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Undercover officers have visited hotel staff across Canterbury in order to test their ability to spot vulnerable children.
Source: Kent Police published on this website Tuesday 28 October 2025 by Jill Powell
The specialised operation has been carried out in Canterbury on Friday 17 October 2025 to assess how well the city’s hospitality sector is applying child protection training.
The exercise involved officers from Kent Police, supported by Kent Police Cadet volunteers, who visited six hotels across the ci...
Read More..........DBS launches national campaign to raise awareness of legal duty to refer
Source: Disclosure and Barring Service published on this website Monday 27 October 2025 by Jill Powell
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has launched a new national campaign to raise awareness of the legal duty to refer - the process organisations must follow by law when there are safeguarding concerns about individuals in regulated activity.
The first phase of the campaign is...
Read More..........Menopause advice will be added to free health checks to help millions of women get the care they need.
Source: Department of Health and Social Care published on this website Friday 24 October 2025 by Jill Powell
Millions of women across England will benefit from the menopause being included in routine NHS health checks for the first time - marking a landmark step forward in women’s healthcare.
Routine appointments will now tackle one of society’s most overlooked health challenges, ensuring ...
Read More..........Warning of new variant of dangerous baby self-feeding products
Source: Office for Product Safety and Standards published on this website Thursday 23 October 2025 by Jill Powell
A new variant of dangerous baby self-feeding products has appeared where the pillow part takes the form of an animal head shape.
Baby self-feeding products are designed to enable babies to bottle feed with little or no assistance from a caregiver. This creates a risk of serious harm ...
Read More..........Thousands of children protected from abuse under victim reforms
Source: Ministry of Justice published on this website Wednesday 22 October 2025 by Jill Powell
Thousands more children will be protected from vile sex offenders under amendments to the Victims and Courts Bill tabled in Parliament on Monday 20 October.
The new measures will see parental responsibility automatically restricted in cases of children born of rape, and when a parent is convicted of se...
Read More..........The Charity Commission has concluded its case into St Giles Trust after thoroughly reviewing evidence relating to a serious safeguarding breach.
Source: Charity Commission published on this website Tuesday 21 October 2025 by Jill Powell
St Giles Trust offers advice, advocacy and support to those facing severe social disadvantage and multiple barriers in their lives.
In January 2025, the charity reported a serious incident to the Commission explaining that an employee was allowed to work with children in schools for almo...
Read More..........Improved safeguarding and protections for vulnerable people
Source: Department of Health and Social Care published on this website Monday 20 October 2025 by Jill Powell
Government to launch a consultation on Liberty Protection Safeguards to improve safeguarding for vulnerable people.
Vulnerable people lacking the mental capacity to make decisions about their care are expected to benefit from major changes to safeguarding and protections, following a cons...
Read More..........Paedophile priest dismissed allegations as “nonsense”
Source: Cambridgeshire Police published on this website Friday 17 October 2025 by Jill Powell
A former priest who claimed allegations against him were “nonsense” has had his sentence for historic child sex offences extended by 11 years.
Dennis Finbow, 77, was convicted in early 2023 for sexually abusing a child in the 1980s while offences in the most recent case date back to 1974.
Finbow claime...
Read More..........Woman found guilty of killing baby daughter
Source: Metropolitan Police published on this website Thursday 16 October 2025 by Jill Powell
Nazli Merthoca, 24 (19.01.2001), of Homerton High Street, Hackney, was convicted of manslaughter by a jury at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, 14 October. Her partner, Herbert Kalanzi, 35 (02.06.1990), of Ranelagh Road, Newham, was cleared of murder, manslaughter and causing or allowing the death of a child. T...
Read More..........Pensioners warned to stay alert as winter fuel payment scams surge by over 150%
Source: Department of Works and Pensions published on this website Wednesday 15 October 2025 by Jill Powell
Pensioners are being warned to look out for Winter Fuel Payment text message scams following a surge in activity from opportunistic criminals ahead of next month's payments.
New data from HMRC shows reports of scam texts more than doubled in the last week of September when compar...
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