All news on the topic: Social services

A 21-year-old woman fled to Shropshire Domestic Violence, away from an abusive partner, but was met handyman Stephen Russell there who went on to blackmail her

Elizabeth Price, of Swansea, said she was scared to go to bed aged 11 because her biological dad would sexually abuse and photograph her when he thought she was sleeping

Andy Shute took over chip shop Lou Lou's Plaice in Chorley, Lancashire, last May but a flurry of vandal attacks since the start of the year means he'll have to close up and lay off staff

Jamie Hunter and partner Beccy Flint found out they were expecting their first child together in 2019 - before a tragic cancer diagnosis meant Jamie died two days after his daughter was born

Sahara Salman died after the explosion in Thornton Heath, south London, which saw the evacuation of hundreds of residents in August last year - with the family still sleeping on the floor of a family member's house

Sue Lawford was probed by Dyffed Powys Police after going with Sharon Johnston - who had been paralysed in a fall - to Switzerland's Dignitas clinic where she ended her life

A 12-week-old baby girl was found dead next to her mother who had taken cocaine in a room with empty beer bottles, according to a Serious Case Review in Liverpool

According to the latest official figures, the 7.7-magnitude earthquake - branded the "disaster of the century" by Turkish leader Recept Tayyip Erdogan - has claimed the lives of at least 17,674 people and another 3,377 in Syria

Alun Titford is accused of the manslaughter of his disabled 16-year-old daughter Kaylea, who weighed 22 stone and 13 lbs, with a body mass index of 70, when she was found dead at home in in Newtown, Wales

In the wake of the shocking deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson, the government today unveils a £200million plan to fix children’s social care

Laura Winham, 38, had been lying dead in her home for nearly four years after no one from social services or her apparent support network had checked on her well-being in years

The children, aged under five, were discovered at the illegal underground hideout in the village of Orbritz, Austria, with a 54-year-old man and his 40-year-old wife

Social workers 'overlooked' the man's criminal convictions for child sex offences after he was previously classed 'low risk', and went on to abuse the girl for a number of years

Laura Winham, 38, had been lying dead in her home for nearly four years and had written 'I need help' on her calendar a short time before her death in Woking, Surrey

Laura Winham's sister said the 38-year-old had been 'badly let down' by social services after her body was found almost four years after she died in her social housing flat in Woking

Goher Damani won't go to prison and has been hospitalised indefinitely under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act after a number of harrowing attacks on children in south London

East Devon District Council stepped in to totally transform the home after the resident was hospitalised and couldn't be discharged until the property was clear and safe

The Prince of Wales yesterday echoed the work of his late mother Princess Diana with a visit to Depaul UK where outreach staff described how the pandemic had been a “major contributing factor” for hundreds of people accessing vital services

Paramedic Gareth Wyn Evans attended the family home in Newtown, Powys after being told spina bifida sufferer Kaylea was found not breathing

Scott Coombe, 24, abused 18-month-old Andrew Cawker for months while the boy's mum Tamika Beaton, 25, turned a blind eye to the injuries he was causing to her son

BBC One's EastEnders began the shock storyline on New Year’s Day, kicking off 2023 with the news that 12-year-old Lily is expecting a baby