Police investigating allegations of historic child sex abuse and murder by a VIP paedophile ring have interviewed a man in his 60s under caution. The man from Grantham, Lincolnshire, attended
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Police are recording 85 child sex crimes every day after a dramatic spike in reports of abuse, new figures reveal. A total of 31,238 allegations of sexual offences against children,
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Campaigners have welcomed plans to fast-track through Parliament new laws aimed at sparing girls from female genital mutilation (FGM). Charities said the measures, which would be introduced before the school
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Two men in their sixties have been charged in connection with allegations of historic abuse at one of Scotland’s top private schools. Police Scotland confirmed the abuse charges date back
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A children’s doctor who abused 18 boys in his care has had his 22-year jail sentence reduced to 16 years. Myles Bradbury, 42, from Herringswell, Suffolk, who worked as a
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Police are investigating claims of historical abuse at three boys’ boarding schools. Former pupils allege they were assaulted at the privately-run Dowdeswell Court (pictured) and Badgeworth Court schools in Gloucestershire
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The NSPCC has condemned a judge’s remarks that police and social workers should make an allowance for “cultural context” when investigating allegations that children have been physically abused by parents.
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Police in Scotland are reportedly investigating a historic complaint against Labour peer Lord Janner. The investigation relates to claims that Lord Janner took a boy north of the border in
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In a recent report from Impower, titled ‘Breaking the Lock: A new preventative model to improve the lives of vulnerable children and make families stronger’, the effectiveness and direction of
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A former children’s care home worker has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of a catalogue of abuse on vulnerable boys in Ayrshire. Brian Newman, 58, denied abusing
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