Victims of Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall will feel let down by the Dame Janet Smith report and will see it as “an expensive whitewash”, according to a lawyer representing
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A vulnerable teenage boy in local authority care was subjected to a “horrifying and appalling” series of rapes and repeatedly sold for sex in a red light district, a court
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A succession of women have described how they were raped, beaten, passed between abusers and used as prostitutes by a gang led by three brothers who “owned” Rotherham. Arshid, Basharat
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Preventing child sexual exploitation is a key challenge for everyone is the main message for delegates at a major conference taking place at the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock today.
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Many children suffering from the trauma of sexual abuse can benefit from a therapy using creative methods, according to a study by Durham and Bristol universities. The therapy offered by
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A consultation seeking views on a new definition of child sexual exploitation has been launched by the Government. There are currently a number of definitions of child sexual exploitation in
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Two retired social workers responsible for a sadistic “regime of terror” at a children’s home during the 1980s have been handed lengthy jail terms. Alan Todd – who sexually abused
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Victims say they will continue to press Education Secretary Angela Constance to increase the scope of an independent inquiry into childhood abuse. Andi Lavery, who founded the support charity White
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An independent inquiry into the abuse of children in care is to take evidence from some seriously-ill and elderly victims “as a matter of urgency”, its chair has announced. Susan
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Britain’s top police officer Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has spoken of a “moral crisis” as he announced a judge will probe the controversial handling of claims of a VIP paedophile ring
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