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Army auxiliary officer set a number of firsts
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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Story continues below It was as a 26-year-old subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in early June 1944 that Margot Marshall, as she was then known, and her colleagues were secretly briefed about plans for D-Day (June 6) by Field
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School Exclusions Ineffective, Says Charity
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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Keeping children out of school 'is sending out the wrong signal' While the number of pupils being expelled has fallen, Barnardo's said , fixed-term exclusions from schools are expensive, ineffective and "over-used". Instead, the charity suggests
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Kids Left In Limbo Due To Adoption Wrangling
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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The charity Barnardo's , which helps to place children, estimates more than 400 vetted couples are waiting for a child and have been for over a year. Jonathan Ewen, director of family placement for the charity, said: "It's tragic because individual
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Response: Long waits for adoption have nothing to do with ethnic matching | Ratna Dutt
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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Long waits for adoption have nothing to do with ethnic matching As long ago as 1973, well before inter-racial policies, black children stayed longer in care Hugh Muir's balanced view of the debate on adoption of black and minority ethnic children was
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Young carers 'deserve more help'
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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Number of child carers 'four times previous estimate' Leigh Killorn, aged eight, cares for her mother who suffers from bipolar disorder There are four times as many young carers in the UK than previously officially recognised, figures published by
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Rise in children in care since Baby P
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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The number of children in care has dramatically risen following the death of Baby Peter, official statistics showed yesterday. There are now 64,400 looked-after children, an increase of 6 per cent since 2009 and 7 per cent since 2006. Overall 27,800
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Legal update
Aberdeen :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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Nearly half of Barnardo's donations from the public is generated through bequests and the organisation has linked up with the QualitySolicitors to promote the scheme across the UK; 40 firms are involved. Divorce limbo Changes to the way the UK
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'Unfair' state school system criticised
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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Barnado's criticises 'unfair' state school system Barnado's, the children's charity, says privileged children are monopolising top state places and poorer families are losing out in a complex and unfair system Barnardo's claims secondary school
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Delays in courts damaging to children
London :: United Kingdom | almost 3 years ago
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Sky News has reported that some of Britain's most vulnerable children in England and Wales are stuck in abusive homes for over a year while awaiting decisions to be taken into the care. According to figures released by Barnardo, in 2009 children
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Barnardo’s, butt out of the law
London :: United Kingdom | almost 3 years ago
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This week, the British children's campaigning group Barnardo's published data relating to care proceedings in England and Wales. It strongly criticised the delays experienced by families who are subject of proceedings under section 31 of the Children
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