A rise in babies with head injuries suspected to be caused by abuse has been reported by a specialist children’s hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. Ten babies aged from 17
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A third of nurseries in the most deprived areas of England may be forced to close permanently due to coronavirus-related financial difficulties, a report warns. Many parents are worried that
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A Welsh youth offending service has been rated inadequate after inspectors raised “serious concerns” about its standard of work with child criminals. Chief inspector of probation Justin Russell said Cardiff
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More than a third of children and young people are experiencing increased mental health difficulties during the coronavirus lockdown, a children’s charity survey suggests. The impacts of Covid-19 could be
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Prominent politicians, businessmen and police officers are alleged to have been involved in the filming of sexual assaults against children in care, an inquiry has heard. Some of the abuse
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Two senior Conservative MPs are trying to force the Government to automatically grant EU children in care settled status in the UK when freedom of movement is ended. Former minister
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Children in the care of Lambeth Council faced death threats, punishment and disbelief when they attempted to report sexual abuse, an inquiry has heard. Paedophiles targeted young people in children’s
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A social care worker shot dead in a double murder at an outdoor lockdown party was a “doting father” to to his three children and a “loving husband”, his wife
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Almost a third of UK paediatricians reported a delay in children seeking emergency care during the coronavirus lockdown, according to a new survey. Some 241 doctors said they had dealt
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An autistic teenager could be seen laughing moments after he threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern viewing platform, a court heard, telling onlookers: “It’s not my fault, it’s
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