Lottie Andrews
Urgent calls for reform after horrific abuse of young people at private care homes
Source: The Guardian Child safeguarding practice review panel says harm was result of day-to-day failures and oversight. The government’s child safeguarding advisers have urged major reforms to protect severely disabled…
‘I was born from rape – but I won’t let it define me’
Source: BBC News Children conceived as a result of rape will soon be recognised as victims of crime in England and Wales, the government says. Here, people share their stories…
Uganda’s failure to jail child rapists as teen pregnancies soar
Source: BBC News The shocking rise of sexual abuse of young girls in northern Uganda was revealed when it was reported that in the wake of the pandemic there was…
One in five British children have a phone by age four
Source: The Times One in five three and four-year-olds in the UK have their own mobile phone, according to Ofcom research. By the age of nine, half of children own…
Assaults, neglect and a Taser revealed in ‘deeply shocking’ BBC care home investigation
Source: BBC News A company which ran children’s homes where residents were systemically abused also failed to prevent adults being harmed, BBC News has learned. An investigation found 99 cases…
Misogyny rife in RAF boys’ club, sex assault victim says
Source: BBC News The RAF is a “boys’ club” where sexual harassment, misogyny and homophobia are rife, says a female ex-corporal who was sexually assaulted while serving. Sam, not her…
A&E staff in England struggling to spot abuse cases in infants, says watchdog
Staff in hospital emergency departments in England are struggling to spot when infants are being physically abused by their parents, raising the risk of further harm, an investigation has found….
Gerard Depardieu: French actor faces new sexual assault allegations
Source: BBC News Actor Gerard Depardieu has been accused of sexual assault or harassment by 13 women, according to an investigation by French news website Mediapart. The women claim the…
Government rejects call to ban smacking in England
Source: BBC News The government has rejected calls to ban physical punishment of children in England, saying they are already protected in law. In Wales, Scotland and Jersey any type…
Britain’s care homes crisis: children sent to live hundreds of miles away
Source: The Guardian Observer investigation uncovers the scale of the crisis in a system where the most vulnerable ‘will continue to be put at risk’ Some of Britain’s most vulnerable…
