and allow his country to export 1a leopard ii battle tanks to ukraine. a scandal of abuse and neglect at three children s homes in doncaster. the regulator rated the homes as good even though there had been many warnings about ill treatment and this year s oscar nominees have been announced. those up for best picture include everything everywhere all at once, avatar, and elvis. the chairman of the bbc has been ordered to give evidence to mps on the digital, culture, media and sport select committee on the 7th of february to answer questions on his alleged involvment in a loan to former prime minister, borisjohnson. richard sharp says he has no plans to step aside or resign over the row, and believes he has done nothing wrong. richard sharp is accused of helping to facilitate a loan to the then prime minister, when he was applying to be bbc chairman. his appointment is now under review by the commissioner of public appointments. our media editor katie razzall has been speaking
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 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
of concern were made before their closure. leaked documents show that children were reported to have been badly mistreated. the regulator 0fsted continued to rate the homes as good while receiving a0 separate alerts over three years. the regulator s chief inspector has told the bbc she s deeply sorry , as has the hesley group, which ran the homes. noel titheridge has this report you may find some of the details in it distressing. it has been called the worst care scandal since winterbourne view. as well as physical abuse, there was emotional abuse as well. our investigation reveals the scale of abuse reported at children s homes in doncaster. a child was in the kitchen rubbing washing up liquid all over his arms. i asked him what he was doing. and he said, i do this so night staff can t grab me, can t hold me. chloe straw worked for over a year at fullerton house, a children s home and a special school on the same site. you could see the sadness in his eyes when he was saying th
brady and grace are back in touch with each other and doing well. with their backgrounds, they were never going to have a great start in life, but any chance they had of becoming happy, successful adults was taken away from them by herefordshire. the whole of the local authority social care department, they haven t looked out for anyone in this case. except themselves. almost half of all local authority children s services departments in england are rated inadequate or requires improvement by the regulator 0fsted. we ve been looking into the careers of the people in charge and have found evidence of a pattern. we ve identified ten senior leaders who moved from one struggling local authority to another in the past eight yea rs. many have worked as interim temporary managers. we sent freedom of information requests to every children s