The Nottinghamshire strand of the ongoing child sexual abuse inquiry has opened with a list of failings by both the city council and the county council over the protection of
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A Plaid Cymru councillor sexually assaulted a woman during a general election campaign and another with an “electric massager” at his home, a court has heard. William Jones, 67, is
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An inquiry into decades of sexual of abuse of children in the care of Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council has heard that one boy was abused in the
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A man accused of using social media to name the woman at the centre of a rape trial involving two rugby stars stayed away from court as his case was
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Recorded sexual crime was up 13% last year, following new legislation outlawing acts such as circulating intimate photographs. Sexual crimes increased from 11,092 in 2016/17 to 12,487 in 2017/18 –
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A family doctor has gone on trial accused of sexual offences against 20 women. Dr Manish Shah, 48, is accused of assaulting female patients at his surgery in Romford, Greater
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Three in four cases of violence against women and girls taken on by prosecutors end in conviction, the highest rate since comparable records began, new figures for England and Wales
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Disgraced Tory MP Andrew Griffiths plans to stand again in the Burton and Uttoxeter constituency. Mr Griffiths resigned as small business minister in July after he was unmasked for sending
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The Catholic Church should explicitly state if its organisational structure prevents it protecting children from sexual abuse, a lawyer for victims has said. Christopher Jacobs said “there is a degree
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A Scottish Conservative MSP has been cleared of sexual harassment following a hearing by the party’s disciplinary committee. Miles Briggs faced accusations that he made persistent unwanted advances to a
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