Charity says children could be deported as adults before age can be formally determined The Home Office is being threatened with legal action over concerns …
Exclusive: 1,871 possible trafficking or modern slavery victims left open to exploitation after falling out of UK system, FoI data reveals Hundreds of children identified …
Guatemalan prosecutors have raided the offices of the charity Save the Children, citing a complaint alleging the violation of migrant children’s rights
Internet Watch Foundation has found a manual on dark web encouraging criminals to use software tools that remove clothing Paedophiles are being urged to use …
A decisive report this week called for a ban on smacking children in England and Northern Ireland, declaring it a danger to children’s mental health. …
Estimated 27 children killed by famine, with fears many more will suffer lifelong effects, despite Israel’s promise of more aid Middle East crisis – live …
Observer investigation finds that private companies made £105m despite not being registered with Ofsted Hundreds of extremely vulnerable school-age children in England are being sent …
New gender clinics looking at ‘creative ways’ of reducing waiting lists amid shortage of clinicians Five thousand children and adolescents with gender-related distress are awaiting …
Gender specialist says young people ‘paying the biggest price’ in wake of Cass report, with service ‘going backwards’ Transgender children are being left in a …
Leading consultant paediatrician says unproven treatments and ‘toxicity’ of trans debate damaging outcomes Key findingsAnalysis Thousands of vulnerable children questioning their gender identity have been …
IDF says it ‘completely rejects’ charge that its soldiers deliberately fired on any of the thousands of civilians killed in Israeli offensive Dr Fozia Alvi …
Incident that took place at the Viertola school in Vantaa, a suburb of Helsinki, described by interior minister as ‘horrifying’ A 12-year-old suspect has been …
Victims transported to area hospitals after police heard shots fired near Circle Centre Mall on Saturday night Seven children between the ages of 12 and …
Exclusive: Dr Camilla Kingdon has called on Rishi Sunak to appoint a dedicated children’s health minister so young people are not forgotten when major decisions …
A federal judge sharply questions the Biden administration’s position that it bears no responsibility for housing and feeding migrant children who are waiting for agents …
Baby murdered by his parents after ‘inadequate safeguarding’ by social services in Derbyshire, says report A 10-month-old baby, who was killed by his parents just …
Improving schools is first challenge for new first minister, Vaughan Gething, as IFS study shows lower attainment is not due to poverty Wales’s new first …
A businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border to transport underage girls across state …
Every child interviewed by media watchdog had watched violent material on the internet Violent online content is now “unavoidable” for children in the UK, with …
Thousands of families have not found permanent accommodation for more than a decade, according to alarming new research • Read more: ‘My children never had …
Man, 19, charged with six counts of first-degree murder as police condemn ‘senseless act of violence’ in Barrhaven neighbourhood Police in Canada say two adults …
At least 200 people, mostly women and children displaced by violence in northeastern Nigeria, have been abducted by Islamic extremists while searching for firewood near …
Aid agencies and local authorities say a surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in northern Mozambique has left more than 70 children …
Martin Lewis warned that children struggle to recognise the difference between real money and money spent on applications on mobile devices and tablets.
As well as risk of death and injury, psychiatrist says situation is leading to symptoms such as convulsions and bed-wetting Children in Gaza are developing …
In her first in-depth interview since splitting from her partner of 10 years, the singer tells Annabel Nugent how her relationship split left her ‘broken’ …
Sharone Lifschitz and Noam Sagi urge international action to return their respective family members The British children of elderly hostages abducted by Hamas have pleaded …
Inspectorate demands emergency changes as Scotland Yard accepts its child protection services are in chaos The Metropolitan police are failing in their efforts to protect …
Record comes as Estonia confirms it is in talks with UK over plans to accept British prisoners amid overcrowding crisis More than 100,000 children have …
A United Nations report says that storms, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and …
Young people’s needs were forgotten, with no one made responsible by UK government for ensuring their rights were met, says legal expert Children were disproportionately …
Barnardo’s says the rise in ‘bed poverty’ reflects growing levels of destitution following soaring food or gas bills More than a million children in the …