‘A bright graduate’s dream of joining the police was destroyed – because she’d been told off for shoplifting from Primark when she was just 13. And now top judges have slammed a police recruitment policy that “irrationally” led to rejection of the job application from the woman, who is now in her 20s.’
WalesOnline, 18th october 2017
Source: www.walesonline.co.uk
‘British sport’s most senior child protection officer has condemned what she branded “a lack of will” to change the law to prevent coaches having sex with 16 and 17-year-olds under their care on the back of football’s paedophile scandal.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A Monmouthshire GP is being investigated over complaints about her giving gender-change hormones to children as young as 12.’
BBC News, 10th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three men and a boy who subjected a lost teenage girl to an “abhorrent” rape have been jailed.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A student who faced losing his place at Oxford University because of uncertainty over his immigration status has won his battle to remain in Britain indefinitely.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Young black people are nine times more likely to be locked up in England and Wales than young white people, according to Ministry of Justice analysis.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘File on 4 tells one family’s story of fighting the authorities to get support and justice after a 13 year old boy was aggressively groomed by scores of men, aged from their 20s to their 50s. It is a shocking story of opportunities missed, meaning the boy endured assaults by multiple men for years. We look at the impact of that sustained abuse on him and his parents, who were desperately trying to shield him from harm. He says he was dismissed, and even blamed by authorities responsible for protecting him.’
BBC Radio 4, 23rd July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Judges must give longer sentences to Asian Muslim grooming gangs who abuse white teenage girls when there is evidence of racism, the Government’s senior legal advisor has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An article by Home Secretary Amber Rudd on the Prevent strategy, published in the Sun.’
Home Office, 10th August 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A suicidal 17-year-old girl is to be moved to a secure unit on Thursday after a senior judge warned that plans to release her because of a shortage of secure beds for mental health patients would leave “blood on our hands”.’
The Guardian, 7th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A consultant psychiatrist has admitted a string of failings over the death of a vulnerable teenager who drowned in a bath at an NHS care unit.’
The Guardian, 7th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Secretary has today (18 July) announced plans to consult on new offences to toughen up knife crime laws.’
Home Office, 18th July 2017
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Online shoppers buying knives could be forced to collect them in person in England and Wales, if plans to stop children purchasing blades go ahead.’
BBC News, 19th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A coroner has called for changes to the way Home Office officials in Calais and Dunkirk deal with vulnerable child refugees after a 17-year-old Kurdish refugee fled Isis in Iraq only to be crushed under the wheels of a lorry while trying to seek sanctuary in the UK.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three-quarters of young black and minority ethnic (BAME) people believe they and their communities are being targeted unfairly by stop and search despite a steep decline in the use of the controversial tactic, according to new research.’
The Guardian, 29th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two former BBC radio presenters have been handed five-year jail sentences for indecently assaulting under-age boys and outraging public decency by having sex in woodland.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two men have today (May 19) been jailed for nine years for their part in a high-speed road race which left four people dead.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th May 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The head of the Metropolitan police’s anti-knife initiative, Operation Sceptre, has admitted past failures in engaging with communities most affected by youth violence, amid criticism of the force’s latest strategy to tackle the problem. But DCS Michael Gallagher said that for the latest phase of its strategy to reduce knife crime – launched after recent police figures showing a rise of 24% in the past year in London – the Met was ready to work with civil society groups to find joint solutions to the problem.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teenager who killed his stepfather with a punch to the head has walked free from court.’
The Independent, 16th May 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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