Childrens Services

A report released on Thursday revealed more than 480 children in England died or were seriously harmed by abuse or neglect between April 2023 and March 2024.

Sara Sharif was subjected to cruelty on a scale hard to imagine and a child protection system that failed her, writes Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker.

The hospice in Co Antrim is a charity which provides specialist palliative care for more than 350 babies, children and their families every year.