May set to announce Westminster child abuse inquiry
The Home Secretary, Theresa May, is to address MPs over allegations of organised child sex abuse at Westminster in the 1980s. Mrs May will give details of the probe as
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Report: Bullying & victimization among children with disabilities
Primary school pupils with special educational needs are twice as likely as other children to suffer from persistent bullying, according to new research published by the Institute of Education (IOE),
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Social worker Mudassar Khan struck off for indecent images
Social worker Mudassar Khan has been struck off the HCPC Register following a conviction at Winchester Court for sixteen counts of distributing indecent photographs of children and possession of indecent
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NSPCC study brands Savile prolific sex offender
At least 500 victims as young as two were abused by the shamed television presenter Jimmy Savile during his reign as one of the country’s most prolific sex offenders, new
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NSPCC reports surge in ’emotional abuse’ referrals
The number of emotional abuse cases being referred by a children’s charity helpline to police and children’s services has surged by nearly 50% in the last year. The NSPCC’s anonymous
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Operation Pallial: Third man charged in North Wales care abuse probe
A 74-year-old man has been charged with assault and child cruelty as part of an investigation into historic child abuse in the care system in North Wales. Peter Steen, from
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Six arrested over Fife residential school abuse probe
Six men have been arrested and charged in connection with allegations of historic child abuse at a residential school in Fife. The arrests are part of an ongoing police investigation
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Apology for ‘shocking and harrowing’ abuses at Derry care homes
The Sisters of Nazareth who ran two children’s homes in Derry, have again admitted and apologised for physical and sexual abuses suffered by residents there. Sister Brenda McCall, speaking on
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Police investigate 21 suspects linked to Cyril Smith abuse probe
Detectives investigating historical allegations of physical and sexual abuse at a school linked to the late politician Sir Cyril Smith are investigating 21 potential suspects. A total of 14 from
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Historic abuses ‘cast a long shadow’ on boarding schools
Revelations of historic abuse have been “shaming” for everyone involved in running boarding schools, according to a leading headmaster. Ray McGovern, chairman of the Boarding Schools Association (BSA), said such
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