Child victims of sexual abuse will be able to receive support and protection under one roof as part of a pilot project brought forward by Amber Rudd and Sadiq Khan.
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School nurses are spending so much time on paperwork that children who are being abused or neglected could be missed, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. Anne Longfield warned
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A “cruel and sadistic” carer molested boys at a Catholic children’s home and terrorised them with a punishment known as The Clappers, a court heard. James McCann, 80, is accused
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The new head of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has defended the embattled probe and insisted it will not be scaled back. Professor Alexis Jay admitted its scale
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Police Scotland has launched the first public information campaign of its kind to tackle the sexual exploitation of children. The four-week online operation launched on Wednesday will feature on social
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Former head of the independent child sexual abuse inquiry Dame Lowell Goddard resigned “because she found it too much for her”, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has suggested. A Commons committee
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Parents have been urged to take more of an interest in their children’s online activities after a new study has found paedophiles can groom children in less than 20 minutes.
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The wide-ranging inquiry into child sex abuse needs to be completely reviewed and remodelled, the judge who resigned as its head last month has warned. Dame Lowell Goddard delivered a
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The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse is in danger of “taking years to confirm what we already know”, a former top prosecutor has warned. Lord Macdonald QC said the
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A senior figure at a leading Roman Catholic independent school has stepped aside as police investigate allegations of historical abuse made by four former pupils. The Right Reverend Cuthbert Madden,
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