Plea to'¨find four'¨sisters a new home'¨together

The number of '˜looked-after children' in Yorkshire, including adoption, has risen by almost 500 in the last year.

By The Newsroom

Published 20th Oct 2017, 22:51 BST

Updated 11th Dec 2017, 22:34 BST

Four sisters in Rotherham are in need of a permanent family home.

By March this year, there were 7,720, compared to 7,250 the previous year.

Leeds has the most looked-after children, with 1,255, and York has the least, where there are 205.

In Rotherham, where, as of March, there were 485 looked-after children, the majority of youngsters in need of a permanent home are in sibling groups.

There are currently 16 children needing a family and this includes five sibling groups – two groups of four brothers and sisters and three groups of pairs, according to Rotherham Council.