Social services and police missed a number of chances to help murdered schoolgirl Lucy McHugh in the months before her death, according to a new report. Stephen Nicholson (pictured), 25,
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On the recommendation of the Southampton Serious Case Review Group, a decision was taken by the Independent Chair of the Southampton Local Safeguarding Children Board in July 2018 to commission
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A teenage girl arrested three times in three months over allegations she attacked her mother must go into council care, a family court judge has decided. The youngster was placed
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A 14-year-old girl who has been “gravely neglected” at home during lockdown must have treatment for a life-threatening illness as a matter of urgency, a High Court judge has said.
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Frontline workers excluded from the public sector pay rise said they feel undervalued and like “our lives don’t matter”. Almost 900,000 workers are set to benefit from the pay rise,
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A High Court judge has approved a plan which will see a teenager with behavioural difficulties temporarily kept locked in a council house because social services staff cannot find appropriate
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A social worker who stole more than £550,000 from vulnerable adults and spent the cash on luxury watches and holidays has been jailed. Hilary Tideswell, 63, was given a sentence
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The unknown surge in demand for children’s services predicted when the lockdown is over has been described as a wave “gathering pace beneath the surface” that could have a widespread
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MPs have voted to keep emergency coronavirus regulations linked to vulnerable youngsters despite warnings they introduced a “significant” relaxation of protections. Shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey (pictured) said the Government’s
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Child protection cases may “surge” as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased, the most senior family judge in England and Wales has warned. The president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew
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