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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.
Force criticised for failing to reinvestigate 1981 abduction of Vishal Mehrotra despite ‘significant’ new evidenceThe family of a murdered schoolboy have criticised the police for a “baffling” failure to reinvestigate the case despite “significant” new…
Exclusive: child mental health crisis deepens with one-third of all referrals denied help A quarter of a million children in the UK with mental health problems have been denied help by the NHS as it struggles to manage surging case loads against a back…
Welfare groups claim information could be used by Home Office to deport asylum seekersPolice have been collecting the sensitive data of unaccompanied child asylum seekers and sharing it with immigration enforcement, sparking fears it could be used agai…
Readers say they are afraid to let children outside after warnings from authorities and neighbours’ threatsCars, dog poo and delivery drivers: why children don’t play out anymoreFamilies are facing threats and police warnings for letting their children…
Rise in phone use by young raises public health question but experts caution against ‘screen time’ fearsOne in five three- and four-year-olds in the UK have their own mobile phone, according to Ofcom research, and the rapid rise of phone use by very yo…
HSIB report identifies several barriers to child safeguarding in hospital emergency departmentsStaff in hospital emergency departments in England are struggling to spot when infants are being physically abused by their parents, raising the risk of furt…