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At 15, Chereece Bateson was missing almost every day while living in care. Now 24, she tells Tara Cobham why she’s helping to build a new service designed to stop other children from falling through the cracks

With Christmas just around the corner, here are the foods to be careful consuming alongside medication this festive season

The former England captain lends his support to The Independent’s SafeCall appeal with the charity Missing People, launched to raise £165,000 for a new lifeline for the 70,000 children reported missing each year

Intervention by Tony Blair’s former director of communications comes as the PM is under pressure to sack his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney

Neighbours and Sara’s teachers had raised concerns, while social services were aware of Urfan Sharif’s alleged history of domestic violence

From one abusive household, to foster care to the home where she would die – the 10-year-old never stood a chance against her controlling and tyrannical father

Objects uncovered have included precious Viking coins and a Roman earwax scoop

Aysel Gencay has lost a court battle over her mother’s will

The commentator was detained at a California airport on 26 October

Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has attacked the BBC licence fee , arguing the mandatory payment “criminalises people who want to watch television.”