Campaigners have welcomed the publication of landmark figures revealing 154 child rapes reported per 100,000 people in parts of England and Wales. An investigation by the multi-agency Rape Monitoring Group
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Seven men have been charged by police as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Bristol. The men, aged between 21 and 28, face a string of allegations
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The Duchess of Cornwall has said she is hopeful her work to raise awareness of the devastating effects of rape and the stories of survivors will “shine a light” on
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Two new rape crisis centres for mid Wales are on schedule to open by the end of the year. The £121,000 UK government-funded suites will be based in Aberystwyth in
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The Scottish Government has announced an extra £1.85 million is to be invested between 2016 and 2018 in providing additional support for victims of sex crimes across Scotland. The funding
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A mental health nurse has been jailed for life for raping and sexually assaulting vulnerable patients. Vijay Bundhun, of Tonford Lane, Canterbury, Kent, was found guilty at Maidstone Crown Court
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A Roma Gypsy gang has been found guilty of trafficking vulnerable Slovakian women into the UK to sell into sham marriages “like pieces of meat”, Scotland Yard said. The poverty-stricken
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Crime figures ‘lowest since 1981’ but police stats show sex offences increase. Crime has fallen to its lowest level since 1981, according to the national victims’ survey, but police recorded
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Rape victims will be forced to justify themselves to the taxman to secure child tax credits under the Government’s reforms, MPs have heard. The SNP’s Roger Mullin questioned the morality
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Police and prosecutors need “to undertake radical change” in the way they handle rape complaints after an independent report highlighted the “overwhelming burden” on police staff, with “high levels of
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