A case of female genital mutilation (FGM) is reported in England every 109 minutes, according to official health figures. Some 2,421 instances of mutilation were reported from April 2015 to
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The NSPCC has launched a long-term campaign, IT’s Time, to raise awareness of the barriers abused children face getting help to rebuild their lives and call for more therapeutic services
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Potentially crucial evidence was lost and a suspect was free to carry on offending because of “unacceptable” delays in child sex inquiries at a police force, a report by watchdogs
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A surge in the number of children as young as 10 seeking help for sex abuse has seen demand on services more than double in just five years, according to
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Scotland Yard has dropped an investigation into reports of physical and sexual abuse linked to failed charity Kids Company. Detectives found no evidence of criminality within 32 pieces of information
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Figures showing 266 youngsters were the victim of child sexual exploitation or were at risk of the crime last year could be the tip of the iceberg, the Scottish Government
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The stepfather of murdered schoolboy Daniel Pelka has died in prison – six months after the victim’s mother was found hanging in her cell. Mariusz Krezolek (pictured right) was discovered
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A survivor of child abuse has said he feels “misled” by the Scottish Government over reforms to a lifeline counselling service. Paul Anderson, from Kirkintilloch, said he was given an
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Children are often left alone to deal with the “corrosive consequences” of abuse, a charity has warned. The NSPCC said more must be done to give youngsters who have been
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Survivors of child abuse within the Catholic Church are taking their former diocese to court after allegations of an institutional cover-up going back decades. The claims – dating back to
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