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Biggest decline in smoking, where number of 11- to 15-year-olds who had smoked has fallen to 29%, from 54% in 1982

Child trust funds helped some of the poorest save. Scrapping their whole infrastructure would be an act of hooliganism

The biggest cause of death in low-income countries affects mostly women and is solvable. So why are we ignoring it?

• ‘Drive fingers into groin’, says prison service manual
• Disclosures follow parents’ freedom of information fight

Child health experts say ‘parental failure’ over diet and exercise becomes a child protection issue

Campaigners call on government to introduce new strategy after research shows more than half of victims go missing from care

It is a great tragedy that Andrea Adams died so young (What led Andrea Adams to kill herself at 18?, G2, 8 July). For most of her life she was happy and successful, and showed great potential.

Liberal Democrat children and families minister says issue is one of only a few that divide her party and the Conservatives

Application offering link to Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre will be advertised to users aged 13 to 18

Study finds many Muslim boys end up in hospital after procedures performed badly and with poor standards of hygiene