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Report raises concerns about near 23% rise in children in care over 10 years amid serious shortage of social workersRadical reforms to the care system in Wales are needed to address a “shocking” rise in the number of looked after children, a Welsh parl…
Lancashire woman met Michelle Obama, commanded a warship, performed with Peter Kay and drove a tankVery few people would be able to say they had commanded a Royal Navy ship, met Michelle Obama and presented a television weather forecast.But Laura Nutta…
Survey of 236 young people caught up in 2017 blast shows 29% have not received any mental health support‘I was completely rejected’: Manchester Arena survivor recalls struggle to get therapyNearly one in three children and young people caught up in the…
Belief in afterlife higher among gen Z and millennials than in baby boomers, despite being less religious generallyYou may think the idea of hellfire belongs to an age when people’s lives were shaped by the threat of eternal damnation.Wrong, it seems: …
Teenager who attacked woman and three girls on walk home from school to be sent to therapeutic unit for at least 18 monthsA 13-year-old boy who carried out sexual attacks on a woman and three teenage girls as he walked home in his school uniform has av…
UN children’s agency welcomes drop in number of underage brides, but warns 12 million girls still getting married each yearThe number of child marriages is declining worldwide, but at too slow a pace for any hope of eliminating the practice this centur…
Ex-chancellor urges UK PM extend sugar tax and raise legal age for tobacco to curb obesity and cancerUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesSmoking should be banned and the sugar tax extended to include fruit juice and milkshake…
Calls for police powers to be rolled back in favour of funding for youth services and mental health initiativesA community-led approach is needed to tackle serious youth violence, such as more funding for youth services and mental health initiatives wh…
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…
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…