“The duty to provide library services for children was one of the key arguments advanced by campaigners in Brent challenging the council’s decision to close 6 of its 12 libraries. Reliance was placed upon section 7 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964. This requires local authorities to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th October 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The UK Border Agency today reiterated the need to hold families for short periods at UK ports and airports in small numbers of cases in order to act in the interests of vulnerable children and protect the border.”
UK Border Agency, 17th October 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“After promising last year to end child detention in failed asylum cases – and closing the notorious Yarl’s Wood unit – the government opened a smart new centre for deportees. But isn’t this still detention?”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“As many as 2,000 children a year, including many unaccompanied by an adult, could be detained each year at the UK’s borders despite government promises to end child detention.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A high court judge’s ruling reveals the importance of deciding on parental roles before embarking on artificial insemination.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Provocative billboard adverts are to be banned amid growing fears over the sexualisation of children.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Unicef has criticised the UK judicial system for locking up children allegedly involved in the August riots and warned ministers that they are likely to be in breach of their UN obligations to children’s rights.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Vulnerable witnesses in the administration of criminal justice – speech by The Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, 29/09/2011.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 29th September 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The organisers of ‘barbaric’ cage fighting involving children as young as eight will face no police action, it has been announced.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A judge has criticised the Home Office after a mother was separated from her two Nottingham children by being deported to her native Africa.”
BBC News, 20th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 200,000 children and young adults will be hit by heavy cuts to the legal aid budget, according to research. The Government plans to reduce spending on legal aid by £350m by removing it from most cases of family breakdown, medical negligence, immigration, debt and welfare benefit. Research by campaign group Sound Off for Justice suggests that 6,000 under-18-year-olds and 69,000 adults aged 18 to 24 will lose access to legal aid.”
The Independent, 19th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police acted lawfully when they ‘kettled’ three teenagers during the tuition fee protests in London, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 8th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A new ‘pre-departure accommodation centre’ is expected to open its doors to failed asylum seekers and their children next week. The converted special needs school in Pease Pottage, West Sussex, will house families for up to a week, before they are forcibly removed from the UK. The new facility follows the closure of the family unit of the controversial Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre, in Bedfordshire. The UK Border Agency (UKBA) insists that the Pease Pottage ‘family-friendly’ accommodation will only be used ‘as a last resort where families resolutely fail to comply [to leave the UK?]’.”
The Guardian, 23rd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The killing of an 11-month-old girl by her depressed mother could not have been predicted or prevented, a serious case review has found.”
BBC News, 19th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government should create new laws to better protect against children’s exposure to adult content on UK video-on-demand (VOD) services, Ofcom has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A website that stocked a range of children’s T-shirts bearing a controversial quote from Kate Moss has been censured by the Advertising Standards Authority.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hull city council has been sharply criticised by the local government ombudsman over its ‘failures’ to act on complaints that children were in danger from their mother’s ‘mentally ill, violent’ partner.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A report has highlighted ‘serious shortcomings’ in the way Anglesey council deals with the needs of vulnerable children.”
BBC News, 8th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Seven in ten children and teenagers are ignoring Asbos, fuelling fears they are treated as little more than a badge of honour, figures reveal for the first time.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Government health watchdog has launched an investigation into allegations that children undergoing heart surgery at a leading hospital received inadequate treatment.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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