A man has been jailed for a “sustained and brutal” attack on his girlfriend’s father, who was left in a vegetative state and died three years later. In May 2016,
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Misconceptions including being single or too old are said to be putting people off fostering at a time of dire need for more carers, as Olympian Fatima Whitbread and poet
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Scotland’s minister for Children and Young People has announced six locations which will be used as test sites for a child protection service. Natalie Don, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire North
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A man blasted his daughter’s ex-partner and her ex-partner’s father to death with a shotgun over a family court case involving his grandson, a court has heard. Stephen Alderton (pictured),
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A mother-of-four who disappeared without a trace more than a decade ago feared her then-boyfriend might try and kill her, a court has heard. Claire Holland (pictured), 32, has not
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A pub chef suspected of murdering his ex-partner after blaming her for their child being taken into care confessed to an undercover police officer, a court heard. Darren Osment, 41,
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The boss of the John Lewis Partnership has called on the Government to make being in care a protected characteristic, meaning it would be illegal to discriminate against them. Dame
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UK governments must bear the majority of the blame for failing to halt “abusive” child migration schemes, an inquiry has found. Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry chairwoman Lady Smith (pictured) has
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Children being cared for by relatives other than their parents is most common in the north-east of England, while grandparents feature in the majority of such arrangements across the country,
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Further support from the Government to help children leaving care has been welcomed but charities said more help is needed earlier otherwise “thousands more” children will end up in care.
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