An anorexic teenager who wants to go home must stay in specialist accommodation, a Court of Protection judge has decided. The 17-year-old girl, who at one stage weighed 4st 6lb
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Women are less likely to progress at work following the birth of a child compared to men, according to a study. Researchers at the universities of Bristol and Essex followed
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Police are searching for the natural parents of a seven-month-old child after they took it away from social services without consent. South Wales Police said the “looked-after” baby was taken
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A woman has lost a fight over the care of her 12-year-old son after a High Court judge concluded that she had alienated the youngster from his father. The boy,
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A judge has raised concern about a council’s handling of a case involving three children with links to Bermuda who have been in temporary foster care for more than 20
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Children are lashing out and biting others because their parents do not have enough time to spend talking and reading to them, nursery leaders have warned. Too much time in
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The number of cases coming to family courts is falling but domestic abuse applications are on the rise, figures show. In April to June, 64,813 new cases started in family
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A transgender man who has given birth but does not want to be described as “mother” on a birth certificate is considering an appeal after losing a High Court fight,
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More than 50 social workers at seven local authorities across the country are trialing the use of a specially-created bag of resources to help professionals to communicate and engage with
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A Government minister has refused to confirm a new Domestic Abuse Bill would ban the cross-examination of victims by alleged perpetrators – which had been proposed before Parliament was suspended.
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