“A volunteer religious teacher at a mosque in Yorkshire has been jailed for 10 weeks for kicking and slapping young boys during lessons at a mosque.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK will come under increasing pressure to ban all smacking and corporal punishment of children as the European human rights body steps up pressure for a change in the law.”
The Guardian, 25th April 2010
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“A father who hit his baby son because he knocked a photo frame off a television has been ordered to pay him £50 compensation.”
BBC News, 7th April 2010
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“Smacking is to be banned for anyone working with children outside the family, closing a loophole on corporal punishment, the government has said.”
BBC News, 30th March 2010
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“The law on smacking children is a grey area, which campaigners have sought to change in recent years.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Susan Pope, the nurse sacked from a leading public school after smacking her son in her own home, has lost her claim for unfair dismissal.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Judges in the case of a girl who was kicked and slapped by her parents have drawn a line at which disciplining children becomes physical abuse.”
BBC News, 1st August 2009
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“A father who horsewhipped his three children for discipline and to stop them ‘going off the rails’ has been jailed at Cardiff Crown Court.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
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“Child protection authorities yesterday said they hoped to return an eight-year-old boy to his mother who had hit him with a hairbrush as soon as possible, but defended their decision to take him into care.”
The Guardian, 11th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A family has won the right to adopt a girl after they were banned when the father smacked a child for swearing.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A schoolteacher has gone on trial accused of hitting the hand of a girl pupil during a design and technology lesson.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A couple who told social workers they had the right to smack their adopted son have won the right to a re-hearing in a bid to adopt his sister, aged two.”
BBC News, 4th November 2008
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“A teacher who slapped a pupil on her bottom and called her a ‘naughty girl’ has been found guilty of professional misconduct but can carry on teaching.”
BBC News, 15th October 2008
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“A cross-party group of MPs has failed to force through a ban on smacking children in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 8th October 2008
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“A cross-party group of MPs is attempting to force through a ban on smacking children in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 7th October 2008
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“Senior judges want parents who are taken to court for smacking their children to be treated leniently.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2008
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“A fresh parliamentary attempt is to be made to ban the smacking of children, led by senior Labour backbenchers, including the chairman of the all-party health select committee.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Smacking children, however lightly, should be outlawed because it increases the chances of aggression and anti-social and criminal behaviour in later life, a new report concludes.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Wales will not have the power to introduce its own smacking ban, the assembly government has been told.”
BBC News, 17th January 2008
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“The Government bowed to parental pressure yesterday and decided against introducing a ban on smacking children.”
The Independent, 26th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
