The Home Office has launched a free online training package dealing with female genital mutilation (FGM), developed with Virtual College. It will give teachers, police, doctors, social workers and border staff the training they need to help them identify and assist girls who are at risk of FGM. The free online training provides professionals with an overview of FGM and their responsibilities in FGM cases, and how to support victims of it.
Parents are increasingly too afraid to let their children go to the park or outside to play by themselves, an investigation by ITV's Tonight programme has found. A survey of 2,000 parents across the UK conducted for the show found almost half think their children face greater risks than they did.
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