The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• George Pell: Cardinal jailed for child sexual abuse (Australia)
• UN Rapporteur: Iran Has Executed At Least 61 Children Since 2008 (Iran)
• Thousands of teenagers in care living without adults (UK)

The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Family of murdered toddler James Bulger lose High Court appeal to identify his killer
• Family court ‘secrecy’ protest enters fourth month
• UK courts deal with 150 cases of children feared to be at risk of radicalisation by extremist parents

The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Children in care much more likely to end up in court, study finds
• Teenage Boys On How Surge In London Stabbings Has Affected Them
• Pell remanded in custody ahead of sentencing for sexual abuse

The child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Colombia: Man jailed for sexual abuse of 276 children
• Scotland: Bill to ban the defence of reasonable chastisement (corporal punishment)- Equalities and Human Rights Committee will hear evidence from experts on 28 February
• Australia: Demonstration against Forced Adoption Laws

Many thanks to Professor Joan Durrant for sharing the update on Scotland’s Bill.

Welcome to another week.

As some of our readers noticed last week, we accidentally published a draft story we were still working on. As of this morning we are still gathering information, so please bear with us as we finalise the piece.

In the meantime, these are the news items that should be right on your radar:

• Man pitches tent up in Clay Cross in protest over ‘forced adoption
• ‘Landmark’ overhaul for domestic abuse laws
• Men who abuse partners could face lie detector

That latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Law must recognise children as victims of domestic abuse between parents, NSPCC says
• New Research: Child abuse linked to risk of suicide in later life
• Universal credit: U-turn on two-child cap on benefit

The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Ireland criminalises emotional abuse with new domestic violence law
• Novella written in verse looking at the impact on a teenager whose mother is terminally ill (Funding Page)
• Every Child Leaving Care Matters (Petition)

The child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Government fails to respond to concerns over compensation for former child migrants (IICSA)
• Commons Select Committee hears from parents on the SEND system
• VIP paedophile accuser ‘Nick’ named for the first time

The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Speech: President of the Family Division makes tackling the rising number of children in care his priority
• Chief Social Worker: Families must be diverted away from courts
• Legal Aid Glitch: Domestic violence victims advised to represent themselves

The latest child welfare stories that should be right on your radar:

• Northern Ireland:Compensation scheme for historic child abuse could cost £114 million
• UK: Children with gambling problems quadruple in two years
• Hong Kong: Child abuse on rise in Hong Kong