Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. Under current legislation parents and carers can use "reasonable" force to discipline ...

SCOTLAND tonight became the first part of the UK to ban smacking. The new law will give kids the same protection from violence as adults by removing the defence of "reasonable chastisement" or ...

CAMPAIGNERS have warned that Police Scotland face investigating thousands of cases against parents if a ban on smacking is brought in. Critics have said research from Wales shows that if the defence ...

Leading doctors are demanding a smacking ban in England to give children the ‘fundamental right to safety and protection’. Experts from a range of medical specialities, including paediatricians and ...

A smacking ban in Scotland moved a step closer to becoming law after a majority of MSPs on a Holyrood committee supported the policy. Plans to make smacking a child illegal were backed by five of the ...

Smacking children was outlawed in Scotland this week. Remarkably, parents in the rest of the UK can still use physical violence to punish or discipline their children, provided it can be considered ...

Scotland has become the first country in the UK to ban parents and carers from smacking children. MSPs voted by 84 to 29 in favour of introducing a law which will make it a criminal offence for ...

Parents in Scotland are no longer allowed to smack their children after the passing of a law making physical punishment illegal. MSPs voted by 84 to 29 in favour of the smacking ban, which gives ...