‘Four teenage girls have been banned from using social media to contact the family of an Egyptian student who died three weeks after an attack on a bus.’
BBC News, 25th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The NHS has agreed to pay a record £19.8m in damages for failings in the care of a woman who suffered catastrophic brain injuries when she was deprived of oxygen as a baby.’
The Guardian, 1st October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The crisis engulfing the criminal justice system over its approach to rape cases is revealed by startling figures that show less than a third of prosecutions brought against young men result in a conviction.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Arrests of children have plummeted by more than two-thirds across England and Wales since 2010 as police work to put fewer young people behind bars, research has found.’
The Independent, 10th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘This month thousands of people up and down the country found out whether they had done enough to get into their university of choice. After a long, hard slog involving many sacrificed weekends and evenings, Freshers’ Week will no doubt provide some much needed light relief before it’s time to do it all over again over the next three to four years.’
Family Law, 28th August 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Many teenage survivors of modern slavery are being sent back to nations where they have no relatives and are again at risk of being targeted by traffickers, according to new data.’
Rights Info, 15th August 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘The BBC’s Panorama broke broadcasting rules by mistakenly revealing the first name of a teenager who was meant to be anonymous, TV watchdog Ofcom has said.’
BBC News, 6th August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A couple who tricked their teenage daughter into travelling to Bangladesh in an attempt to force her to marry her first cousin have been jailed.’
The Guardian, 30th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government is to double the funding for an early intervention scheme tackling violence among young people, as part of a “public health” approach to combatting knife crime and other offences.’
The Guardian, 30th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A young woman with mental health problems killed herself after a series of major errors by the NHS trust that was looking after her, a jury at an inquest into her death has found.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teenager has been jailed for three years and three months after he “ploughed into” five men while driving his father’s BMW.’
BBC News, 23rd July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Young black men in London are disproportionately more likely to be prosecuted for breaking public dispersal orders available to police as part of a range of measures to crack down on antisocial behaviour.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police who failed to act on an allegation of rape made by Gaia Pope two years before her tragic death are under investigation in a fresh probe.’
The Independent, 5th July 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The sister of a convicted sex offender who posted the names of his victims online has been sentenced.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th June 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Home Secretary has today (Wednesday 20 June) introduced new legislation to ban the delivery of knives and corrosives bought online to residential addresses.’
Home Office, 20th June 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Speech by President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby: What is family law? – Securing social justice for children and young people.’
Courts & Tribunals Judiciary, 31st May 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘A teenager has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack on the British Museum in London with Britain’s first all-woman cell.’
BBC News, 4th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The proportion of suspects on the Metropolitan police’s gangs matrix from minority ethnic groups has increased to nearly nine in 10, according to the force’s own figures.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Scotland Yard is listing thousands of children and young men on a “racially discriminatory” database that is failing to tackle rising violence in London, a new report has found.’
The Independent, 9th May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who pressured his 14-year-old son to take the blame for a murder he committed has been jailed for at least 26 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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