December 2000 stories

'The year has just flown by'
The fragile male
One month lifespan of gifts
Man threatens to drown daughter
Fear for missing mum children
Adoptive role for Paul Newman?
Father of dead boy arrested
Festive fostering ...'It's no Bing Crosby Christmas'
'I'm no saint...I just love children'
Yesterday's secrets
Plea for Highland Holly's mum
Brotherly love
Adoption reforms announced
White paper - at a glance
Charities delighted by proposals
Blair talks about his adopted dad
Adoptive MPs back new laws
Runaway carers adopt foster girls
Child abuser loses court appeal
Last appeal for abandoned baby
Adoption reforms 'are needed'
Abuse inquiry at children's home
Drop in children 'at risk'
New adoption rights for Dutch gays
Labels matter for deprived kids
We want to send you to China
Top marks for adoption agency
New laws set to curb politically correct adoption agencies
Murder victim had child adopted
Girls of 6 sold for UK brothels
Boateng to speak at conference
Outcry over foster sentence
Midwives to care for pregnant teenagers via the Web
So what's your dad like?
Internet to help the homeless
Agencies meet to improve services
Abuse - is it all relative?
Players kick off foster ceremony
New book on intercountry adoption
Change set in children's services
Judges delay abuse appeal ruling
Pupils to see prostitute video
New way to name a child
Pram protest for paid leave
VD cases up by 76 per cent
Foster families honoured
Adoption - the third way
Peer attacks adoption law delay
£7.5m help for disabled
Child health 'depends on wealth'
Wales 'leads the way' on services
Recruitment drive launched
Abuse drove stepson to assault
Pat on the back for foster families
Meeting their match...
Council says sorry to abuse victims
Foster children in show tiff
City faces £1m private foster bill
Balloons let off for adoption
'Innovative' family centre opens
A degree of help for teens in care
Carers receive free computer
Care children to advise ministers
County helps adoption taskforce
Lambeth aims to put kids first
Blunkett says he smacked his kids
Luton services get a thumbs up
Carers get a civic thank you
Can you help David find his sister?
The pain of prison mums
Adoption agencies join forces
Support for birth mothers
Adopted man is executed
Bid to help more kids pass exams
Judge told of breast feed 'abuse'
Charity condemns curfew idea
The burden of secrecy
Care leaver laws delayed
Murder report attacks social services
Sisters pray for family reunion after 50 years apart
Milburn in adoption pledge
Charity demands children's champion for rest of UK
£3bn of toys are unwanted
Charity fends off spending attack
Children's home 'should close'
NSPCC condemns omission of child death laws
Jacqui to champion pupil rights
Adoptive parents set to get 'maternity pay'
New report reveals full horror of drug misuse in Scotland
Councils demand more cash for special needs pupils
Children's champion appointed
Low pay is driving staff away
Castro leads Elian's birthday
Mini-scooters in danger recall
Adoption omitted in Queen's Speech: Labour 'puts hunting before children'
Most believe adoptees should be allowed to inherit the throne
More rights for parents of disabled?
Jones was 'clearly innocent'
Bid to halt abuse claims rejected
Care boss joins adoption taskforce
Joint approach to help disabled
NSPCC appeal raised £80m
Care services praised
Parents 'using PCs as minders'
Write a story and win £1,000
Sex charge soccer boss cleared
Abuse probe at a Blair school
Dad to fight secret son's adoption
TV stars to join charity adventure
Adoption scam lawyer jailed
Social workers sacked
Information on adoption
Social services in the spotlight
Foster carers honoured
Ex-councillor on abuse charge
Top prize in special needs survey
Bunk bed danger warning
Children are the family fix-its
Year deadlines set for adoption
Care leavers to jump council housing queue?
Unwed dads to have say in adoptions, rules judge
Care children numbers cut
Tories to get tough on child abuse?
Minister rejects marriage policy
Father jailed for 200 sex crimes
Paedophiles target child chatrooms
Top award for helping children
Family meal is a dying habit
New adoption policies for borough
Council facing £4m overspend
Top prize in special needs survey
Warning on children's homes
Marathon effort helps disabled
Whatever happened to Pattie?
More support for disruptive pupils
Managing anger - the other side of domestic violence
Have you seen this man?
£17m set to join up care and health
Milligan tale turned into cartoon
Aunt 'locked up girl for days'
Hard-up council turns people away
School housemaster guilty of abuse
£18m to tackle domestic abuse
Carers set for training course
Doctor cleared of cruelty
Bringing cheer to children is the Big Issue
Unwed mum to be Norway's queen
Adoption 'needs fewer delays'
Council rejects attack on care
Judges reverse baby's adoption
Jonathan King in court on child gay sex charges
IVF postcode lottery set to end
Man set fire to boys
Ex-soccer boss denies abuse
Foster carers get free computers
Tough estates 'in the balance'
Teacher on web child porn charges
Gay sex Bill enacted amid protest
More foster carers plea
Long-serving carers rewarded