This is the time of year when young girls may be taken abroad for female genital mutilation (FGM). Vanessa Lodge, Chair of the national FGM steering group for NHS England,
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Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidj has defended her role in the collapsed charity amid allegations of sexual abuse, violence and drug taking involving young people in its care. She also
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Lord Janner has been ordered to appear in court in person for a hearing over child sex charges despite suffering from severe dementia. The former Labour peer and MP did
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Jeremy Corbyn has called for a standing commission on child abuse. He said the official inquiry into the “trauma” of victims could become permanent and vowed there should be no
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A fifth police force has received allegations against Sir Edward Heath. It was known that detectives in Wiltshire, London, Kent and Jersey were looking at sex abuse allegations linked to
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A man has claimed he was raped aged 12 by Sir Edward Heath, as police urge potential victims of the former prime minister to come forward. An inquiry has been
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A charity has received £3.1 million to tackle child sex abuse in Rotherham. Barnardo’s said it would use the sum to hire 15 specialists to help victims and those at
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Child sex allegations involving Sir Edward Heath are at the centre of a police corruption investigation. Watchdogs named the late Prime Minister as they announced Wiltshire Police is being probed
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Manchester United and England football captain Wayne Rooney has signed up as the NSPCC’s first ambassador for childhood. The striker, a father of two boys, will help the charity fight
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Experts in child protection have developed a test designed to help doctors recognise children suffering from life-threatening physical abuse and enable child protection services to protect them from future harm.
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