People looking after vulnerable children have to battle for support and the child welfare system is failing in its duty to nurture their loving relationships, a committee was told. Josh
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Significant progress has been made in setting up a scheme to provide financial compensation to the survivors of historic in-care abuse, Deputy First Minister John Swinney said. He was giving
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A teenage photography student was murdered by her father to silence her claims that he sexually abused her, before both her parents sent messages from her phone pretending to be
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Sexual harassment has become “normalised” for schoolchildren, with around nine in 10 girls reporting incidents of sexist name calling and being sent unwanted explicit pictures or videos, a review has
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Around one in seven girls in England and Wales are sexually abused before they turn 16, according to estimates in a report revealing an “increasing failure” to protect children. Experts
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A “sadistic” paedophile who exploited and blackmailed almost 2,000 victims globally after posing as an online sugar daddy has admitted 158 charges in what has been described as “industrial-scale” offending.
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Police say they need to boost their capabilities to hunt and catch online criminals as figures show a rise in internet child sexual abuse and fraud. A total of 1,966
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A serial paedophile who forged references as an au pair to abuse more than 20 children has had his “unduly lenient” jail sentence increased to a minimum of 12 years
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A sexual predator who repeatedly raped women and a young girl has been jailed for 10 years at the High Court in Edinburgh. Edwin Cuschieri, 67, attacked four victims at
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A school music teacher who once appeared on BBC talent show The Voice has been jailed after “readily and enthusiastically” sharing fantasies about sexually abusing pupils online. Paul Rajasegaram (pictured),
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