangerous” by the
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Two Save The Children staff were among at least 35 people, including children, who were killed in Myanmar on Christmas Eve, the group has said, in an attack it blamed
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The social care system is not fit for purpose and is “handing some children over” to criminal gangs, a report has found. The report from the Commission on Young Lives
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Nearly 16,000 children will be victims of domestic abuse over the Christmas fortnight alone, according to charity Early Intervention Foundation (EIF). The not-for-profit, which advocates for effective early intervention to
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The father of murdered toddler Star Hobson has said he will never recover from the “callous and cruel way” in which his “precious daughter” was taken from him. Jordan Hobson
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