Police forces are breaching the law by detaining children in police cells overnight, a leading police officer has said. The BBC reports that Manchester assistant chief constable Dawn Copley told a group of MPs that police and councils needed to be reminded of their statutory duties that should prevent the practice from taking place.
Mark Owers has been appointed as chief executive of the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA). Owers had previously worked in a senior leadership role at Core Assets Children's Services alongside being a director at CVAA. He will take up the new role on 3 March.
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