The scale of historical child abuse is set to be examined in official crime figures for the first time. A new module of questions has been incorporated into the Crime
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Lord Janner told an inquiry he had no contact with a convicted child abuser despite another probe finding there was an “abundance of evidence” the pair knew each other, according
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A couple have told how their lives have been shattered after they were wrongly accused of historical child cruelty allegations dating back more than 40 years. A jury this month
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The failed police investigation into claims of a VIP paedophile ring has had “a disastrous effect” for genuine abuse victims, a cleared former MP has said. Harvey Proctor, who was
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The Chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, Susan O’Brien QC, has launched the Inquiry’s first formal call for evidence, inviting survivors of abuse to come forward and share their experiences.
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Two former teachers at a boarding school have been charged with historic sex offences against pupils. The offences concern the alleged abuse of children at Ashdown House School, near Forest
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Investigating child sex abuse cost police £1 billion last year and is set to treble by 2020, the top officer in charge of child protection has said. Simon Bailey, chief
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Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor has demanded three politicians apologise and Scotland Yard face an inquiry over their handling of child abuse allegations that implicated him. Deputy Labour leader Tom
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A fiercely-criticised police investigation into claims of a VIP paedophile ring has been dropped. The Metropolitan Police probe, called Operation Midland, was launched in November 2014 after claims that boys
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There is no evidence that politicians or national establishment figures were involved in the historical abuse of children in care in North Wales, a review has found. A report into
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