The families say the Scout Association didn't look after their children before they died and treated the families badly in the aftermath

Families of four children who died on Scout trips call for public inquiry

Isaac Nightingale, 18, completed his training and has now become a scout leader in Waterlooville. 

Teen with Down Syndrome thought to be first scout leader in UK with condition

Picture of damage to Askern Doncaster Scouts hut

Copper piping and a flatpack kitchen were among items stolen from Askern Scouts in Doncaster in a series of raids.

Thieves cause £30,000 of damage in days of raids on scout hut

Ben Leonard fell to his death from the Great Orme at Llandudno during a Reddish Explorer Scout camping weekend in 2018. 

Brother fears another child will die if The Scouts continue to self-regulate

A mother of a 16-year-old boy who died on a Scouts trip joins three other grieving families in calling for a public inquiry into the Scouts Association. 

Mothers of boys who died on scout trips join forces for tougher regulation

Jackie Leonard and Sharon Collins want the organisation to be externally governed after their sons died 20 years apart, in almost identical circumstances.

Bereaved mothers call for independent governing body for Scouts 

'I think the Scouts were more worried about their reputation from the word go than about Ben,' Ben's mother Jackie said.

Scouts 'think they're above the law,' Ben Leonard's parents say

Ben Leonard, 16, suffered a serious head injury when he fell about 200ft at Great Orme in Llandudno, North Wales.

Scouts referred to police as inquest finds boy was unlawfully killed

Undated handout photo issued by Suffolk Constabulary of Ian Butcher, 55, who has been jailed for 20 months at Ipswich Crown Court after he filmed children getting undressed in a changing room and filmed adults while they were showering. The former Scout leader's offending concerned eight victims aged between 12 and 32, with six children and two adults, and spanned 19 months. Issue date: Tuesday February 13, 2024.
Credit: Suffolk Police

Ian Butcher filmed children and adults as they got changed and showered - but police say six of his victims are still unidentified.

Scout leader filmed children getting undressed

Ben and two friends had separated from the other Scouts and were not accompanied by any of the three Scout leaders when he fell.

Scout leader on fatal trip declines to answer questions at inquest

The Scout Association lied to the parents of a scout who fell from a cliff to minimise their "reputational damage" after failing to properly risk assess. 

Scout leaders admit lying and failure to risk assess after teenager fell 200ft

Ben Leonard, 16, from Stockport, suffered a serious head injury falling from cliffs on the Great Orme in North Wales

Scout leaders 'catastrophically failed' to keep teenager safe 

Ben Leonard suffered a serious head injury after he fell 200 feet from cliffs while on the organised expedition in North Wales in 2018. 

Scout Association apologises after teenager dies in 200 feet fall

ITV News Central's Des Coleman has helped the Scouts create a new Weather badge.

Des Coleman on the creation of the first-ever Scouts weather badge

The Scouts in Kelso have been going for over 100 years.

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