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Officers investigated for misconduct after strip search of black schoolgirl

Three police officers involved in the “traumatic” strip search of a black teenager at her school have been investigated for misconduct. The search, by Metropolitan Police officers, took place in 2020 without another adult present and in the ...

16 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Serious child safeguarding concerns remain, Education Secretary told

The council leadership in two areas where vulnerable children were murdered need to be held to account about their failings, ministers have been told. A cross-party group of MPs has written to Education Secretary Kit Malthouse to tell him ...

27 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein review after McMonagle case will not be completed before election

A Sinn Fein governance review which was prompted by child safeguarding concerns will not be completed until after the general election, Mary Lou McDonald has said. Sinn Fein has been beset by a series of controversies regarding ...

14 Nov 2024 at 11:22

More than 480 children died or seriously harmed by abuse, report reveals

More than 480 children in England died or were seriously harmed by abuse or neglect, a new report has revealed, a day after 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother were found guilty of her “harrowing” murder. Data from ...

12 Dec 2024 at 08:46

McDonald vows ‘complete overhaul’ of Sinn Fein governance for McMonagle failings

Northern Ireland

Leader pledges ‘complete overhaul’ of Sinn Fein governance after McMonagle case

Mary Lou McDonald has announced a “complete overhaul” of Sinn Fein’s governance procedures as she apologised for the party’s handling of a sex crime investigation into one of its former press officers. The Sinn Fein president ...

07 Oct 2024 at 20:35

Local News

Sinn Fein review after McMonagle case will not be completed before election

14 Nov 2024 at 11:33

Social workers forced out of homes due to abuse after Arthur Labinjo-Hughes case

Social workers have had to leave their homes because of abuse and threats following the trial of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’s killers, a council boss has said. Nick Page, chief executive of Solihull Council, said the ...

26 May 2022 at 15:22

Children put at ‘unnecessary risk’ under proposals to overhaul mental health law

Some of the UK’s “sickest children” will be put at “unnecessary risk” as a result of the Government’s proposals to overhaul mental health legislation, Parliament has heard. Baroness Berridge called for greater ...

31 Mar 2025 at 19:55

Covid inquiry hears of ‘grievous harm’ suffered by children behind closed doors

Some children suffered “grievous harm” at the hands of those who should have been caring for them in the pandemic, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard, while others became more exposed to violent pornography ...

29 Sept 2025 at 14:05

Murdered Sara Sharif failed by system that missed opportunities to save her

Murdered 10-year-old Sara Sharif was “failed by the safeguarding system” in multiple ways throughout her short life, according to a review which said her father’s domestic abuse had been overlooked and ...

13 Nov 2025 at 13:16

Police and Prevent under scrutiny as details emerge on Southport killer

Teenager Axel Rudakubana had attacked a pupil with a hockey stick, used school computers to look up the London Bridge terror outrage and carried a knife on a bus and into class before he carried out ...

23 Jan 2025 at 18:17

Phillipson asked to consider mandating CCTV in nurseries after paedophile case

The Liberal Democrats have asked the Education Secretary to “seriously consider” mandating CCTV in nurseries in response to the case of paedophile nursery worker Vincent Chan. Speaking in the ...

04 Dec 2025 at 14:34

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