Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council has published its ‘Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham’. The report estimates that over 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and
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South Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner is facing increasing pressure to resign after a shocking report found 1,400 youngsters in a town suffered sexual exploitation in a 16-year period. Shaun
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Around 1,400 children were sexually exploited in one town over a 16-year period, according to a report which concluded: “It is hard to describe the appalling nature of the abuse
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No council employees will face disciplinary action in a town where 1,400 children suffered sexual exploitation in a 16-year period, the local authority’s chief executive has said. Rotherham Council leader
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Children were left malnourished, infested with head lice and living in squalor surrounded by animal waste because their parents were able to play the authorities off one another, an inquiry
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Sixty percent of English local authorities do not know how many children in their area are likely to suffer from neglect, according to new research from Action for Children. According
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The BBC has revealed that a convicted paedophile at the centre of the forthcoming historical abuse inquiry, advised the Home Office on changes to children’s residential care. The broadcaster said,
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This Insight is intended to summarise the evidence in this challenging area of work and to support practitioners to reflect on their practice in this context. An enhanced understanding of
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A former social worker has been jailed for four years for arranging to have sex with an eight-year-old girl. Nicholas Allen, from Rochdale, was arrested for trying to arrange child
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A former Army Intelligence officer who worked in Northern Ireland during the 70s has told of how his investigation into allegations of abuse at the Kincora boys’ home was blocked
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