Constance Marten’s baby could have been exposed to a “substantial risk of hypothermia” in a tent on the South Downs, an expert has said. Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50,
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A father-of-four who threw a bag of fireworks onto a street fire during rioting in Leeds last summer has been jailed for 20 months. The suburb of Harehills erupted into
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Councils must be required to regularly inspect temporary accommodation for homeless families to prevent dangerous conditions contributing to more than one child death a month, MPs have said. In response
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A final call has been made for survivors of former mother and baby home and Magdalene institutions in Northern Ireland to come forward and give testimony. It comes as part
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A teenager who was taken to a west African country and left behind by his parents would rather live in UK foster care than stay “alone like this”, the High
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Concerns were raised about a family three months before police and social workers removed a number of children from a house, sparking rioting in the Harehills area of Leeds, a
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A new report has found that unexpected events and systematic barriers have delayed progress on a national promise made to care experienced children, young people and adults. This year marks
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A total of 74 children, mostly babies, have died in recent years in England with temporary accommodation recorded as a possible contributory factor, new figures show. Fifty-eight of those who
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A woman who was found guilty of assaulting a child in a Glasgow drugs den where seven other people carried out “harrowing” abuse was spared further punishment although a judge
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“Exploitative” companies running children’s homes targeted by the Government for making excessive profits will still find a way to “game” the system, MPs have been told. A leading sector figure
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