@samthesparrow

Mother, Actress, Writer, Director, Fighting for the rights of children.

 Nottingham
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Joined May 2013
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Ofcom urged to act after US firm claims Roblox is ‘paedophile hellscape’ theguardian.com/technology/2…

Ofcom urged to act after US firm claims Roblox is ‘paedophile hellscape’

Campaigners say watchdog must ensure Online Safety Act is rigorous enough, after allegations about gaming platform

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Channel 4 bosses took hundreds of thousands in bonuses as revenues dived theguardian.com/media/2024/o…

Channel 4 bosses took hundreds of thousands in bonuses as revenues dived

Payouts at state-owned, commercially funded broadcaster come after its biggest job cuts for 15 years

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Paul and Jack were murdered by their abusive father. Why had the family courts granted him contact? theguardian.com/society/2024…

Paul and Jack were murdered by their abusive father. Why had the family courts granted him contact?

Ten years ago, Claire Throssell’s sons were killed by their father, a man with a history of violence. She explains why she is fighting to ensure their voices are heard now – and to put an end to more...

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Naomi Campbell banned from being charity trustee theguardian.com/fashion/2024…

Naomi Campbell banned from being charity trustee

Model barred for five years after watchdog found evidence of financial misconduct at charity she fronted

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Unlawful care homes ‘profiteering’ from at-risk children - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlr…

Unlawful care homes ‘profiteering’ from at-risk children

Placing children with complex needs in care threatens to bankrupt some councils, the Family Court is told.

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DISGRACEFUL . Should be in prison … but sex crimes against children are still not taken seriously by this country ⁦@CPSUK⁩ theguardian.com/media/2024/s…

Huw Edwards given suspended sentence for accessing indecent images of children

Former BBC newsreader admitted offences involving photographs of children as young as seven

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Severn Trent boss paid £3.2m despite firm’s fine for sewage spills in river theguardian.com/business/art…

Severn Trent boss paid £3.2m despite firm’s fine for sewage spills in river

Liv Garfield’s pay included a £584,000 bonus despite firm’s £2m fine for spilling 260m litres of sewage into River Trent

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Jan Latham-Koenig: Conductor sentenced over child sex offences - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx99…

Jan Latham-Koenig: Conductor sentenced over child sex offences

Jan Latham-Koenig arranged to meet a 14-year-old boy who turned out to be an undercover police officer.

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Judge orders child to see mum accused of sex abuse - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c844…

Judge orders child to see mum accused of sex abuse

In a ruling, the Court of Appeal called the decision "fundamentally flawed".

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Tory MP takes £500-an-hour job at slot machine company theguardian.com/society/arti…

Tory MP Philip Davies takes £500-an-hour job at slot machine company

Davies will provide ‘strategic advice’ to Merkur Gaming, part of group behind network of gambling venues on UK high streets

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Vulnerable teenagers ‘dumped and abandoned’ in hotels by councils in England theguardian.com/society/2024…

Vulnerable teenagers ‘dumped and abandoned’ in hotels by councils in England

Campaigners say cash-strapped local authorities are placing young people in budget accommodation, making them targets for grooming by criminal gangs

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Axing of UK teacher recruitment scheme will worsen crisis, say critics theguardian.com/education/20…

‘Almost beyond belief’: axing of teacher recruitment scheme will worsen crisis, say critics

The government’s scrapping of the Now Teach scheme, which has overdelivered on targets for older workers, has sparked an outcry

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Smacking a child is just an act of violence. Why do England and Northern Ireland still allow it? theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Smacking a child is just an act of violence. Why do England and Northern Ireland still allow it? |...

It is perverse that adults are legally protected from violence, yet striking a child can be defended. Calls for a ban are getting louder, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Cake and drink sweetener can damage gut wall, scientists find theguardian.com/world/2024/a…

Cakes and drinks sweetener neotame can damage gut wall, scientists find

Industry’s sugar substitute E961 can have ‘toxic effect on health’, says study finding sweetener capable of damaging intestinal bacteria

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Help for disabled people in England and Wales to get jobs is axed amid benefits crackdown theguardian.com/society/2024…

Help for disabled people in England and Wales to get jobs is axed amid benefits crackdown

Closure of Work and Health Programme comes hard on heels of Rishi Sunak’s bid to end the UK’s supposed ‘sicknote’ culture

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UK children bombarded by ads and images online, charity warns theguardian.com/society/2024…

UK children bombarded by gambling ads and images online, charity warns

Young people feel their internet activity is overwhelmed by betting promotions and similar content, says GambleAware

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Terror watchdog slates platform for lowering UK users’ minimum age to 13 theguardian.com/technology/2…

Terror watchdog condemns WhatsApp for lowering UK users’ minimum age to 13

Jonathan Hall, Britain’s reviewer of terrorism legislation, says more children could be exposed to encrypted extremist content

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One in 52 Blackpool children in care as poverty soars in north of England theguardian.com/society/2024…

One in 52 Blackpool children in care as poverty soars in north of England

£25bn of public money would have been saved between 2019 and 2023 if north had same care entry rates as south, report says

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Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds theguardian.com/global-devel…

Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds

Swiss food firm’s infant formula and cereal sold in global south ignore WHO anti-obesity guidelines for Europe, says Public Eye

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Ban smacking children in England and Northern Ireland, say doctors theguardian.com/society/2024…

Ban smacking children in England and Northern Ireland, say doctors

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health urge ministers to follow lead of Scotland and Wales

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