Child cruelty

It's been called "The worst case of malnutrition outside the developing world": five children allowed to starve and live in squalor, while a series of agencies failed to spot the tell-tale signs of abuse.

Their parents, who'd treated themselves to all the comforts of modern living, were both jailed for the horrific neglect.

But a report into the case in Sheffield has criticised the health and education authorities for their failure to share information - and how the system went so badly wrong. From Sheffield, Darshna Soni reports.

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