The Times online and "adoption apartheid".

This post is about 2 things really but they are linked.

Okay. The first thing is that The Times yesterday ran a story highlighting the disparity in waiting times between white and black children looking to be adopted. This story is part of a broader campaign which The Times is currently running to look at how adoption is run in the UK. Now usually I'd give you a link to The Times website but I can't because The Times online is now subscription only. It's the first newspaper in the UK to go this route but I'm prepared to bet it won't be the last.

Now for the good news. I've mentioned a database called Newsbank before but it's worth repeating because of this story. Newsbank is a database which just has full-text newspaper articles from the UK. There's a 24 hour publication delay but yesterday's article from The Times is now available.

One more thing. The report which The Times was quoting from is the statutory guidance given to adoption agencies published by the Department of Education. So click here to see the report and click here to arrive at the log in screen for Newsbank UK.