Nottingham case: child removed without court order

Systems at Nottingham city council social services have been called into question after social workers allegedly removed a baby from an 18-year-old woman without obtaining a court order.

It has emerged that the child was returned to his mother yesterday following an emergency High Court ruling.

Social workers will today make another attempt to take the boy into care.

We will bring you a full report on this issue shortly, with updates throughout the day as news breaks.

Andrew Holman’s blog on the Nottingham baby case