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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A watchdog has raised “acute” concerns over how the Metropolitan Police investigates child abuse online and warned this could put youngsters in danger. Inspectors found probes into the viewing and
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The number of grooming crimes in Scotland has risen by 80% in the last five years to the highest on record, according to newly obtained figures. Police Scotland data released
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The number of online grooming crimes recorded by police has risen sharply in the last three years, the NSPCC warned as it urged the Government to strengthen its plans for
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Councils have called for more support amid a “harrowing” rise in deaths and serious harm of children linked to abuse or neglect in the year since England’s first coronavirus lockdown.
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The head of a new fund aimed at compensating the survivors of abuse in care has been announced by the Scottish Government. Joanna McCreadie (pictured) will be chief executive of
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A “gorgeous” two-year-old boy who died in hospital after being found critically injured at a house in Bridgend has been named by police. Reid Steele died at University Hospital of
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