9 weeks ago my son's ex partner told us that she could not cope with their 3 children (twins of 7 and a 6 year old) and that she was on the verge of giving up to social services. apparently they were all staying awake until the early hours and being totally uncontrollable. my son currently lives in a small flat with his soon to be wife and baby and has no room to have his other 3 overnight. I brought them home to mine rather than see them go into care. over the past 9 weeks my son has had them part of each weekend and other odd evenings whilst their mother has only recently been having them over the odd night and even rarer day. her parents have not had them once, not even for a few hours. their mother has said that she went to her GP who referred her to the local mental health crisis team, she was then apparently seeing someone every day for 2+ weeks and then regularly ever since. we have repeatedly asked if we could speak to someone dealing with her as we couldn't believe no one was interested in who was caring for the children. she has always said that they wouldn't talk to anyone else and as the children were with a grandparent no one had any concerns. I also expressed my opinion that it was odd no one was looking at how she interacted with her children as compared to how they were with us or their father. They are not perfect but we have rules about bedtime etc and they have been quite manageable. today, my husband managed to get hold of the crisis team and was rather surprised when, although they would only answer yes or no, confirmed that although she did have a referral to mental health, she never took it up! we now don't know what to do to resolve this. after all the mother has lied to us constantly for more than 2 months. we don't know whether she faked it all or whether she does actually have some illness that is not being treated. any suggestions as to the best way to handle this would be much appreciated.
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