like i ve been punished for something that i didn t even do. as the government prepares to publish a report into the deaths of two toddlers, we ask, are social workers properly supported to decide who s at risk and who isn t? it s absolutely critical that social workers do their work. it s delicate, it s complex but it s absolutely essential. because, if we don t do it, the stakes for children are incredibly high. my name s louise tickle. i ve spent years investigating how and why some children are removed from their parents care. the family i m about to meet suffered the tragic loss of a very young baby a year ago. children s services became immediately involved and removed two other children from the household, which has taken an enormous toll on the whole family. we ve got that one. oh, gosh, that s in the hospital. yeah. literally, you had just given birth there. yeah, just after the c section. tiffany lives in herefordshire. in march last year, mid lockdown, she took he
and defence chiefs are taking unexplained aerial phenomena seriously. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the evacuation of ukrainian troops from the azovstal steelworks in mariupol has continued, with a convoy of at least seven buses carrying soldiers escorted by pro russian forces. more than than 260 soldiers left, after a negotiated surrender. they ve been taken to areas held by russian backed rebels. meanwhile, western military sources say, vladimir putin is now directly involved in the day to day running of the war, taking decisions normally made by senior military figures. our correspondent, laura bicker, reports. it has been a brutal and bloody 83 days, but their battle is over for now. the wounded from azovstal are carried out of the vast steel plant filmed by the very force they ve been fighting. russia will be keen to air these images which, they say, show surrender but the ukrainians say this deal is about survival. tonight, as more fight
..and children who feel they ve been let down. this whole process has felt like i ve been punished for something that i didn t even do. as the government prepares to publish a report into the deaths of two toddlers, we ask, are social workers properly supported to decide who s at risk and who isn t? it s absolutely critical that social workers do their work. it s delicate, it s complex but it s absolutely essential. because, if we don t do it, the stakes for children are incredibly high. my name s louise tickle. i ve spent years investigating how and why some children are removed from their parents care. the family i m about to meet suffered the tragic loss of a very young baby a year ago. children s services became immediately involved and removed two other children from the household, which has taken an enormous toll on the whole family. we ve got that one. oh, gosh, that s in the hospital. yeah. literally, you had just given birth there. yeah, just after the c section. ti
Now on bbc news: panorama. oh, so close. you keep hitting the post, harvs. tonight on panorama, how social workers make life changing decisions about children s lives. no. wrong way! ..and what can happen if things go wrong. in my mind, they did not care. even when i used to get upset and emotional, they didn t really listen to me. where s the tickle spot? we hearfrom parents who have been given rare permission by the courts to tell their stories. it was clear that they weren t there to support me, the social workers. it was just about building a case against me and removing my children. ..and children who feel they ve been let down. this whole process has felt
Were not to blame. liz was also getting help for her drinking but the children were not returned. i was abstinent from alcohol, because they didn t want me | to drink anything at all. erm, i engaged with my therapy. absolutely everything - that they asked me to do, i completed. they laugh. oh, my god! in the end, it took ten months for harvey, now four years old, to be returned to his mum tiffany. harvs, you going in goal? no. and after a year in care, her brother max simply refused to go back to his foster placement. did you understand what concerns they had about you returning home? i understood the reasons why i was taken away. but i.i never knew the reasons why i wasn t allowed to return, cos my mum did everything that they asked. if they would have handled it in a better way, i would have been ok with it.