Sarah Corker

1 month ago | itv.com | Sarah Corker

Other countries where forced adoption took place have already issued a formal apology but Westminster has done nothing, ITV News Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker reportsOver the past 12 months, ITV News has heard heartbreaking testimony from unmarried mothers whose children were taken, and adult adoptees who are still searching for the truth. Their calls for an official government apology for the state’s role in this cruel practice which lasted for four decades continue to go unanswered.

1 month ago | itv.com | Sarah Corker

There are calls for a nationwide investigation to find how many women were prescribed the controversial pregnancy drug DES over four decades, ITV News Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker reportsAn ITV News investigation has heard from more than 100 women who believe they were exposed to a controversial drug linked to cancer - which was prescribed on the NHS for nearly four decades.

2 months ago | itv.com | Sarah Corker

Children as young as 13 have been hospitalised after using vapes spiked with dangerous drugs like spice and fentanyl. ITV News analysis of official police data reveals vape spiking is a new emerging threat. One teenage girl from Teesside collapsed at school after trying a reusable vape containing the zombie drug spice while she was in a classroom. “It was scary," she said.

2 months ago | itv.com | Sarah Corker

Janet Daby, Minister for Children and Families, spoke to ITV News Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah CorkerAt the heart of Labour’s plan to reform children’s social care is intervening early and supporting families before they hit crisis point. The long-term aim is for fewer children to be taken into care. As of March 2024, there were 83,630 children in care in England, a number that has been steadily rising since 2008.

2 months ago | itv.com | Sarah Corker

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has described our findings as "extremely shocking" and said his department is looking "very seriously at the allegations", as ITV News Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker reportsGenerations of women are calling for an urgent inquiry into the historic use of a breast milk drug that’s been linked to cancer.