An inquiry into historic abuse must consider the 200 Scottish youngsters who were amongst the thousands of child migrants abused after being sent to Australia and other Commonwealth nations, Gordon
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A judge is deciding the amount of damages to be paid to Rotherham’s three Labour MPs by a Ukip MEP over remarks she made about the town’s child abuse scandal.
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A teacher rang Childline and impersonated a pupil to falsely accuse a colleague of sexual assault, Scotland Yard has said. Sheena Boll, 35, pretended to be a 14-year-old girl from
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A man who went on the run in Spain has been jailed for nine years for sexual offences involving teenage victims after being flown back to the UK. Paul Michael
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Catastrophic injuries inflicted on a five-week-old girl by her parents could have been prevented if signs of earlier abuse, including fractured ribs, had been spotted, a report has said. Baby
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A charity has called for a review of the system that registers people who work with children amid allegations of historical child abuse in football. The National Society for the
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Shocking instances of historic child abuse in institutions in Northern Ireland have been outlined in the findings of the region’s four-year inquiry into mistreatment of residents. Probe chairman Sir Anthony
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Victims of historic child abuse in Northern Ireland should receive state-backed compensation payments of up to £100,000, an inquiry has recommended. Those abused in state, church and charity run homes
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A predatory priest’s sex crimes were ignored to protect the good name of the Catholic church, a public inquiry found. Fr Brendan Smyth attacked children “far and wide” at residential
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More than 500 victims and 184 potential suspects have been identified by police investigating football’s child sex abuse scandal, latest figures show. The inquiry involves 248 football clubs, spanning all
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