Lambeth Council failed to support the families of two children, including a baby, who had both died under its care after facing abuse by its staff, an inquiry has heard.
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A rise in babies with head injuries suspected to be caused by abuse has been reported by a specialist children’s hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. Ten babies aged from 17
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Prominent politicians, businessmen and police officers are alleged to have been involved in the filming of sexual assaults against children in care, an inquiry has heard. Some of the abuse
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Children in the care of Lambeth Council faced death threats, punishment and disbelief when they attempted to report sexual abuse, an inquiry has heard. Paedophiles targeted young people in children’s
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The Prime Minister has been urged by the NSPCC to get on with regulation of social networks, as the number of online grooming crimes topped 10,000. Under freedom of information
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Social workers will be placed in schools across the country to help identify children at risk of abuse and neglect, the Government has announced. Nearly £10 million of funding from
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A 17-year-old boy has been charged with 16 sexual offences following allegations of abuse at a nursery in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police launched an inquiry after receiving information relating
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A psychologist who briefly worked with convicted fantasist Carl Beech is suing the Mail on Sunday over “serious defamatory allegations” that she “gave legitimacy” to his false claims of a
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Children stuck at home using the internet during lockdown is brewing a “perfect storm” for offenders to abuse online, the NSPCC has warned. The children’s charity is concerned that predators
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Children living with domestic abuse should be classed as victims of crime, with levels feared to “grow sharply” during the coronavirus outbreak, the victims’ commissioner said. Dame Vera Baird said
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