The Football Association and its clubs should have faced sanctions over the use of feeder teams where paedophiles operated, according to abuse survivor Ian Ackley. The Sheldon report, published exactly
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Maternity and specialist support services must engage more with fathers to help prevent vulnerable babies being seriously injured or killed, a child safeguarding review has found. Insufficient attention to men
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Lawyers for the Duke of York say a woman who accuses him of sexually assaulting her has a prior agreement “releasing the duke and others from any and all potential
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Lawyers for the woman suing the Duke of York over sexual assault allegations have claimed to have served legal papers on him, according to a document filed in a New
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The former children’s commissioner has launched a commission aimed at halting the “conveyor belt” of vulnerable children being preyed on by gangs and taking up knives. Anne Longfield (pictured) aims
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A trainee doctor has been jailed for attempting to meet a fictitious 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity. Jamil Rehman, 35, contacted an online profile purporting to be the
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Claims of child-on-child abuse in England and Wales more than doubled in the two years up to 2019, it has been reported. According to a BBC Panorama investigation, police figures
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A report on child protection in religious organisations and settings shows that some groups have “catastrophically” failed to protect youngsters in their care, a lawyer has said. The Independent Inquiry
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The sexual abuse of children takes place in a broad range of religious settings, with some found to have no child protection policies in place, a report has found. Victim-blaming,
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Child sexual abuse has been found in most major UK religions, according to a new report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse; with some found to have no
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