Referrals from calls to a dedicated football abuse hotline more than tripled the amount made in the first three days of the Jimmy Savile scandal, the NSPCC has revealed. Launched
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An 18-year-old man who has admitted “hideous” sex crimes against seven teenage girls in Rotherham may have had other victims, police have said. Corie Adams admitted a series of charges
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Police in Scotland have said they have received reports of historic child abuse within football. They are the latest force in the UK to confirm they are looking into allegations
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Eight police forces are now looking into allegations of historical child sex abuse in football. There have been 250 reports made to police and more than 50 calls were made
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The internet has transformed our lives. As of July 2016, around 40% of the world’s population was online – that’s nearly 3.5 billion internet users. Since it was created, the
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A former boarding school teacher who sexually abused four pupils and had sex with one girl on his wife’s wedding dress to “satisfy his fantasies” has been jailed for 12
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Key witnesses in a probe into allegations of child sex abuse by Sir Edward Heath and a collapsed inquiry into claims of a VIP paedophile ring appear to be linked,
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Britain’s largest police force is putting children at risk because of “serious errors” in its response to child sexual abuse, according to inspectors. The Metropolitan Police was found to be
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Allegations of bullying and sexual assault at the headquarters of the national child abuse inquiry have not been taken seriously enough, a Commons report has claimed. In a fresh blow
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The police watchdog is carrying out 187 investigations into possible failings by police in their handling of historical child sex abuse cases, it has been reported. Complaints have been received
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