A woman has been convicted of murdering an 18-month-old who suffered more than 150 injuries. The BBC reports that Kandyce Downer killed Keegan Downer less than a year after being appointed her legal guardian.
Councils have warned parents that taking their children out of school to take part in strikes against tests could face fines of up to £120. The Telegraph reports that local authorities are set to mark absences as "unauthorised", despite indications from head teachers that they will "turn a blind eye".
The future of the government’s Universal Credit rests “on a knife edge” because Treasury cuts have reduced it to an exercise in cost-cutting that could leave millions of working families worse off, experts have warned. The Guardian reports that think-tank Resolution said the programme has been watered down so much that it risks failing to achieve its original purpose.?
Ten children with the same mother have been taken into care over the last decade, a court has heard. The BBC reports that a family court in Bournemouth heard that three boys aged between five and nine were taken into care by social services amid concerns over substance abuse, violence and neglect. The mother had seven children taken from her for similar reasons in 2006.
A consultation looking at public health nursing services for children and young people has been launched by Northamptonshire County Council. The Northamptonshire Telegraph reports the council is responsible for commissioning a public health nursing service covering those aged 19 and under and the consultation aims to find out what people want the services to provide.?
Prime Minister David Cameron has been urged to take in thousands of unaccompanied child refugees from Syria. ITV News reports Sir Erich Reich, a former refugee, said more should be done by the Prime Minister to “help some of the most vulnerable victims” of the war. ?
Children as young as three have been referred to an NHS clinic that helps those who believe they were born the wrong gender. The Daily Mail reports the three pre-school children are among 167 children aged 10 or under who have received transgender treatment on the health service in the past year.?
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