Child told ‘massive adoption lie’ before being placed in Australian orphanage
A child moved to the other side of the world after a “massive lie” gave her hope she would find a better life there, an inquiry has been told. A
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Barnardo’s children’s home care not good enough, admits former boss
A former senior boss at Barnardo’s in Scotland has admitted some of the organisation’s previous practices for children in residential care were “not good enough”. Speaking at the Scottish Child
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Ex-care worker cleared of sex attack on dementia patient 10 years after conviction
A “vulnerable” former carer has been cleared of a sex attack on an elderly dementia patient after more than 10 years spent protesting his innocence. Gareth William Jones was jailed
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Child sexual abuse at care home not properly investigated, council admits
A council has admitted failings at a care home where a worker sexually abused young boys. Victims of Brian Newman came forward following the Jimmy Saville scandal and a report
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Only one in five local authorities have enough elderly care to meet demand
More than 4.3 million elderly people are at risk of being without care because of where they live, new research has suggested. Just one in five local areas in the
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Activity programme to support elderly experiencing care hailed for improving quality of life
A campaign to support older people experiencing care to move more often has been hailed as a success by independent research. In 2016 the Care Inspectorate was commissioned by the
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Former children’s home resident told ex-employee he was raped as a teenager
A former resident of a children’s home confided to an ex-employee he had been raped and sexually abused as a teenager, an inquiry has been told. The Scottish Child Abuse
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Inquiry hears from orphan who ran away after being ‘mercilessly taunted’
An inquiry has heard a girl ran away from an orphanage because she was “mercilessly taunted” by other children. The witness, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was at
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New report calls for justice system to raise age of criminal responsibility in Scotland
An independent report has urged ministers to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland to 16 and set up a new youth justice system for offenders up to the
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Man who admitted killing wife with dementia in ‘act of mercy’ walks free from court
An 84-year-old man who killed his dementia-suffering wife with an iron pole in an “act of mercy” has walked free from court. Lawrence Franks was unable to cope with the
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