A three-year-old girl whose parents cannot look after her should be brought up by a foster carer rather than a relative, a family court judge has ruled. Judge Stephen Wildblood
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Two sisters whose Hungarian parents have returned to Hungary should be adopted in England, a High Court judge has ruled. The girls, now four and three, had lived in England
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One of Sunderland’s most inspirational adult learners has been recognised by the University of Sunderland for her achievements. A graduate of both the University’s Childhood Studies degree course, and Sunderland
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council have hosted a presentation by Montserrat Fargas Malet (pictured) from Queens University Belfast of the findings of a longitudinal study which has been tracking
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A 50-year-old woman whose son has been taken into local authority care was arrested and held in custody for 30 hours after failing to hand over his passport. Social services
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Foster carers are said to have been offered a “glimmer of hope” after a vote to unionise amid concerns around pay and rights. A group of foster carers supported a
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Two men have won a family court fight to be the legal parents of surrogate twins after a specialist social worker raised concerns about their relationship. Questions were asked because
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New research launched by the University of Oxford says foster carers who have faced unproven allegations of abuse from the children they are caring for often have little support afterwards.
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The Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Education asked Sir Martin Narey to review children’s residential care in England. Sir Martin’s report ‘ Residential care in England‘ looks at
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Long Lost Family presenter Nicky Campbell says he has come to doubt whether interracial adoption is a good idea. For the past five years Campbell and Davina McCall have hosted
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