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The numbers of children living in bed and breakfast accommodation for more than six weeks has reached its highest level for a decade, a report says. Homelessness charity Shelter said an investigation it has carried out into B&B use also shows that almost half of the families interviewed reported children witnessing disturbing incidents, including open drug use and threats of violence. The majority of families interviewed said they felt unsafe in their emergency accommodation.

Teachers and other professionals who do not report child abuse suspicions should face prosecuction, the ex-director of public prosecutions says. Keir Starmer said under a British "mandatory reporting" law, those who failed to act could be sent to jail. Starmer, who ended his role as DPP last week, told the BBC it was time to "plug a gap in the law" that had been there for a "very, very long time".