A 13-year-old girl who displays “significant challenging behaviours” and is said to be at risk of sexual exploitation is being kept under constant supervision at a specialist unit, a High
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The Government has been defeated in the Lords over the scrapping of the adoption register for England. Peers voted by a majority of 85 to “regret” the move, warning it
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A two-year-old boy who needed major surgery after being kicked and punched by a man his mother lived with should move to his father’s home, a High Court judge says.
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A man whose children were taken from his care has been given a suspended nine-month jail term by a judge after posting material online which identified the youngsters. Matthew John
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A council that sends children to foster care hundreds of miles away has apologised after giving incorrect information to an MSP. Highland Council initially suggested it relocated foster children up
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A child abuse inquiry witness has told how he was raped by priests during “satanic” drink-fuelled sex parties. Dave Sharp also described a catalogue of sexual, physical and emotional violence
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Council social service bosses have failed to persuade a High Court judge to place a 17-year-old youth at risk because of his involvement in gang activity in secure accommodation. Social
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Children from the Highlands in foster care are being placed up to 500 miles (805km) away from their birthplace, an investigation has found. Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Kate Forbes
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Two brothers who claim they suffered harassment and abuse from neighbours have lost a landmark Supreme Court bid for compensation from their local council. The pair, identified only as CN
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Two men will give evidence from behind bars to an inquiry into abuse at a children’s home run by a religious order. The fourth phase of the Scottish Child Abuse
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