Barnardo’s receives £3m to help Rotherham sex abuse victims
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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Former Prime Minister at centre of 1990s child sexual abuse allegation
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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Wayne Rooney announced as NSPCC’s first ambassador for childhood
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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Cardiff experts develop test to spot risk of shaken baby syndrome
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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Report: Protecting children in Oxfordshire from CSE – Update
The Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board has published a report into child sexual exploitation in the county. The report is a ‘stocktake’ of the good progress made by all organisations in providing
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Leon Brittan named in files found after child sex abuse review
Former Cabinet minister Leon Brittan has been named in top secret files uncovered following a review into historical child sex abuse in Westminster. Peter Morrison, who was an aide to
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Thatcher was warned about MP with ‘penchant for small boys’
Spy chiefs warned the Thatcher government that allegations an MP had a “penchant for small boys” risked causing it political embarrassment, documents have revealed. Child abuse investigators found no consideration
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Corbyn dismisses claim he failed to investigate Islington child abuse
The Labour leadership battle has become increasingly bitter after a campaigning MP claimed Jeremy Corbyn was unfit to win the contest because he failed to investigate historical allegations of child
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South Yorkshire Police must make ‘major improvements’ in child protection
The police force at the centre of the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal still needs to make “major improvements” to some of its child protection procedures, according to Her Majesty’s
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FGM estimated to affect one in 20 women in Southwark, says report
As many as one in every 20 women in one London borough is believed to have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). A report by City University London and human rights
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