Daily roundup 13 February: Facebook, children's centres, and severe neglect

Facebook must identify children at greatest risk of mental illness and help ensure they get NHS help, Jeremy Hunt has said. The Telegraph reports that the Health Secretary said social media giants who are "smart enough" to use data to target young consumers with adverts will be compelled to use the same intelligence to help tackle Britain's growing mental health problem.


Plans to close two thirds of Somerset's children's centres have been unanimously agreed by councillors. The BBC reports that members of somerset County Council's cabinet also agreed the transfer of health visitors and school nurses from the NHS to a new family support service, run by the local authority.


A young brother and sister were left with permanently damaged eyesight after care workers failed to remove them from parents who subjected the children to "severe neglect". The Times reports that a serious case review by Durham Local Safeguarding Children Board found that the parents of the boy and girl were suspected of sexual abuse and had five previous children taken into care.


Police have arrested two teenagers on suspicion of murder after the death of a six-week-old boy. The Guardian reports that officers and paramedics were called to an address in Southampton, Hampshire, at 5.05am on Sunday and the baby was taken to hospital where he died a short time later. A 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman have been arrested in connection with the death and are in custody for questioning.


The minister responsible for encouraging fathers to take shared parental leave has admitted he is barred from taking up the opportunity himself. The Telegraph reports that Andrew Griffiths appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live's Emma Barnett Show on Monday to promote the scheme, which allows new parents to split 50 weeks of absence between them. But he was left struggling to defend the scheme when he admitted that, despite being an expectant dad, he is not entitled to it because of a clause in the legislation.