10 h. ago My daughter wanted her own room so I made her a ‘Harry Potter style’ one – trolls say they’re ‘ringing social services’

IT'S not unusual for kids to beg their parents for their own bedroom, but for many families it's just not a possibility. But one savvy DIY fan took matters into his own hands when his daughter wanted a bit of privacy. Rather than splitting the existing bedroom in two, adding a curtain down the middle...

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9 d. ago ‘Exponential’ rise in mountain rescues threatens to overwhelm services as social media fuels risk

‘If it carries on like this, we won’t be able to respond’

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2 w. ago Brits warned of train faux pas as millions prepare to cram stations for Christmas journeys

Millions of Brits are set to travel home by train this Christmas but they have been warned of the biggest social misdemeanours to carry out on the services, such as blaring music

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2 w. ago American tries UK's 'best' service station but isn't impressed by 2 things

Kalani Ghost Hunter, a social media star with 3.2 million TikTok followers visited Tebay Services in Cumbria, which is known as one of the best service stations in the UK

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2 w. ago Care worker rapped for sharing pictures of vulnerable service users on Snapchat

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) deemed Laynajade Wolschke’s fitness to practise “impaired.”

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2 w. ago Venmo users have trouble sending and receiving money amid service outage

Users of the payment app Venmo are experiencing problems sending and receiving money amid widespread social media posts about service issues

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3 w. ago 'My son made a sexualised comment he didn't understand – we've been referred to social services'

This week, Lala offers advice to a reader who has been left distraught after her 10 year old son made a sexualised comment in after school club, resulting in them being referred to children’s social care services

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4 w. ago West Lothian social care worker given warning over her conduct following investigation

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) gave Emma Drummond a warning that will stay on her registration for the next 12 months.

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4 w. ago More than 2,000 children disappear in social services care each year, report finds

A new report that reveals the rate at which vulnerable children go missing in the care of social services has exposed safeguarding failures, charities say

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last month More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends, submitted FoI requests to children’s services departments in councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland asking for information about trafficked children and those who arrived alone in the UK and claimed asylum, who then went missing after being taken into care. Continue reading...

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last month More than 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends, submitted FoI requests to children’s services departments in councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland asking for information about trafficked children and those who arrived alone in the UK and claimed asylum, who then went missing after being taken into care. Continue reading...

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