Lord Janner told an inquiry he had no contact with a convicted child abuser despite another probe finding there was an “abundance of evidence” the pair knew each other, according
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The failed police investigation into claims of a VIP paedophile ring has had “a disastrous effect” for genuine abuse victims, a cleared former MP has said. Harvey Proctor, who was
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The chief of South Yorkshire Police is to step down following criticism that handling of child sexual exploitation cases by his force was “inadequate”. Chief Constable David Crompton is to
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The Chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, Susan O’Brien QC, has launched the Inquiry’s first formal call for evidence, inviting survivors of abuse to come forward and share their experiences.
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Professionals are still concerned about tackling so-called honour-based violence because of “cultural sensitivities”, a Home Office Minister has admitted. Karen Bradley said “certain professionals” still do not have the confidence
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Two former teachers at a boarding school have been charged with historic sex offences against pupils. The offences concern the alleged abuse of children at Ashdown House School, near Forest
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A former social worker who used his position at a “brutal” children’s care home to carry out a string of sex attacks in the early 1980s has been jailed for
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Investigating child sex abuse cost police £1 billion last year and is set to treble by 2020, the top officer in charge of child protection has said. Simon Bailey, chief
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A woman who was awarded an OBE for services to the vulnerable has spoken out after being wrongly accused of child cruelty. Aideen Jones, 63, and her husband Denis, 66,
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Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor has demanded three politicians apologise and Scotland Yard face an inquiry over their handling of child abuse allegations that implicated him. Deputy Labour leader Tom
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