The Charity Commission has spoken of its ongoing “concerns” regarding a significant and systemic underreporting of alleged serious incidents by charities which may include claims of sex abuse, harassment and
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One of Britain’s most prolific paedophiles, who blackmailed a string of vulnerable victims, has won a challenge against his “manifestly excessive” 32-year prison sentence. Cambridge graduate Matthew Falder had his
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More than 200 suspected members of county lines drugs gangs have been arrested in a national crackdown. There are thought to be around 1,500 of the networks in operation in
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Most Irish people believe Pope Francis did not do enough to address clerical abuse during his recent visit, researchers have said. The pontiff made his first papal trip to the
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One of Britain’s most prolific paedophiles, who blackmailed a string of vulnerable victims, is to challenge his 32-year prison sentence. Cambridge graduate Matthew Falder will have his case considered by
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Children were sexually abused, beaten and humiliated as they lived in a climate of fear and coercive control at an orphanage run by a religious order, an inquiry has found.
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A children’s charity has launched a campaign to double the number of youngsters it supports over the next five years. Children 1st helped 10,000 children and their families last year
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Undercover police have been testing hotel staff’s success at spotting the potential sexual exploitation of children. Officers have over the past week attempted to check into rooms in London accompanied
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A drug dealer who trafficked three children including a teenage girl to use in a “county lines” crack and heroin selling ring has been jailed for 14 years after a
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A former Plaid Cymru politician has pleaded guilty to making making more than 600 indecent pictures and videos of children. Simon Thomas, 54, admitted three counts of making indecent images
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