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Lack of mental health placement in England part of chronic shortage of secure accommodation for vulnerable childrenA mother who has seen her suicidal 12-year-old daughter shuttled between placements and then held in a locked and windowless hospital roo…
Triple threat sees Caribbean country in worst crisis since 2010 earthquake, with young people bearing the brunt, warns UnicefAn escalation of gang violence, political instability and a deadly cholera outbreak in Haiti has left half its children relyin…
Three-quarters of teachers surveyed say they have noticed children lacking access to toothpaste and toothbrushesFour out of five UK teachers have given toothbrushes and toothpaste to students, with the cost of living crisis affecting the oral health of…
Woman tells how people-smugglers launched three children aged 14, nine and five, on dinghy and left her behindThe mother of three Eritrean children seeking asylum who were forced to cross the Channel from northern France in a dinghy without her after s…
Three children in Massachusetts are left dead allegedly at the hands of an abusive mother. One America’s Madison Colbern has more.
Exclusive: Hollie Dance, who fought legal battle to stop her son’s life support being switched off, says he received threatening messagesFrom discovering her son unconscious with a ligature over his head to the lengthy but ultimately unsuccessful legal…
Changes in children’s social care, including earlier help for families, fall short of ‘full reset’ called for by adviserMinisters are to pledge that children taken into care in England will be placed close to their family and friends rather than being …
Online posts urge violence against residents in care home after it was described as a place for ‘youth offenders’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChildren…
Princess of Wales launches Shaping Us campaign to boost understanding of early childhood’s formative roleThe Princess of Wales has said “it is more important than ever” to support the development of young children as she launches her early years campai…
Report by children’s commissioner for England finds worrying amount of content involves violenceOne in 10 children have watched pornography by the time they are nine years old, according to “disturbing” new research by the children’s commissioner for E…