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02\/04\/2026: Com Networks – Inflicting harm and committing a range of criminality.<\/h5>\n

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The National Crime Agency (NCA) has issued a high-level warning regarding sadistic online communities that are accessible in the UK. They refer to seemingly innocent online community networks, but can cause immense harm both online and offline, including physical, sexual and financial crimes.<\/p>\n

Known as a Com Network (Community Network), these exclusive digital clubs operate on the fringes of mainstream platforms. Largely composed of teenage boys, these groups often move from mainstream social media (Facebook, Snapchat etc), gaming networks (E.g. Roblox) or other public forums to private group chats on platforms like Discord, Telegram or Instagram.<\/p>\n

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24\/03\/2026: QR codes to Drugs sites<\/h5>\n

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DC Nick Burnett from our Serious Crime Unit appeared on BBC Crimewatch Live to explain how QR codes stuck on lamp posts, bus stops and other street furniture are used to target the sale of illegal harmful drugs at children and young people, especially if they are found near schools.<\/p>\n

The QR codes feature bright eye-catching graphics designs, and the social media sites they lead to are designed to appeal to youngsters.<\/p>\n

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30\/03\/2026: Child focus is biggest change to family courts in 30 years, senior judge says<\/h6>\n

Government support for a new “child-focused” approach to Family Court battles between parents has been welcomed by its most senior judge, who described it as the “biggest change” in 30 years.<\/p>\n

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30\/03\/2026: Professionally Loving Care With Justice Involved Children<\/h6>\n

New publication from the National Association for Youth Justice focuses on relational practice with children.<\/p>\n

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29\/03\/2026: Keir Starmer says UK will \u2018have to act\u2019 to curb addictive features of social media<\/h6>\n

In his strongest intervention yet, PM says some features \u2018shouldn\u2019t be permitted\u2019, while education secretary says things \u2018are going to change\u2019.<\/p>\n

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26\/03\/2026: Number of pupils missing more than half of school hits another record high<\/h6>\n

The number of children missing more than half of their time in school has hit another record high in England, according to data from the Department for Education (DfE).<\/p>\n

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26\/03\/2026: Parents should monitor children ’24\/7′ on Roblox, says developer<\/h6>\n

An independent game developer for Roblox says he believes the platform’s child safety measures, including age verification checks, do not go far enough.<\/p>\n

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18\/03\/2026: ‘My daughter thought she was talking to a boy online and sent nude pics – but it was someone else’<\/h6>\n

Experts say there is a “notable gap” in what we know about how perpetrators are using the web to exploit children.<\/p>\n

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18\/03\/2026: Most sex offenders exposed to abuse online as children<\/h6>\n

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16\/03\/2026: Immigration reforms raise risk of exploitation of migrant care leavers, charity warns<\/h6>\n

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13\/03\/2026: Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe<\/h6>\n

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12\/03\/2026: Social media firms asked to toughen up age checks for under-13s<\/h6>\n

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05\/03\/2026: Child sexual abuse support services ‘face large scale closures’<\/h6>\n

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26\/02\/2026: Uptick in young people out of work, training and education<\/h6>\n

BBC News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

26\/02\/2026: I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day<\/h6>\n

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26\/02\/2026: Nearly a million 16-24 year-olds not working or in education<\/h6>\n

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23\/02\/2026: Acquired Brain Injury And Links To Domestic Abuse<\/h6>\n

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16\/02\/2026: Revealed: The true toll of female suicides with domestic abuse at their core<\/h6>\n

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16\/02\/2026: Proposal for new SEND school to be considered (Plymouth, Devon)<\/h6>\n

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13\/02\/2026: Met told ‘young Londoners do not trust police’<\/h6>\n

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11\/02\/2026: The attributes of staff working in the youth secure estate<\/h6>\n

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