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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Almost half of people charged with knife killings in London over the past three years had previously committed an offence involving a blade, new figures suggest. Scotland Yard charged a
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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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Children excluded from school are at a “heightened risk” of being drawn into county lines drugs gangs, a report suggests. Police officers “reported a strong link between school exclusion and
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Nearly three-quarters of 14-year-olds in the UK who told a survey they had self-harmed were girls, according to a new study. The findings from a survey of more than 11,000
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A church is being investigated over allegations that pastors were pressuring young people in the congregation to sell their own blood to raise funds. The Charity Commission said it has
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A decade of “savage” austerity cuts to local authorities has led to the closure of a raft of public services including children’s centres, libraries, bus routes and toilets, a new
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A brother and sister have denied defrauding a Sikh youth charity they were running. Kaldip Singh Lehal, 38, and Rajbinder Kaur, 50, were charged in September after allegedly deceiving the
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Young people across the UK are feeling isolated and lonely, with no one to turn to to share their emotions and problems, a report has found. One in four youngsters
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Almost half a million young people who are worried about their feelings or behaviour are not asking anyone for help, according to a children’s charity. A survey of 2,300 people
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