Religious leaders and sports coaches could be banned from having sex with 16 and 17-year-olds in their care under plans to expand child abuse laws. The move would close a
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A healthcare charity has been fined £40,000 over the death of a mentally ill teenager. Sophie Bennett, 19, was found hanged in a bathroom in Lancaster Lodge, a residential care
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A vulnerable 15-year-old boy from London who needed to move into secure accommodation had to be taken to Scotland because no suitable unit could be found in England or Wales,
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A report into how well community payback orders are implemented and managed in Aberdeen has been published by the Care Inspectorate. Inspectors looked at how justice social work services in
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The Government unlawfully failed to publish details of billions of pounds’ worth of coronavirus-related contracts, the High Court has ruled. The Good Law Project took legal action against the Department
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A London council ordered to pay about £140,000 damages after a judge concluded that social services bosses had not followed proper legal procedure when dealing with a woman suffering from
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An officer is being investigated following the death of Mohamud Hassan hours after he was released from custody, the police watchdog has said. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)
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Council social services staff have been criticised by a judge over the way they dealt with a deaf woman embroiled in a family court dispute over her two children. Deputy
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A bid to ban Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh and seven ex-trustees of the former children’s charity from being company directors has been rejected by a High Court judge. The
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A butcher has been found guilty of raping and murdering Hull University student Libby Squire. Pawel Relowicz, 26, raped the 21-year-old on a playing field in Hull before dumping her
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