On the ButtonIn 2009, Vanessa George, a nursery worker at Little Ted’s Nursery in Plymouth, was convicted of sexually abusing children in her care and taking indecent images. The case was particularly shocking because George was a trusted professional in an environment where children should have been safe.
On the ButtonShafilea Ahmed was a 17-year-old British Pakistani girl from Warrington, England, who was murdered by her parents in 2003. Shafilea had been struggling against her parents' strict expectations and their attempts to force her into an arranged marriage.
On the ButtonIn December 2020, two-year-old Awaab Ishak tragically died from a respiratory condition caused by prolonged exposure to mould in his family's housing association flat in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Despite repeated complaints from his parents about the dangerous living conditions, their concerns were dismissed by the housing provider, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH).
On the ButtonDespite over 60 reports to social services and police between 2018 and 2020 expressing concerns for Alfie's welfare, opportunities to intervene were missed, and he died at the age of 9.