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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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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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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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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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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