BBC director-general Tony Hall has described the sexual abuse by broadcaster Jimmy Savile as a “dark chapter” in the corporation’s history. And he vowed that the review into its culture
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Children were made to perform “sexual activities” with each other – and animals – at a hotel, a family court judge has concluded. Social workers with responsibility for child welfare
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A father found to have sexually assaulted his 13-month-old daughter shortly before her sudden death will not face criminal action unless new evidence comes to light. High Court family judge
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A second police force should take over the investigation into the death of toddler Poppi Worthington in an attempt to “salvage some prospect of justice”, ministers have been told. Former
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An investigation will be launched after a senior family court judge concluded that a bar worker who was not prosecuted had sexually abused his two stepchildren. Mr Justice Peter Jackson,
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Failures by police and prosecutors meant three chances were missed to charge Lord Greville Janner over sex abuse claims, an independent report has found. Alleged victims of the late peer
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Six men have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation to tackle child sexual exploitation in Rochdale. The charges relate to offences said to have been committed between 2004
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Investigations into dozens of youngsters considered for prosecution in Northern Ireland over indecent images of children have been halted, prosecutors said. Child protection expert Jim Gamble has proposed that the
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A number of care homes and public bodies will come under the spotlight of the Goddard Inquiry as it resumes its probe into the late Lord Janner affair. Following the
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Prosecutors who decided against charging a bar worker branded a child sex abuser by a senior family court judge say decisions would have been made in line with a code
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