A warehouseman found to have shaken his baby daughter and caused a brain injury could be allowed to care for the youngster again if therapy is successful, a senior family
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A couple have lost a family court fight over the care of a disabled grandchild they had looked after since she was a baby after a dispute with social workers.
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Legal aid restrictions will be eased for victims of domestic violence under Government reforms. The Ministry of Justice announced changes to give more support to those taking abusive former partners
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A doctor said she suspected child abuse on examining the body of Poppi Worthington, who was ‘probably’ sexually assaulted by her father before her death. Home Office pathologist Alison Armour
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Three children are to be placed for adoption after social workers raised concern about their parents’ “open relationship”. Their father chose to see other women and their mother, who “frequented”
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The mother of Poppi Worthington frantically urged her dying daughter: “Come on baby, come on Poppi … keep going” as she spoke to a 999 call handler. The harrowing emergency
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A baby whose father had been found guilty of assaulting a child suffered serious injuries months after council social workers agreed he could be cared for at home, a family
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A social worker who was criticised by a family court judge investigating child sex abuse allegations is set to take her case to the European Court of Human Rights after
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A High Court judge has raised concern after being told that social services staff could not find a unit which could take an “extremely aggressive” 15-year-old girl who he said
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The First Minister of Scotland has given a prestigious lecture at the University of Strathclyde, on children’s services and the rights of children. Nicola Sturgeon delivered the 14th Kilbrandon Lecture
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