Child protection expert and Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde, Alexis Jay, will deliver the 2015 Kilbrandon Lecture next month. In this year’s lecture, taking place on Thursday 19
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Seven men have been charged with child sexual exploitation offences by police investigating historical crimes in Rotherham. South Yorkshire Police said the offences are alleged to have taken place in
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Scotland Yard has brought all its ongoing historic child sex abuse investigations together under the control of a single team of detectives. Operation Midland, which is investigating allegations of murder
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A duty requiring teachers, doctors and nurses to report cases of female genital mutilation will come into force next week. New laws announced earlier this year will make disclosure of
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Seven men have been charged by police as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Bristol. The men, aged between 21 and 28, face a string of allegations
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Two panel members have been appointed to Scotland’s Historic Child Abuse Inquiry by Education Secretary Angela Constance. Glenn Houston and Professor Michael Lamb will undertake the important work of the
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The troubled inquiry into historical child abuse has been hit by a fresh blow after an adviser resigned. Former child protection manager Peter McKelvie announced he had “reluctantly” concluded it
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Information provided by victims to the independent child abuse inquiry has been deleted, it has emerged. The inquiry said that due to a change in its website address on September
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Focusing on alleged VIP and celebrity sex abuse scandals could be putting victims at risk, the head of the NSPCC has warned. Peter Wanless, the charity’s chief executive, said concentrating
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A former children’s home principal who has already been jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing boys in his care has gone on trial accused of further offences. A jury
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