Topic: Children
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Children go missing from ‘safe’ Kent asylum centres 160 times in three years
Children’s commissioner Rachel de Souza vows to raise findings with Kent county council, with almost all missing kids coming from Muslim-majority countries
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Bangladeshi and Pakistani families worst affected by poverty in UK
Joseph Rowntree Foundation also found the West Midlands is the only region where poverty rates have risen since the mid-1990s
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Where teachers go, the rest of our public services will follow
Faced with bare-bones budgets, increased demands and an exodus of talent, education unions are primed for more strikes in 2025. They won’t be the only ones
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Muslim families are battling to get their autistic children diagnosed
The number of children waiting for an autism assessment has reached a record high, with ethnic minorities among the hardest hit
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Is it wrong to relive your childhood through your children?
One of the more fun parts of parenting has been being able to bring out my inner child and do all the things I enjoyed — or wasn’t able to do — in my youth
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Anti-knife crime campaigner Hawa Haragakiza: ‘If I can protect even one child, that gives me some comfort’
Tamim Ian Habimana was stabbed to death on his way home from school in 2021. His mother has since dedicated her life to tackling youth knife crime and founded a charity in his legacy
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West Midlands children more likely to die with asthma than anywhere else in England
Researchers at the University of Bristol found Black, Asian, mixed race and ethnic minority kids were more at risk — and pointed the finger at housing poverty
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As a Muslim mother, how should I navigate Christmas with my young child?
I don’t celebrate Christmas, but I dabble in it, as I believe we can enjoy the season without compromising our Islamic beliefs
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Nine months pregnant, I can’t help but feel scared of being at the mercy of a broken maternity care system
Though I’m filled with excitement for my new baby, I know the NHS is on its knees and ethnic minority mothers are actively at risk
