Observations on the world and its inhabitants
The death of thirteen‑month‑old Preston Davey, murdered just four months after his adoption, has prompted one of the most searching safeguarding reviews in recent years. In the weeks leading up to his death, Preston was seen repeatedly by health professionals and social workers, and was taken to hospital on several occasions with injuries that should ...
The first two years are a transformation from a creature of pure reflex to a person with a distinct will and a growing sense of the world. While we track these milestones in categories, they do not happen in isolation. A baby does not just learn to crawl; they learn to crawl because they have ...
Well, I’ve been busy elsewhere as ‘some’ may know. But it’s a very busy world where I have to compete with Twitter, Instagram, Facetime, Netflix, Amazon etc to get people to even notice what’s going on. It’s fine – at least this article is evidence that people are too busy to notice things that should ...
This is about the murder of Sara Sharif. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) released a statement following the sentencing of Sara Sharif’s father, Urfan Sharif, and stepmother, Beinash Batool. The CPS described Sara as a “lively and joyful 10-year-old girl whose life was tragically cut short by the very people who should have protected and ...
