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Ministers urged to ‘rocket boost’ fostering to alleviate shortage of carers

The UK needs 7,200 more foster families, according to the Fostering Network.

The Independent UK

Patients ‘not thin enough’ for help as NHS battles eating disorder crisis

‘Patients are being told to lose more weight or come back when you’re more ill’, patient warns

The Independent UK

Almost half of under-18s wait three months for eating disorder treatment

The Children’s Commissioner for England said the NHS figures were ‘worrying’.

The Independent UK

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Disposable vapes must be banned, says Children's Commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza says children feel under pressure to vape

Wales Online

Ministers urged to restrict marketing of vapes to children in England

Rachel de Souza points to research showing evidence about pressure to vape and its subsequent effects

The Guardian - UK

Disposable e-cigarette ban needed to stop kids vaping, says Children's Commissioner

Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza warned the 'Wild West' e-cigarette market is in urgent need of stricter regulation as figures show some 16% of 11 to 17-year-olds have tried vaping

Daily Mirror

Disposables vapes must be banned to protect children – commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza said it was ‘insidious these products are intentionally marketed and promoted to children’.

The Independent UK

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Warning over children copying abusive sexual behaviour and sick sex acts after watching pornography online

Acts carried out include strangulation, choking or slapping

Manchester Evening News

Violence in pornography referenced in child-on-child sex abuse cases – research

The most common acts documented were name-calling while the most common category of sexual violence was physical aggression.

The Independent UK

Warning over 140,000 'ghost children' missing from school last summer

Figures by the Department of Education show more than 140,000 schoolkids were “severely absent” in the summer of 2022, leading to fears children are falling through cracks

Daily Mirror

Police need ‘draconian’ powers to strip-search children, says minister

The Home Office’s Sarah Dines was involved in a series of heated exchanges with Labour MPs after a report found safeguarding concerns.

The Independent UK

Minister: I assume police have very good reasons to conduct child strip-searches

Groans were heard from peers as Lord Sharpe of Epsom made the comment while discussing concerns over Children’s Commissioner’s office research.

The Independent UK

Worst police forces for strip searching children as young as eight ranked

The strip searches have been carried out by police forces across the country. The Met tops the list with Hertfordshire, Thames Valley, Merseryside and Essex close behind

Daily Mirror

Child strip-search report findings deeply concerning, says policing minister

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said it shares concerns about the ‘widespread and serious failings across police forces’.

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

The number of strip-searches of children by police in Greater Manchester

A report looking at the national picture after the Child Q scandal reveals children as young as eight have been strip-searched - with almost 3,000 searches taking place over a four-year period across the country

The Independent UK

Police strip searching children as young as eight, damning report finds

Study by Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza found that more than a third of children strip-searched were black

Wales Online

Police strip-searches of thousands of children were ‘racist and traumatising’, say charities

The Children’s Society and the Runnymede Trust have hit out in the wake of a damning report by Dame Rachel de Souza

The Independent UK

Children ‘being failed’ as figures show almost 3,000 strip-searches by police

The Children’s Commissioner said criticised “widespread non-compliance” with statutory safeguards.

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The Independent UK

Police strip searching children as young as eight, damning report finds

Study by Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza found that more than a third of children strip-searched were black

Daily Mirror

Police carried out 2,800 strip searches on children as young as eight in last four years

A harrowing report by Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, found black children are six times more likely to be strip searched. The youngest child strip searched between 2018 and mid-2022 was just eight

The Guardian - UK

Children’s commissioner for England expresses ‘deep concern’ over illegal migration bill

Rachel de Souza asks Suella Braverman for clarity on how unaccompanied children will be treated under proposals

The Independent UK

Children’s mental health support ‘patchy’ with 80-day treatment wait in one area

Dame Rachel de Souza called for mental health support teams to be delivered in every school as soon as possible.

Wales Online

'Huge' number of children in England miss school on Friday because their 'parents are home'

The trend has seen a spike since the coronavirus pandemic, MPs were told

The Independent UK

Pupils more likely to miss school on Fridays since the pandemic, MPs told

Around half of the 1.6 million children who were persistently absent in 2021/22 were off school for reasons other than illness.

Daily Mirror

Hundreds of thousands of students 'persistently' off school not due to illness

The Commons Education Committee heard evidence this morning that anxiety and mental health issues were causing kids to be off school. Gaming addictions, bullying on social media and family breakdowns are also playing a part

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