Foster care

A new service will allow children and young people to upload photos, videos and voice notes.

A council is offering more support for potential carers as numbers drop by a quarter.

Amy and Ben Grainger say fostering is "incredibly rewarding" and urge more families to come forward.

Betsy, who is 17, told her peers about fostering, having grown up in the system herself.

Chris says a lack of placements for children being taken into care shows the strain on the system.

Sue and Dave Cook from St Helens have both been awarded MBEs for their services to fostering.

Under the Shared Lives scheme, adults living with a disability move into their carers' family home.