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Woman who murdered baby boy she hoped to adopt hid anger and drink issues, review finds

By Kim Pilling, Reporter28th July 2022News England

A woman who murdered a baby she was hoping to adopt previously told a therapist she had anger management issues and drank six bottles of wine a week, a review

Mother says council should take some responsibility after son was killed by woman trying to adopt him

By Tom Wilkinson, Reporter28th July 2022News England

A mother whose baby was murdered by the woman who was trying to adopt him has said council authorities should take some responsibility for his death. Laura Corkill told the

Mother spared jail over death 10-week-old daughter hours after hospital warned of neglect risk

By Henry Vaughan, Laura Parnaby, and Emily Pennink, Reporters25th July 2022News England

A depressed mother has been spared jail for killing her 10-week-old daughter six days after the girl was discharged into her parents’ care against the advice of healthcare professionals. Lily-Mai

Social worker ‘not told of missing Gaia’s mental health assessment’ – inquest

By Rod Minchin, Reporter7th July 2022News England

Teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland’s social worker was never told she had undergone an assessment under the Mental Health Act just weeks before she disappeared, an inquest heard. Sarah Lock said she

Abuse inquiry hears about foster mother’s cruelty after child was ‘boarded out’ to remote croft

By Katharine Hay, Reporter7th July 2022News Scotland

A former soldier’s head and hands were held down on a hot cooker and he was lied to about his real family, an inquiry has heard. Stewart Wilson was one

Father of murdered Logan Mwangi says law must change to protect children

By Rod Minchin, Reporter5th July 2022News Wales

The heartbroken father of murdered five-year-old Logan Mwangi has started campaigning to have the law changed so that estranged parents are told if social services become involved with their biological

Bruising to Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’ back were ‘ignored’ rather than missed, safeguarding chair tells MPs

By Catherine Lough, Reporter28th June 2022News England

Bruising to Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’ back was “ignored” by social services, the chair of the Government’s safeguarding review has told MPs. Caroline Johnson, a Conservative MP on the Commons’ Education Select

Social workers among council employees who ‘need and deserve’ pay rise, say Labour

By David Lynch, Martina Bet and Elizabeth Arnold, Reporters27th June 2022News England

Labour has called on ministers to “make a better fist” of dealing with low pay for council binmen and social workers than it has with striking railway workers. As shadow

Mother accused of killing baby told social worker ‘you want to take her, then take her’

By Nina Lloyd, Reporter16th June 2022News England

A mother accused of murdering her 10-week-old daughter told a social worker “you want to take her, then take her” during a visit hours before the baby’s collapse, a court

Waspi women criticise ‘bizarre and unjustified’ ruling out of compensation

Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother branded ‘executioners’ as pair are jailed for life

Letby legal team seeks fresh bid to challenge convictions of child serial killer

New details revealed about Sara Sharif case as PM says questions to answer