内容摘要：A further meeting, with council leaders from Worcestershire's six districts, was due to be held on Friday.

A further meeting, with council leaders from Worcestershire's six districts, was due to be held on Friday.

EU eastern flank countries and the European Commission have accused the Belarusian and Russian authorities of weaponising migration to create a new route into the EU to destabilize the bloc.One of Leah’s most painful memories of her former school is the time she was held down for so long by members of staff, that blood vessels burst in her face.

She says restraint was used so often on her there, that she once forced a screw into her toe as a plea for help.Leah, who’s 18 and from the north of Scotland, is autistic and has ADHD and a learning disability.Her family had been told that an independent special school - which charged her local council £250,000 per year for a placement - would be able to meet her complex needs.

However, although Leah initially settled at the school, she found herself being repeatedly restrained. The distress this caused led to self-harm - she shaved her hair and eyebrows and pushed Blu Tack into her ears as she tried to get out of the school.“It was so scary,” she says. “I never felt safe.”

Leah’s is just one story from more than 50 families - along with several staff and a former headteacher - who have spoken to BBC News. They describe how children, many of whom have some of the most complex needs, are being failed by some of these schools.

Charlene says she felt she had won the golden ticket when she finally found a specialist school in the south-east of England that would meet her children’s needs.In its response to the recommendations, the SPS said it had committed to "rapid and systemic change" following the FAI.

"We have accepted all of the recommendations made in Sheriff Collins's determination, in full, and are committed to a range of actions which will be enduring, impactful, and lifesaving," it said."The response includes an overhaul of our suicide prevention policy, Talk To Me, based on the advice of independent experts; additional protective support for young people in custody in their first 72 hours following admission; and work to make the rooms that people live in as safe as possible.

"Some actions have already been completed, while others are under way."The SPS said all bunk beds had been removed from the rooms of young people in HMP & YOI Polmont, as well as rectangular doorstops, to improve safety.