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• What might have saved Arthur-Labinjo Hughes | Letters

  07-12-2021 18:34
  
  Readers on the killing of the six-year-old, and the failings of wider society that allowed his abuseThis is a heartbreaking case, and my heart breaks further when we learn that there were opportunities, in plain sight, to avert this tragedy (The Guardian view on Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: more lessons to learn, 6 December). So is it not time that grandparents had a legal right to protect their grandchildren? In poor little Arthur’s case, both grandmothers had raised concerns, but it seems thes
  
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• School lockdowns risk more cases like Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, says Ofsted head

  07-12-2021 12:01
  
  Amanda Spielman warns ‘there is a minority of children who sadly are safer in school than out of it’The head of the Ofsted schools inspectorate has said England risks a repeat of cases such as Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, the six-year-old abused and murdered in his own home last year, if schools and social services are disrupted by future lockdowns.Asked if further school closures could result in similar cases, Amanda Spielman said: “Yes, schools closing clearly has had some signific
  
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• Self-administered cognition test predicts early signs of dementia sooner

  07-12-2021 04:01
  Many people experience forgetfulness as they age, but it's often difficult to tell if these memory issues are a normal part of aging or a sign of something more serious. A new study finds that a simple, self-administered test can identify the early, subtle signs of dementia sooner than the most commonly used office-based standard cognitive test.
  
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