Daily roundup 3 October: Muslim fostering, racial injustices, and lunch box searches

A girl placed with Muslim foster carers in a case that ignited a media storm had a "warm relationship" with the family and wants to see them again, an internal council investigation has found. The Guardian reports that the row surrounding child AB, as she is known in court documents, was prompted by a front-page article in the Times headlined "Christian child forced into Muslim foster care". A hearing at East London family court on Monday heard that a subsequent inquiry by Tower Hamlets Council found the family had provided "warm and appropriate" care to the girl.


White working-class children are victims of long-standing racial "injustices" which see them struggle to get on in life, an audit commissioned by Prime Minister Theresa May has found. The Telegraph reports that research found that white pupils from state schools had the lowest University entry rate of any ethnic group.


A school has been accused of searching children's packed lunch boxes to make sure they are eating healthy food. The Telegraph reports that the school is believed to run a "traffic light system", featuring foods listed in red, amber and green categories. Banned items such as crisps and cereal bars, which are placed in the red section, are bagged up and handed back to parents.


The entire public sector must learn lessons following the collapse of a wall at a primary school in Edinburgh, MSPs have said. The BBC reports that nine tonnes of masonry fell at Oxgangs school during a storm in January 2016. A total of 17 schools across the city were ultimately forced to close amid concerns over building standards. MSPs said this was "an embarrassment for the construction industry". They said every public body in the country should study the report into the incident.


A woman with a "very significant" learning disability has lost the latest round of a legal fight over the care of her two children. The Guardian reports that two court of appeal judges backed a family court judge's decision and concluded that her 11-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl should go into long-term foster care. Social workers said they had been concerned for a number of years that the children were being neglected and "failing to thrive".


Schoolchildren across the country are being asked to kick off their school shoes and wear their slippers instead to help raise money in support of homeless children. Charity Shelter said it is calling on schools to take part in the fundraising drive on 8 December.