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SIRCC Library's Press Update
Recent news items from the national press related to Residential Child Care and other topics of interest that are featured in the Library's Press Update publication. The link will take you to the original article on the newspaper's own web site. SIRCC is not responsible for the content of external web sites.
Facebook unveils child safety 'panic button'
Headline:Facebook unveils child safety 'panic button'Source:Date:Sun, 11/07/2010 (All day)Journalist(s):Daniel EmerySummary:Facebook has announced it will allow a "panic button" application on its
social networking site.Cathy Jamieson: Government must not let down our vulnerable children
Headline:Cathy Jamieson: Government must not let down our vulnerable childrenSource:Date:Fri, 09/07/2010 (All day)Journalist(s):Cathy JamiesonSummary:THE Finance Bill debate
raged long into the night in the House of Commons this week.MPs were
sitting until 2am on Tuesday highlighting the impact of the VAT
increase, the child benefit freeze and the abolition of the Child Trust
Fund payments.Girls who carried out 'degrading' assault locked up
Headline:Girls who carried out 'degrading' assault locked upSource:Date:Thu, 08/07/2010 (All day)Summary:Two teenage girls who carried out a prolonged "degrading" assault on a
vulnerable man have been locked up.Criticism as cash for children in care is kept by councils
Headline:Criticism as cash for children in care is kept by councilsSource:Date:Thu, 08/07/2010 (All day)Journalist(s):David Maddox and Chris MackieSummary:HUNDREDS of Scotland's most vulnerable children have missed out on
payments intended to give them a better start in life because councils
in Scotland have not passed on the money to them.Man in degrading assault by teenage girls in Arbroath
Headline:Man in degrading assault by teenage girls in ArbroathSource:Date:Tue, 06/07/2010 (All day)Summary:Two teenage girls carried out a prolonged "degrading" assault on a
vulnerable young man, Arbroath Sheriff Court has heard.