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Data collated from responses to FoI requests from 70 different local authorities about age assessments Hundreds of asylum seeker children are wrongly being treated as adults by the Home Office, according to data from dozens of local authorities.Respons…
UKHSA says adolescent vaccination rates have faltered, leaving many at risk of catching deadly diseasesVaccination rates have fallen among schoolchildren in England since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, health officials have said, amid a global cri…
Dirty air causes premature death of at least 1,200 children across Europe every year, says European Environment AgencyEurope is failing its children when it comes to air pollution, exposing nearly all children across the continent to air that falls bel…
Government accused of creating ‘atmosphere of fear’ with plan to compel schools to inform parents if pupils question genderTeachers in England are warning that young people could be put at risk of harm and homelessness if the government presses ahead w…
Global alliance including NCA and FBI says Meta’s decision to encrypt direct messages could harm childrenAn alliance of the world’s most powerful law enforcement agencies including the FBI, Interpol and Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) have condem…
Child safeguarding practice review panel says harm was result of day-to-day failures and oversightThe government’s child safeguarding advisers have urged major reforms to protect severely disabled young people in residential care after “horrific and sh…
Four-year-old’s father dropped off the stuffed bear at a Tennessee Goodwill, after which it was quickly soldA heartbroken four-year-old girl’s lost teddy bear, containing a recording of her late mother’s heartbeat, has sparked a desperate search in Ten…
Guidance for England also likely to tell teachers to inform parents when children question their gender identityThe government is considering issuing guidance to single-sex schools in England saying that they cannot be legally obliged to take transgend…
Demand for reception class places fell by 2.7% this year, prompting fears some institutions may be forced to merge or closeApplications for reception class places in London have fallen by 2.67% this year, according to new data, fuelling concerns about …
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine started more than one year ago and has disproportionately affected and harmed vulnerable categories of Ukraine’s population, including women and children.