All childcarers need to be checked

I am a former nanny who now works as a childcare development officer in Coventry, where I am responsible for developing childcare and a nanny network. I am often contacted by parents wanting to check out a prospective nanny and by nannies who want to reassure parents that they are trustworthy professionals. Perhaps the home secretary, David Blunkett, needs to be aware that, as the law currently stands, if Ian Huntley, the Soham Primary School caretaker who murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, or his girlfriend Maxine Carr, should ever become free agents again, it is possible that they could...