This unusual and thoroughly engaging children's novel tells the story of a boy who stopped speaking when he was six, though he can't remember why.

Language matters. It's time we reframing the conversation around domestic and sexual abuse to stop blaming victims

Among the cacophony of cant and ignorance masquerading as social commentary that followed Britain’s 2011 riots, there were few credible voices of understanding, let alone attempts to place the youthful violence, nihilism, and looting within anything approaching a historical perspective. Yet as clichés were rolled out about the riots being without precedent, a sure sign of a radical and dangerous departure from the subservience of the past, the carefully modulated tones of Geoffrey Pearson, author of the ever-pertinent study Hooligan: A History of Respectable Fears, came once again to the fore

Hospital and care home managers who allow neglect and abuse to take place on their watch could face criminal prosecution and unlimited fines under new Government plans designed to restore trust in the health service after a series of high profile NHS scandals.

The price paid by their children is too great, says Government adviser

The broadcaster Floella Benjamin has said a child's ethnicity must be considered when matching them to adoptive parents.

Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for runaway and missing children and adults wants a care system which is 'fit for purpose'

500 Imams will deliver the unprecedented address following several abuse cases involving Muslim men

Troubled families will only have their lives improved and stop blighting communities if “troubled” local services are improved as well, the official in charge of the Government’s work in the area warned on Monday.

School's out forever, and you may be wondering what to do next. Postgraduate study could be the answer says Emily House, in the second of four guides to the first days of the rest of your life

Violence against women and sexual abuse are rightly highlighted. But where is the anger over violence against children?

It's sometimes thought that undergraduate life is too closeted to provide any real preparation for the world of work. One career path that illustrates this neatly is social work. How could life in lecture theatres, seminars and nightclubs prepare a 21-year-old for the potential anguish and grit of social work?

Getting people to guffaw together has become a serious enterprise, report Sarah Morrison and Beren Cross

Stephen Tompkinson is getting another run as DCI Banks as the show has been recommissioned.