Communities secretary Eric Pickles has named the five commissioners who will take over the running of crisis-hit Rotherham and also promised £250,000 to help set up an outreach project to
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Government cuts to Rotherham police and council are “compounding the horror” of the child sexual exploitation scandal when what is needed is a major new centre to support victims, the
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A former nursery manager has been sentenced to eight years in jail for the rape of a three-year-old boy in Lochaber and sexually abused a teenage girl in Stirlingshire. Mark
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There is clear evidence that senior staff at Stoke Mandeville Hospital knew about the abuse of young patients at the hands of Jimmy Savile, a lawyer representing many of his
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A senior Tory has defended the party’s failure to more fully investigate past rumours of child sex abuse by politicians, insisting it was “not the Stasi”. Lord Dobbs, who held
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The Scottish Government is to host a summit on protecting children and young people later this week. Ministers, local authorities and children’s charities will meet in Edinburgh to discuss how
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A watchdog is investigating further complaints over a police force’s handling of sex cases after uncovering problems with 30 child abuse investigations dating back to the 1960s. Staff at Essex
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A former resident of a notorious boys’ home has welcomed a court decision to grant him permission to challenge the Government’s refusal to include the facility in its forthcoming child
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There are still children at risk of becoming victims of sexual exploitation who have not been identified by authorities, the Office of the Children’s Commissioner (OCC) has warned. In a
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Abuse victims of a notorious boys’ home in Belfast will today mount a legal challenge against the Government’s refusal to order a statutory inquiry into the crimes committed there. A
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