Missing toddler found, suspicious care home death, fostering agency to close

Toddler Audrey Nyanor given by police to the wrong person is found

Audrey Nyanor, the 18-month-old toddler handed over to an imposter at a police station in southeast London three days ago, has been found at an address in North London. A 30-year-old woman who was with her when she was found in Harlesden has been arrested.

Read more on this story in The Times

Woman, 84, arrested on suspicion of murdering fellow care home resident

An 84-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of another woman, aged 90, who lived in the same care home.

The victim was found dead at Longbridge Deverill House, in the village of Longbridge Deverill, near Warminster, Wiltshire.

Read more on this story in The Guardian

UK fails to halt female genital mutilation

Hundreds of British schoolgirls are facing the terrifying prospect of female genital mutilation (FGM) over the Christmas holidays as experts warn the practice continues to flourish across the country.

Read more on this story in The Independent

Independent adoption agencies count the cost of the recession

The future of independent adoption agencies has been put in doubt after the recession, while public spending cuts have forced one of the biggest in the country out of business.

The Manchester Adoption Society, which has been finding new families for children for more than 40 years, will close in February.

Read more on this story in The Times

NHS fat fighter clubs for obese kids aged 4

WEIGHT-LOSS clubs for FOUR-YEAR-OLDS are being launched on the NHS in a bid to tackle Britain’s obesity crisis.

Read more on this story in The Sun

Gerry Adams: My father sexually abused children in his own family


Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has revealed his father sexually abused children in his family.

The admission came in a radio broadcast yesterday, just hours after it emerged his younger brother Liam is wanted for child sex offences.

Read more on this story in The Daily Mail

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