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Children’s social care reforms to include rules to stop profiteering

The Government is to set out its plans in Parliament.

The Independent UK

State repeatedly failed girl, 12, before murder charge

A troubled 12-year-old girl's treatment before she was charged over a deadly Melbourne stabbing has been slammed by Victoria's children commissioner.

AAP

Plea for action over death of six kids in protection

Six children connected to Victoria's child protection system have died in the last three months, sparking a plea for more action to protect vulnerable kids.

AAP

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Rebel teen murder suspect escapes custody, manhunt underway

Discover the shocking escape of a teen murder suspect in Philadelphia. Learn about the authorities' efforts to apprehend him and the 00 reward offered b...

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Russell T Davies reflects on The Sarah Jane Adventures, making children's TV, and working with Elisabeth Sladen

Russell T Davies returns to Bannerman Road in a new interview with SFX magazine

Total Film

Thousands of students participate in Children’s Day rally

7,000 students in Thrissur participated in a Children's Day rally from CMS School to Regional Theatre. Revenue Minister K. Rajan, Higher Education Minister R. Bindu, P. Balachandran, MLA, district Panchayat president P.K. Davis, district collector V.R. Krishna Teja, Children's Prime Minister M.K. Ganga, Children's President T.M. Avanija, Children's Speaker Hevena…

The Hindu

Rishi Sunak condemns ‘cowardly’ Lucy Letby after she refuses to face sentencing

Government to look at law change to compel killers to face victim’s families

Evening Standard

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Kimberley Walsh struggles to hold back tears at emotional Disney Make-A-Wish event

The former Girls Aloud star, 41, spent the day with Lillia Sheppard for an event run by charity Make-A-Wish UK, which recreated the Disneyland magic for the families of 160 children with life-limiting conditions

Daily Mirror

‘It’s anxiety, it’s fear, it’s emotional stuff’: Doctors confront poor youth mental health

DALLAS -- Abigail McGowan went numb the day after the music stopped.

Tribune News Service

Vulnerable kids put in foster care up to 500 miles from home due to carer shortage

Former Children’s Minister Edward Timpson, whose own family fostered over 90 children, joined calls for people to consider fostering a child as he said carers have 'never been more needed'

Daily Mirror

Parents fight Minnesota child protection in court after refusing chemotherapy for 5-year-old boy

MINNEAPOLIS — A Texas mother and father are fighting to regain parenting rights of their 5-year-old son after their refusal to continue his chemotherapy prompted Minnesota child welfare authorities to take custody.

Tribune News Service

Social media firms 'must be made to pay for kids' mental health services' say experts

There were 734,000 children referred to the NHS’s mental health services last year - an enormous 84% increase from 2018-19. Experts want social media companies, 'who contribute to the problem', to help fund services and tackle waiting times

Daily Mirror

SNP leadership hopeful Kate Forbes says it's wrong to have children out of marriage

Kate Forbes has already sparked a backlash after saying she wouldn't have supported same-sex marriage, and followed that up by saying having children out of wedlock "would be wrong according to my faith"

Daily Mirror

Massachusetts mother arraigned in deaths of her 3 children

BOSTON — The Duxbury mother accused of strangling her three children to death used exercise ropes to allegedly kill the kids as her husband “begged them to breathe” after discovering their bodies in the basement, a prosecutor said at today’s arraignment.

Boston Herald

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His first fame came on a KC Jumbotron. His new mission began the night he was shot

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jimmy Faseler was already a little famous the night he almost died.

Nottingham Post

Jesse Lingard's touching gesture ahead of Man United match revealed

The former Manchester United midfielder has been volunteering his time over the Christmas period both back in Greater Manchester and in Nottingham to put smiles on children's faces

Tribune News Service

Court wins allow Dallas doctor to treat dozens of new transgender youth

DALLAS — The Dallas doctor who ran the state’s most prominent medical program for transgender youth says she has seen dozens of new patients since crucial court wins this summer and fall.

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland paramilitaries ‘coercing and sexually exploiting young people’

Children’s Commissioner Koulla Yiasouma said government is not working together effectively to protect children and young people.

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'Free school meals for all British children has to be a priority for Rishi Sunak'

Polly Hudson says new PM Rishi Sunak needs to look at the Education budget as even a freeze in funds will have disastrous consequences for the poorest children in society

Evening Standard

100 years of the BBC: Presenters and reporters pay tribute on the broadcaster’s centenary

Actor and presenter Ed Petrie said anyone who doesn’t think the BBC is amazing is ‘’a right old ninny’’

The Independent UK

Suicide attempts and self-harm ‘part and parcel of everyday life in a school’

A former Children’s Commissioner told peers there is a large legacy of children with increased mental health needs in the wake of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Ken Paxton again tries to intervene in suit with Dallas hospital over transgender care

DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is attempting for the second time to intervene in a legal fight over gender-affirming medical care at two Dallas hospitals.

The Independent UK

British children’s authors pay tribute to ‘fantastic’ Raymond Briggs

The influential writer and illustrator has died at the age of 88.

Tribune News Service

Who is and isn’t getting COVID boosters in Washington — and why that’s causing worry

SEATTLE — Filled with action figures, stickers and cartoons, Seattle Children's COVID-19 vaccine clinic has kept busy for months, accommodating hundreds of immunization appointments per week. But staffers have noticed a glaring hole in their schedule recently: Fewer and fewer people are returning for booster shots.

ABC News

Tasmanian child safety head 'not confident' children in out-of-home care are safe from abuse

Children in out-of-home care in Tasmania today are not safe from abuse, Communities Department head Michael Pervan tells the state's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry.

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