The NSPCC has warned Facebook that it risks becoming a “one-stop grooming shop” if it presses ahead with plans to encrypt across all its messaging services. Facebook is considering end-to-end
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The Scottish Government has apologised for the “suffering” of child migrants sent abroad by institutions entrusted to care for them. Thousands of children from Scotland were sent overseas through child
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A young girl was “passed around like a piece of meat” as she was sold for sex and humiliated by a group of men, a court has heard. The victim
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The Duke of York is facing fresh scrutiny over allegations he had sex with a trafficked teenager and about his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew’s accuser Virginia
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Victims of historical abuse have welcomed the progress made in procuring contributions for their compensation. Brendan McAllister, the Interim Advocate for victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland, endorsed
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More than 140 children’s organisations are calling on political leaders to reveal how they will tackle youth violence, domestic abuse, as well as mental health and poverty. Campaigners say such
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Former MP Harvey Proctor is to receive £500,000 in compensation from Scotland Yard over its disastrous investigation into false claims of a VIP paedophile ring. The former Conservative politician, whose
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The Metropolitan Police has said it stands by its decision not to investigate claims by the Duke of York’s accuser Virginia Giuffre that she was sex trafficked to London by
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Girls could be flown abroad to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) during the Christmas holidays, the National FGM Centre has warned. It said children who could be subject to FGM
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Analysts fighting online child abuse have been deluged with tens of thousands of false reports which could be hindering their vital work, a charity has warned. The Internet Watch Foundation
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