http://www.childlink.co.uk/version_2/rss/scotland.php Latest News - UK and Ireland en-uk info@childlink.co.uk info@childlink.co.uk PHP RSS Feed Generator The man accused of kidnapping Shannon Matthews told police her mother paid him to look after the nine-year-old and then threatened him, a court heard. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40401 2008-11-20 16:33:11 A 16-year-old who attacked eight women in less than two hours has been sentenced to four years' detention. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40400 2008-11-20 16:32:31 More Welsh teachers are turning to a helpline charity for advice and support, new statistics have shown. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40399 2008-11-20 10:44:01 Increasing numbers of children are truanting from schools in three local authorities across South Wales. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40398 2008-11-20 10:42:41 Wales has the highest level of teenage drinking in Europe, according to a study by Edinburgh University in partnership with the World Health Organisation published in June. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40397 2008-11-20 10:41:58 Fewer children are living in poverty and academic achievement is rising, according to a report examining the well-being of young people in Wales. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40396 2008-11-20 10:37:00 Bruising found on the body of schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton suggested she was the victim of a violent episode close to the time she died, a murder trial heard yesterday. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40395 2008-11-20 10:35:28 Many of Scotland's most vulnerable teenagers are set to benefit from a £55m boost from Lloyds TSB's charitable arm, Inspiring Scotland. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40394 2008-11-20 10:33:02 A Holyrood committee yesterday voted by a narrow margin to support a flagship SNP policy of providing free school meals for all five- to seven-year-olds. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40393 2008-11-20 10:30:16 A woman who left a four-year-old boy to wander over a busy dual carriageway by himself while she went shopping has been allowed to keep her own children. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40392 2008-11-20 10:28:44 Tayside Police are investigating the sudden death of a nine-month-old baby in the Perth area. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40391 2008-11-20 10:26:45 All P7 pupils at Highland Council's 184 primary schools are to receive health and fitness checks. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40390 2008-11-20 10:25:42 The sister of missing Tyrone teenager Arlene Arkinson today spoke of how their father “died with a broken heart” without ever having the chance to give his daughter a proper funeral. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40389 2008-11-20 10:12:37 The trial of murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen has heard claims that one of the accused had armed himself with a baseball bat on the night that the Ballymena Catholic teenager was attacked. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40388 2008-11-20 10:09:38 One third of women sent to jail in Mountjoy are being freed because the prison is overcrowded. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40387 2008-11-20 10:08:45 The parents of a eight-year-old boy with autism, who was at the centre of a landmark legal action last year, are seeking a meeting with the Taoiseach to ensure their child does not lose his specialist education. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40386 2008-11-20 10:00:18 More than half the victims of rape and sexual abuse who received face-to-face counselling at Rape Crisis Centres across the State last year were adults who had been abused as children. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40385 2008-11-20 09:58:52 The effectiveness of current rules on advertising food and drink to children will be among the topics covered by a European research project initiated in Brussels yesterday. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40384 2008-11-20 09:56:46 Measures to encourage more students to do part of their study abroad are to be considered by the Higher Education Authority, a conference has been told. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40383 2008-11-20 09:55:54 Investing in early-childhood care and education can produce dramatic long-term benefits in children's lives such as better academic performance, lower crime levels and a more productive workforce, a conference heard yesterday. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40382 2008-11-20 09:54:58 Ombudsman for Children Emily Logan has announced an investigation into adherence to child-welfare guidelines. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40381 2008-11-20 09:52:32 A Nigerian mother, who fears for the lives of her young daughters if they are deported, has been thrown another lifeline, this time by the European Court of Human Rights. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40380 2008-11-20 09:51:02 An accused paedophile walked free from court because he was charged with the wrong offence. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40379 2008-11-20 09:48:49 Like dozens of other schools, Scoil Náisiúnta an Chroí Naofa will have fewer language support staff to help an increased number of pupils in need of their help next year. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40378 2008-11-20 09:46:32 A 56-year-old man has been arrested after the body of a newborn baby was discovered at a house in Warrington. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40377 2008-11-20 09:32:20 The University of Leicester has announced ambitious plans for a £1bn redevelopment of its campus on the south side of the city. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40376 2008-11-20 09:30:59 A 13-year-old boy become the youngest in Britain to be convicted of possessing a handgun after he stashed the weapon and ammunition in his family's cellar as part as a gang initiation rite. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40375 2008-11-20 09:25:40 Inspectors today criticised the "patently inadequate" standards of too many schools, warning ministers that state education must do better. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40374 2008-11-20 09:24:57 Women face being banned from working for six weeks after childbirth under European Commission plans. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40373 2008-11-20 09:24:01 Up to four children die each week in England from abuse or neglect, according to official figures that reveal the alarming scale of the problem. http://www.childlink.co.uk/news_info.php?region=uk&newsid=40372 2008-11-20 09:23:01