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We are starting a new project looking at the experiences of service families. Are you married to someone serving in the armed forces or recently divorced?

Children and young people with disabilities thrive on the support of carers prepared to give them and their families a break

Colin Pritchard (‘The fear is not in step with reality’, G2, 4 March) was right to highlight the much greater threat posed by motor vehicles to children than “child killers”.

Fewer children are dying violent deaths today than at any time since records began. So why do we fear the issue more than ever?

NHS cash crisis, James Bulger killer back in prison and a new public service strategy to help people with autism

• Number of under-18s receiving treatment rises to 745
• Cocaine use rises five-fold among 16-59-year-olds
• Drug advisory body to review effects of Class A drug

An educational focus on the link between sex and reproduction – and being able to say no – has had success in the Netherlands

MP Khalid Mahmood says Birmingham social services ‘should have dealt with situation’

Failures that led to mother starving Khyra Ishaq to death, Charity Commission opens inquiry into National Bullying Helpline, plus all today’s top stories