Children

Society

‘Families are drowning’: urgent calls made for child maintenance payments to be enforced

Karin Goodwin on June 19, 2020June 21, 2020

The UK government must step in to prevent single parent families “drowning in poverty” because their child maintenance payments have stopped in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been claimed.

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Asylum, Human rights, International

Trafficked children ‘missing’ from care by Scots councils

Billy Briggs on January 14, 2019April 6, 2019

Dozens of children have been trafficked to Scotland with several going missing from care, says a new report.

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Human rights, International

360 video: witness the lives of children in war-torn Central African Republic

Marc Ellison on August 10, 2017April 18, 2019

“House Without Windows” is an immersive 360 video which transports you to the Central African Republic. It places you at the centre of the story. Stand in a mine as children dig for diamonds, cycle around a refugee camp or visit a rural hospital.

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Crime and justice

Police criticised for refusing to say how many children detained

Billy Briggs on June 23, 2016June 27, 2016

Police Scotland has been criticised for being 'unable or unwilling' to provide figures on the number of children kept in custody in Scotland.

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Arms trade, International

UK Government arming forces blacklisted as child killers

Billy Briggs on June 10, 2016June 21, 2016

UK Government arms sales to Saudi Arabia condemned after Yemen forces branded child killers.

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Children

Society

‘Families are drowning’: urgent calls made for child maintenance payments to be enforced

Asylum, Human rights, International

Trafficked children ‘missing’ from care by Scots councils

Human rights, International

360 video: witness the lives of children in war-torn Central African Republic

Crime and justice

Police criticised for refusing to say how many children detained

Arms trade, International

UK Government arming forces blacklisted as child killers

Pension scheme chasing retirees for money forced to review governance

Scottish Natural Heritage condemned for Diageo peat extraction deal on Islay

‘This doesn’t happen here’: young women highlight sexual violence in Shetland

Trident damned as ‘deadly farce’ after costs rise £1bn