The Children s Commissioner for England said the same platitudes must not be tolerated as it emerged a boy, seven, died two days after social services voted to take him off his mother.
his mum prioritised her drug use over him. hakeem wasn tjust failed by his mother, but also by the agencies who were responsible for him. they had had plenty of warnings over a period of two years that culminated in a meeting on a friday afternoon at which a nurse said if he wasn t taken into care immediately, he would die. no action was taken. 36 hours later, his body was found here. at the time, birmingham children s services had already been rated inadequate for nearly a decade, during which time more than a dozen children known to the authorities had died, including seven year old khyra ishaq, who starved to death, two year old keanu williams, who was murdered by his mother, and keegan downer, aged 18 months, whose guardian killed her. six months after hakeem died, a new trust was appointed to take over. and since then, inspections have shown things have improved. all of the agencies working together
his life, hakeem had a severe asthma attack, went outside for some air, but collapsed and died. his mother couldn t help because she d passed out after taking drugs, but later she wrote her dead son a letter in which she appeared to blame him for not waking her up. evidence showed that he was simply neglected. his mum prioritised her drug use over him. hakeem wasn tjust failed by his mother, but also by the agencies who were responsible for him. they d had plenty of warnings over a period of two years that culminated in a meeting on a friday afternoon at which a nurse said if he wasn t taken into care immediately, he would die. no action was taken. 36 hours later, his body was found here. at the time, birmingham children s services had already been rated inadequate for nearly a decade, during which time seven year old khyra ishaq, two year old keanu williams and keegan downer, aged 18 months, were among more than a dozen children known to the authorities who lost their lives.
european record. wet weather wreaked havoc for today s qualifying at formula 0ne s emilia romagna grand prix. the grid for sunday s race will be decided by a sprint race on saturday and we ve had qualifying for that at imola today with some interesting results.. nick parrott was watching. april showers don t put off fans from coming to the fabled circuit. it seems some amazing races in one of the greatest tragedies, they saw drama through qualifying. alex alban was on fire last name. here, his williams car was literally on fire. i day after signing a new contract, carlos sites with a bone. he will start tenth. the red flags and everybody to the red line and kept them there. the