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Education Secretary Michael Gove has ordered a review of child protection work in Doncaster. The BBC reports that the review will be conducted by professor Julian Le Grand, of the London School of Economics, who will report back to Gove by May. The review will determine whether Doncaster can improve services itself or whether an independent organisation should take over delivery of children's services.

Nearly 2,000 children a year in Britain are dying from “avoidable” causes because doctors lack training in paediatric care, it has been claimed. The Independent reports that the study, conducted by London Children’s Hospital, found that the UK is at the bottom of a European league, with the highest number of excess child deaths among 15 member states of the European Union. The researchers blamed Britain’s health system, saying it had not adapted to meet children’s needs, with the UK having one of the highest child death rates from pneumonia, which is treatable with antibiotics.

A government programme supporting people at risk of violent extremism and terrorism has helped more than 500 young people in the past five years. The Guardian reports that in total 2,500 people have been referred by the police and other agencies to the £3m-a-year anti-radicalisation programme called Channel.