Child abuse inquiry head spent 44 days working abroad in past year
Dame Lowell Goddard, the head of Britain’s inquiry into child abuse, has spent more than 70 days working abroad or on holiday in her first year in the role. This
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Parents remanded on child cruelty charge after death of baby boy
The parents of a baby boy who died in hospital have appeared in court accused of child cruelty. Hannah Henry, 20, and Alistair Walker, 26, faced magistrates charged in connection
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Sutton social services advised ‘no grounds’ for appeal over Ellie Butler decision
Social services bosses say lawyers advised them that they “couldn’t have appealed” when a senior family court judge ruled that Ellie Butler should return to live with the father who
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Child abuse allegations against Lord Janner ‘grossly unfair’, says daughter
Lord Greville Janner’s daughter has described child sex abuse allegations against him as “grossly unfair”. The peer, who died aged 87 in December, is alleged to have abused youngsters over
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Judge concludes barring publication of Ellie Butler case ruling was mistake
A High Court judge was wrong to bar publication of a behind-closed-doors ruling relating to the murder of six-year-old Ellie Butler, a judicial head has said. Lord Dyson, the Master
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Over 500 children identified as victims in Police Scotland online sex abuse investigation
More than 500 children have been identified as potential victims of online sexual abuse during a major police investigation. As many as 30 million indecent images were recovered during Police
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Court of Appeal publish secret family court ruling in Ellie Butler case
A ruling relating to the murder of six-year-old Ellie Butler which had been kept under wraps for more than two years has been published. The ruling, made by Mrs Justice
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Senior judge named as new head of Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry
A senior judge has been appointed to lead the independent public inquiry into the abuse of children in care, weeks after its previous chair quit following claims she had made
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Hearings into child sex abuse claims against Sir Cyril Smith to begin next year
Hearings into allegations of child sex abuse against Sir Cyril Smith will not begin until the middle of next year. Ben Emmerson QC, counsel to the Independent Inquiry into Child
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Child abuse allegations against Lord Janner postponed until March 2017
Hearings into allegations of child sex abuse against Lord Greville Janner have been postponed until March next year. Claims against the late politician were originally expected to be aired during
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