Daily roundup 8 August: Munby case; child death; and activity inquiry

A place at a specialist clinic has been found for a 17-year-old girl at risk of suicide after England's most senior family judge highlighted her case in the media. Sir James Munby, the president of the family division of the High Court, warned last week that the country would have "blood on its hands" if a placement was not found within 10 days of the girl leaving youth custody. Simon Rowbotham, who represents the girl's court-appointed legal guardian, said it was unlikely that enough would have been done to keep her safe unless public attention had been drawn to her case, reports the Guardian.


A doctor who cared for Oxford teenager Connor Sparrowhawk has confessed to a catalogue of failures in the run-up to his death. Consultant psychiatrist Valerie Murphy has admitted to 30 allegations about her care of the 18-year-old at Slade House, where he drowned in 2013. A medical practitioners tribunal in Manchester is deciding if Dr Murphy is fit to practise, the Oxford Mail reports.


The Welsh Assembly's health, social care and sport committee is to launch an inquiry into the barriers stopping children and young people becoming more physically active. The inquiry will consider whether girls have fewer opportunities and different attitudes to boys on exercise, reports the BBC. Latest figures from Sport Wales's school survey, showed 48 per cent of pupils in years 3 to 11 took part in sport outside school three or more times a week - up from 40 per cent in 2013.


The independent panel convened following the "Trojan Horse" extremism inquiry in Birmingham schools is to stand down, the government has confirmed. The panel, set up in 2015, was tasked with overseeing improvements at the council. The BBC reports that the inquiry is now satisfied the council can continue improving "under its own steam".


A boy has died after falling through a corrugated roof panel on a disused industrial building. Leon Hoyle, aged 12, fell through a roof in the Lune industrial estate in Lancaster, Lancashire Police said. The boy died on Monday while playing with friends, the Independent reports.