A Christian public affairs group has advised against the proposed smacking ban being considered by Stormont after conducting major research which it says found no evidence of harm to children.

Scientists comment on the evidence around the benefits and harms of social media and social media bans on young people. Dr Holly Bear, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychiatry, University of ...

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With the number of children in care in Northern Ireland continuing to rise each year – and now reaching almost 4,200 - one ...

TAMPA — It’s the holiday season and thanks to a group of volunteers, it’s even more evident at the Children’s Home Network group homes in Tampa. When the children at the group home style cottages went ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Hundreds of children have been placed in illegal residential care homes due to chilling failures, a damning report has found. Around one in 10 of all children in residential care were placed in ...

Hundreds of children in care in England are being placed at risk in unregistered homes for months at a time by councils, MPs have warned. A report by the cross-party government spending watchdog said ...

A former nun who assaulted vulnerable young people at children’s homes more than 40 years ago has been jailed while another former nun and a retired support worker were also sentenced. Nuns Carol ...

The couple’s young children were found unharmed inside the home with Spencer and Monique Tepe’s bodies Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal writer at PEOPLE's crime desk. Her work also appears in The New ...