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Daily roundup: Library closures, free childcare, and DNA swabs

Monday, September 23, 2013

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Children's laureate criticises government failure to stop library closures; Labour outlines free childcare plans; and Welsh police have taken the DNA of 5,000 children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Antisocial behaviour, free schools, and child detention

Monday, October 14, 2013

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Nuisance injunctions will "promote intolerance of youth"; Labour backs free schools; and hundreds of children locked up in police cells each week, all in the news today.

News roundup: Forced marriages, school places appeals and higher targets for primary schools

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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Up to 250 children helped by forced marriage team; concerns that school places appeals system is "unfair", and primary schools told to achieve higher standards, all in the news today.

Big rise in number of child trafficking victims

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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The number of British children believed to be victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation has more than doubled in the space of a year.

Daily roundup: Early years, domestic violence and child protection

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

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Childcare groups disappointed by worker entry requirements decision; health watchdog calls for better training on domestic violence; and schools reminded about female genital mutilation risk, all in the news today.

Inspectors criticise YOI over violence and extortion

Thursday, March 6, 2014

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A young offender institution has been rebuked for high levels of violence despite making progress since a previous critical inspection.

Child-on-child sexual abuse reports on the rise

Monday, July 7, 2014

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Numbers of under-18s accused of sexual offences against other children have increased by nearly nine per cent in a year.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, school exams and early education

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

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Google software will help spot abuse images; Eton head says exam system out of date; and new Stonewall chief calls for nurseries to teach relationship diversity, all in the news today.

Inspectors praise 'excellent' relationships between staff and young people at Parc YOI

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

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Inspectors have praised a young offender institution (YOI) in South Wales for the positive work it does with young people held there.

Daily roundup: Extremism, free schools, and youth merger

Monday, September 1, 2014

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Muslim organisation warns against extremism crackdown; charities urged to establish free schools; and Changemakers joins Foyer Federation, all in the news today.

Inspectors criticise Newport youth offending service

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

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A Welsh youth offending team (YOT) has been criticised by inspectors for poor work in protecting vulnerable children and young people from harm.

Top judge to lead on youth justice in landmark move

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

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A leading judge has been selected to oversee youth justice matters in criminal courts for the first time, in a move that has been welcomed by campaigners pushing for reform of the youth court system.

YOTs boycott secure training centre over scathing inspection

Thursday, June 11, 2015

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Youth offending teams (YOTs) are refusing to send young people to a secure training centre that was blasted by inspectors for incidents of gross misconduct by staff, it has emerged.

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

Thursday, July 23, 2015

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Runaway and missing children are being exploited by criminal gangs in order to expand inner city drug networks into county towns, a study has found.

MPs call for police discretion in child 'sexting' cases

Monday, November 30, 2015

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Police must be given greater discretion when dealing with children who share explicit pictures of themselves so that their future life chances are not harmed, a group of MPs and peers has said.

Gove pledges action on youth custody safety

Friday, March 18, 2016

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Action will be taken to tackle gang problems and improve safety in youth jails, Justice Secretary Michael Gove has told MPs.

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

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Police are failing to properly protect missing children from potential abuse, a report has found.

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

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Health services have come in for criticism for failing to properly assess risks to children following the first joint inspection of child protection across health, social care and criminal justice services.

Barnardo's claims antisocial behaviour police powers will put children at risk

Friday, May 6, 2011

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Government plans to hand police powers to take children suspected of antisocial behaviour back to their homes are being opposed by children's charity Barnardo's.

Immigration detainee dies after being found hanging at Glen Parva

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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An immigration detainee has died in hospital a week after being found hanging in his cell at a young offender institution (YOI).

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

Thursday, May 19, 2011

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One of the country's most senior police officers has suggested the age of criminal responsibility should be treated with more flexibility and greater weight be placed on the maturity of young offenders.

Third of prison officers lack safeguarding training

Monday, January 24, 2011

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Nearly one in three prison officers working with vulnerable young offenders in custody have not completed training on safeguarding and assessing vulnerability, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Inspectors disappointed at poor safeguarding in North Lincolnshire youth offending services

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Youth offending services in North Lincolnshire have been described as "extremely disappointing".

Daily roundup: Paris Brown, youth funding and child protection

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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Media pressure prompts youth PCC to quit, £10m boost for Northern Irish youth groups, and resignations at Sandwell after critical Ofsted, all in the news today.

Young adults to be held at Hindley YOI

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

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Young adults are to be held on the site of a young offender institution, five years after the controversial arrangement was scrapped in a bid to improve services.

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