Child criminals are being held in “harmful” solitary confinement behind bars, with some let out of their cells for just 15 minutes a day, according to a report. The Chief
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Moving children into out-of-area placements away from their local authorities has left more children at risk of exploitation, a Labour MP has said. Labour’s Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and
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Social media giants should be forced to hand over data and pay towards research into their potential harms, a new report backed by the father of Molly Russell argues. Concerns
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A whistleblower has claimed senior police “betrayed the public” and tried to “bury the truth” after a damning report revealed officers suspected young girls were being abused “in plain sight”
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Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins has apologised to the children abused “in plain sight” by the grooming gangs his officers failed to bring to justice. He spoke after
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Around one in five adults in England and Wales experienced a form of child abuse before they turned 16, figures suggest. In the year to March, the Crime Survey for
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The Care Inspectorate has today published a report on the deaths of looked after children in Scotland. The report draws attention to themes emerging from notifications received by the Care
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Dozens of children suspected of being groomed and abused by gangs of Asian men operating in “plain sight” were failed by police and local authorities, a damning report has concluded.
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Around half of parents are waiting at least a year and a half for their child to be formally diagnosed with autism, a charity has warned. Ambitious about Autism said
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More than one in four children and young people referred to specialist mental health services are rejected for treatment, according to a new report. The Education Policy Institute (EPI), which
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