A senior social worker found to have assaulted and abused an ex-partner by a family court judge is at the centre of a High Court fight. Judge Farooq Ahmed made
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A man who killed a woman and her two-year-old daughter before burying their bodies under his kitchen floor has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years.
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Families with vulnerable youngsters will be given extra support before they reach crisis point under a sweeping shake-up of children’s social care. The plan, which follows criticism of the safeguarding
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Victims of domestic abuse will be protected from having direct contact with abusive ex-partners regarding child maintenance under new laws due to be introduced. Parents will be given the choice
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More than 1,000 Metropolitan Police officers and staff previously accused of domestic violence and sexual offences are having the allegations reviewed in the wake of the David Carrick case. The
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The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has admitted “horrific” failures by the force and apologised to victims after an elite armed officer was revealed as one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders.
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A woman has been charged with the murder of a five-year-old boy who died while in her care last January. Elena Anghel appeared at Leamington Justice Centre on Thursday and
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Thousands of 16 to 20-year-olds are estranged from their parents or carers, leaving them vulnerable and struggling in poverty, a charity has said. There are around 150,000 young people in
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A man charged with murdering an NHS nurse and her two young children has been remanded in custody after appearing in court. Saju Chelavalel (pictured) is accused of killing Anju
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The victims of a suspected triple murder in Northamptonshire are believed to be an NHS nurse and her two young children, aged four and six, police have said. Northamptonshire Police
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