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
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A social worker in charge of the case of a 10-week-old girl who was allegedly murdered by her parents said she was “really worried” about the child going home –
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A 10-week-old girl was murdered by her parents just hours after a visit from the family’s social worker, a court has heard. Lily-Mai Hurrell Saint George suffered 18 rib fractures,
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The number of child cruelty and neglect offences increased by a quarter in a year as England emerged from the pandemic, police figures indicate. Freedom of information (FOI) requests to
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Dedicated child protection teams made up of police, healthcare staff and social workers should be set up in every local area, according to a review into the deaths of Arthur
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Social workers have had to leave their homes because of abuse and threats following the trial of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’s killers, a council boss has said. Nick Page (pictured), chief executive
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The great-grandfather of murdered toddler Star Hobson has said she and her mother Frankie Smith were failed by social services. Smith, 20, was jailed last year for her role in
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A judge has given doctors the go ahead to perform a caesarean section on a heavily pregnant woman with mental health difficulties. The woman, in her 30s and detained under
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This moment is a once in a generation opportunity to reset children’s social care. What we need is a system that provides intensive help to families in crisis, acts decisively
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Major reforms to children’s social care will not “prevent evil” but offer an opportunity to limit the number of tragic cases, an education minister has said. Will Quince (pictured) told
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