September 2000 stories

Victims' fury as nun escapes jail
Making up the lost years
Teacher's future still uncertain
Aid worker facing child charge?
Sure start for youngsters
Council services'impressive'
Trauma still there after 30 years
Charity in online survey plea
Infertility linked to cancer
Anger as cruel nun walks free
30,000 say 'no' to cuts
Dad snatched 'at risk' baby
Children 'suffering in silence'
£900,000 overspend cut by a third
Piano teacher abused girls
Scooter warning after boy dies
New computers to improve service
Safe haven for young victims
Services 'close to collapse'
Child porn suspect arrested
Mum who left baby escapes jail
School hires social worker
Adoption research centre opens
Children 'do not lose depression'
Giving to beggars 'does not help'
Care starts at home
Children in care risk food problems
Teacher in battle to clear name
Plea for orphans' presents
Manifesto for children launched
Can you help a disabled child?
Team shoots for adoption goal
Watchdog slams social services
'More action' call on childcare
Foster scheme tackles crime
£1,000 extra for social workers
£1.4m to help youngsters
Video games 'increase teen angst'
Teens to run crime conference
'I'm one of the lucky ones'
Fostering the right qualities
One big happy family
Rowing parents 'harm their kids'
Basil's back?
Paedophile, 74, gets 18 years
Carer's plea for more fosterers
Father loses contact with daughter
Teacher cleared of slapping boy
Boys will be boys...
Call for action on child torture
Twins 'have less chance of asthma'
Major foster campaign launched
Carer crisis 'damaging children'
The view from the other side...
Brent care slammed in new report
'Help us find kidnapped boys'
Team effort to improve health
Millennium fun day
New probe at cruel nun home
Call for abuse apology
Victim talks after rape ordeal
Adoptions on the increase
6m tune into adoption programme
Hayley 'facing obstacles'
Lib Dem plea on paedophiles
Support group in call for cash
The minefield of sperm donation
Council cuts unfilled jobs
£1m Wembley ball aids NSPCC
Classoc fantasy book re-released
Social workers stage pay strike
Nun guilty of cruelty
Lib Dems back gay adoption rights
£5m plea by Salvation Army
Custody battle looms for Tiger Lily
Big Brother boost for ChildLine
Staff suspended after breakout
Protest over children's home
New Act 'won't fight child poverty'
Mo tackles young homeless
Charity champion for kids in care
Councillors 'should be younger'
Bogus police warning to parents
Youngsters drink too much pop
Tai chi improves pupil behaviour
BBC screens adoption series
Home from home
Protesters scent victory
New law set on domestic violence?
Facelift for family centre
'We help to bring families together'
'Record low' for children at risk
Action plan for children in care
Plea for more mentors
Stress 'triggers asthma'
Free checks on safety seats
Information service set for launch
Hayley to adopt?
Council praised over fuel crisis
Fostering: What about your kids?
'Thanks for the dream'
Youth guilty of foster girl rape
Straw rejects 'Sarah's law'
Cruelty case nun trial nears end
High cost of motherhood
Adoption on the telly
Foster girl says she was raped
Fuel crisis closes schools
Baby abandoned in bin
Database roots out sex rings
Soldier jailed for biting girl, 3
Divorce 'burden on society'
£700,000 for parent projects
Care workers suspended
Death sweet battle 'goes on'
Childcare service launched
Fuel crisis hits social services
Private teachers 'should be vetted'
Nun admits force feeding child
Protests fails to halt cuts
Addict lured boys into sex trade
Church to tackle abuse problem
Reality of working life for families
Recipe for a healthy diet...
Open verdict on death of MP's son
Sperm donor children to fight case
'Forgotten years' kids plea
Stamp promotes adoption
Living with a bully
No abuse charges for teacher
Action plan to improve services
Inspections 'can demoralise staff'
New adoption laws set for gays
Most pupils get a ride to school
Toy shop lets kids play for free
Last hope fails to find mum
Social workers set to strike
Girl dies in 'mumbo jumbo' therapy
Irish adoptions from abroad soar
Kids in care in prostitution inquiry
Schools in NSPCC child safety push
Plea over drug risk children
£1.8m to help city's working girls
'Green' tea plea on global warming
New hope for Chinese 'orphan'
Two children's homes planned
Council tightens up protection
Foster care on the rise
Calling all grandparents...
Does Robbie have the power of persuasion?
Charity rescues parent group
New help for battered wives
Sitters needed for respite service
Adoption scam plot in new novel
£100 a week extra for carers
Young patient safety in spotlight
Nun sobs in cruelty trial
Broken homes linked to teen sex
Social workers get glowing report
Jab fear is leading to measles risk
800,000 foster carers are out there, somewhere
Lively boys seek forever families
Adoption baby was cut from womb
Parents sue over dyslexia claims
Nun denies cruelty to sisters
Plea over teenage pregnancies
More help over school bullying
Brushing away tooth decay
Pope backs adoption
£3m boost for children in care
Charge dropped against nun
Paper backs call for commissioner
Babies taken off drug mothers
Extra support pays off for homeless
Slob children at risk from rickets
£10m extra for holiday activities
My Mum
Families and drugs lead Scots to London
£2m fostering campaign underway
Minister outlines social care blueprint

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