October 2000 stories

Council denies 'scapegoat' claim
Birth mothers spend more on food
'Unnecessary' cost of child poverty
Bus drivers may hold clue to abandoned car park baby
Priest in probe stands down
Home kids 'intimidate' estate
2,500 in Web child porn inquiry
Dyslexia 'quick fix' dismissed
Warning on sparkler dangers
Moo-ving gesture beefs up fund
Mini challenge for maximum cash
Adopt couple cleared of attack
Butterflies back for telethon
Be nice to kids - or lose your home
On the catwalk: Adoption in the US
Bursary lures first student
Investing in staff improves services
New group for families in crisis
Quarter of young people robbed
Seminar looks at cost of adoption
Club's home win for children
More cash plea to beat staff 'crisis'
Prince was beaten at prep school
Duchess to visit adoption agency
Adoption week helps toddler
Mum in Net chat room warning
Schools failing black pupils
Adopting couple attacked children
over sex act with son, jury told
Strike set as pay offer rejected
Senior Catholics in police probe
Shocking scale of domestic violence
Parents stage nursery sit-in
SOS as child care bill soars
Children 'badly let down' in Wales
7-day social workers of the future?
Children 'too fat' warning
Top marks for foster service
Birds and the bees still taboo
No 'cruelty' action against head
Obese child goes back to family
Council must improve care services
Barnardo's 'boy' motor racer dies
Polygamy idea rejected
Total fun good for youngsters
Pop stars sing for children in need
Boateng attack sparks outrage
£50m boost for Quality Protects
Cherie endorses law guide
'Prison no place for kids'
Stars back go free stunt
Care kids in drug trial claims
New campaign on tax credit
Jailed abuse teacher confessed
Child abduction warning
Dad let baby fall 7ft to floor
Adoption 'not always the answer'
Conference looked at violence
Top rating for council services
Professionals look at child neglect
Herbal asthma potions 'don't work'
Services under the microscrope
Host of activities for half-term
What do all these stars have in common?
Adopted - but not forgotten
Family centre closes
Teenage pregnancy alert
Respite shortage stresses parents
Welcome to child unfriendly UK
Divorce - with less pain
Staying calm and easing stress
In the frontline of care
Urgent review of kids 'at risk'
Respite shortage stresses parents
Welcome to child unfriendly UK
Child beggars double in a year
Social services told to improve
Could your child win a gold?
Cash boost for child centre appeal
Dust ruled out in asthma link
Half-term fun and games
So who's scared of monsters?
Paid leave call for adopters
At 50, I'm looking forward to my first 'maternity leave'
Police raid home to rescue baby
New-born abandoned in car park
City heading for £2.4m overspend
Open your hearts to an older child
Baby trade battle wins prize
Polio vaccine in mad cow scare
Priest jailed for child sex offences
Bee Gees do their hit for safety
Lee hopes to go for gold
Care costs take council into the red
Five children need 'family for life'
Play areas get £130,000 boost
Sisters reunited
Child abuse 'was a false memory'
I'm fine AND I'm adopted
Boateng swipes at social services
Foster boy saved his sister
City blasted for poor school results
Supermums feel under-valued
Spy cameras to trap child abusers
Helping children survive divorce
Social worker campaign planned
Foster figures are misleading
Soaring number of adoptions
Elian wins freedom award
Teenage pregnancy on agenda
Babs has a ball
Lessons in being family friendly
Flower power tackles city pollution
A very special mum
Murder charge
Grandparents to help 'at risk' kids
'Bankrupt' council freezes cash
Killer was an abandoned baby
Council links up with support group
Torbay services under fire again
Council helps buy bigger homes
Adopted man jailed for attack
Children's city refuge to close
Hotline hope for more families
10,000 call BBC adoption helpline
Former foster child jailed for rape
Foster son drowned in bridge fall
Hutton praises council efforts
Care safety is focus of forum
Players back adoption plea
How caring changed Sandra
Action plan on foster homes
Foster firms in 'poaching' war
400 claims against nuns
Keely hopes for news of sister
Job vacancy: Children's champion
Myths still abound on adoption
Third of women were abused?
Hunt for sex case teacher
City tops foster care figures
Care teens help revamp service
9,500 North East families helped
Street plot hope for more families
Sophie's ex-head escapes jail
Bury gives itself a pat on the back
Judge quashes 'unfit' claim
Floral tonic for stressed kids
Royal dissent...
MP gave up baby for adoption
Anna's happy secret
Barnsley backs fostering campaign
New panel to look out for care kids
Part-time work policy 'scrapped'
Counselling centre opens
Voucher scheme to help carers
Violence threat to happy childhood
New hope for eczema sufferers
It's official - women work harder
More help for teenage mums
Weakenesses in under-8s service
Public thank you for volunteers
Child services praised
Violent teenagers locked in rooms
'You don't have to be a perfect parent'
Adoptions up by 500
Better pay for foster carers
Cyber squatter sees kids' details
Children wait a year for adoption
Speech therapy study questioned
'Suddenly our lifestyle chaged'
Figures to show rise in adoptions
Fostering and adoption has made us see how precious children are
Cruel nun to appeal against convictions
'My adoptive family was brilliant'
Killer fails in battle to see children
Child fear of drug addict mums
Abuse charge man sent for trial
Kids slept as parents died in pool
From little acorns...
'I need to fill in the blanks'
'I had a wonderful childhood'
Carer awarded for rescuing child
Players team up with NSPCC
Kids ignore anti-drug websites
Paedophile on the run
Hutton names 'failing' agencies
Why us, asks Torbay Council
Peterbough: No 'shame'
Northants doubles adoptions
Newham: Improved performance
Slough's adoptions up five-fold
Coventry: New initiatives
Lambeth: It's a fair cop
Barnet: 'Genuine concerns'
Cinemas to feature foster appeal
Helping to give better start in life
Collier calls for more cash to
Task force to investigate councils
Mum on abandoned baby charge
Helpline swamped after abuse film
Team effort for adoption week
Families needed in North East
School driver in bid to clear name
900 new nurseries pledged
Hugging their way to a record
Adopted children getting younger
BAAF report in more detail
Painless contact
Jia: An Orient success
Closing the net
Child tax 'too complex'
£4.6bn in toys goes begging
My Millenium
Drama exposes the scars of abuse
Lords back child porn crackdown
12 years for paedophile
Kids copy drinking parents
Adoption movie for early birds
Report backs fluoride in water
Gameshow seeks families
Council tackles £4.6m overspend
Foster shortage is 'desperate'
Two held in abuse investigation
Sex charge priest is jailed
Harry writer backs lone parents
School project aims to cut suicide
Catherine helps
missing children
Teach your children water safety
Mother 'starved children to death'
I name this child...Spark Plug
Report calls for new adoption laws
What the report says
Sharing the care
Essex children need YOU!
'Dire' need for more carers
Better protection ordered
New checks to beat child abusers
Sex-charge teacher to ill for trial
Councillor inspired TV adoption plot
Judge praises sex-case officers
Meet the supermum to 250 kids
Praised heaped on council
Recruitment drive hits the road
Child migrant's emotional return
Adoption-net helps win award
Gay adopters 'targeted'
'Beware of abusers in our schools'
Judge praises sex-case officers
Baby murder mum loses appeal
Irish carers to get more support
Helpline plea for volunteers
Ruling on 'cruel' TV advert
Let me wash the dishes, darling...
Agencies set for human rights act
The Act and what it aims to do
Special measures for special school
TV star supports adoption week
Make Sarah's wish come true
Success in helping young refugees
Spa 'cured my son of eczema'
Kids spending less on sweets