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Baby Preston Davey’s death at hands of adoptive father slammed as ‘failure of the state’

Children’s Commissioner says a safeguarding review must find out if Preston’s murder ‘could have been prevented’

The Independent UK

NHS cuts could lead to another Baby P or Victoria Climbie as safeguarding staff face axe, doctors warn

Exclusive: NSPCC calls on Wes Streeting to protect safeguarding roles to help keep children safe

The Independent UK

Sara Sharif murder: Children at risk of abuse ‘must not be home educated’

Sara’s father Urfan Sharif and stepmother Beinash Batool were found guilty of murder while her uncle Faisal Malik was guilty of allowing the death.

The Independent UK

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Sara Sharif: Keir Starmer says 'questions need to be answered' over abuse and murder of 10-year-old girl

PM calls the murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif ‘shocking’ and ‘awful’

Evening Standard

How lockdown may have provided ‘cover’ for deadly child abuse in England

Sentencing of stepfather of Jacob Crouch for boy’s murder is latest case from first year of Covid-19

The Guardian - UK

What chances were missed to save Finley Boden?

Ten-month-old was returned to his parents’ care just 39 days before his death

The Guardian - UK

Tragic faces of kids killed in lockdown as UK faced 'pressure cooker' care crisis

Government statistics show that between April 2020 and March 2021 that 223 children died in instances where abuse or neglect is known or suspected

Daily Mirror

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‘Immediate action’ needed to improve children’s social care following murders

Government launches landmark strategy to fix children’s care following death of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes

The Independent UK

Shake-up of social care to offer children ‘love and stability’

The new strategy for England follows the deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson which showed up shortcomings in child protection systems.

The Independent UK

Child safeguarding issues during coronavirus pandemic kept boss 'up at night' with worry

The official discussed the horrific murders of Arthur Labinjo Hughes and Star Hobson during lockdown in 2020

Chronicle Live

Faces of Britain’s child killers after ‘monster’ murdered two girls and boy in sleepover attack

Damien Bendall joins a list of killers who have murdered young children after taking the life of his partner and her unborn child

The Independent UK

Family of murdered Star Hobson preparing for heartbreaking first Christmas without her

Great-grandfather David Fawcett, 62, revealed how he had only spent one 'precious' Christmas with the 16-month-old old girl, before she was murdered by her mother's partner

Daily Mirror

Calls for child-saving plan after tragic deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson

The NSPCC's Abigail Gill said major problems in the national child protection system were identified which need to be urgently addressed with significant investment and reform

Daily Mirror

Serious child safeguarding concerns remain, Education Secretary told

Council officials in Bradford and Solihull where vulnerable children were murdered gave ‘inadequate’ reassurances, a cross-party group of MPs said.

The Independent UK

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Star Hobson's evil killer mum still phones family 'heartbroken' over death of innocent toddler

The innocent tot's extended family are still in touch with Frankie Smith, who is currently serving a 12-year custodial sentence for her involvement in the toddler's death.

Daily Mirror

Star Hobson's grandad says 'we're still struggling now' two years after tot's murder

The 16-month-old was tragically killed by her mum's bouncer girlfriend Savannah Brockhill, and suffered catastrophic abdominal injuries caused by blunt force trauma

Manchester Evening News

Star Hobson's evil killer 'walks grinning around prison with guards protecting her'

The claims were made in a TV documentary

Daily Mirror

Star Hobson's killer walks around prison with 'big smile' on her face, inmate claims

Inmates at HMP Styal claim that Savannah Brockhill is walking around the facility escorted by guards and 'grinning' as she serves a life sentence for murdering the toddler

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Daily Mirror

Star Hobson: Toddler's sadistic killer's life under guard in prison for her own safety

The Channel 5 programme showed details of Savannah Brockhill being put under guard for her own safety, after she was convicted of murdering one-year-old Star Hobson

Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: What the census tells us about our divided North

The population is growing fast in Salford but falling in rural Yorkshire and Cumbria

The Independent UK

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Bruises were ‘ignored’ by social services

Social workers did not follow up on the bruising with medical experts, MPs were told.

The Independent UK

Child cruelty offences soar as cases jump by 25% in a year

Figures show ‘worrying scale of abuse and neglect’, NSPCC says

The Guardian - UK

Support for social workers is the missing piece of the Star and Arthur review

The pressure staff come under – especially from hostile parents – can cloud their judgment, asks Harry Ferguson, professor of social work at the University of Birmingham.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on child protection failures: social workers need backup

Editorial: A review of social services’ role before the murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes rightly avoids pinning blame on individuals

Daily Record

'Chances missed' to save tragic tot Star Hobson as report flags 'caring' women stereotype

A national review has been held into two child deaths, with the horrifying murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes 'not isolated incidents'.

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