Save the Children is to suspend bidding for cash from the taxpayer in the wake of the aid worker sex scandal. Chief executive Kevin Watkins said the charity has volunteered
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Fewer than one out of every four defendants accused of rape in Northern Ireland was convicted last year, new figures indicate. The 23.4% conviction rate last year was down slightly
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Investigators looking into police officers’ roles in the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal have identified “potential misconduct”, according to the police watchdog. The Independent Office for Police Conduct’s (IOPC) inquiry
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Three quarters of child abuse allegations referred to police by a public inquiry have resulted in no further action. An interim report from the public inquiry into child sexual abuse
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A nun told a boy “your family doesn’t want you, your country doesn’t want you” as she informed him he was to be sent from Scotland to Australia, an inquiry
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More than 300 complaints have been made to police in Scotland about alleged abuses at children’s homes run by a Catholic order, an inquiry has heard. The Scottish Child Abuse
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A retired Appeal Court judge is to lead a major review into how serious sexual crimes are handled by the judicial system. Sir John Gillen, who will be supported by
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Justice Secretary David Gauke has signalled the Government could support creating a specific offence to deal with upskirting. He told MPs he is “sympathetic” to calls for further action against
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Four students who sexually abused vulnerable girls have been jailed for between four and five years after a judge said they had treated their victims like “trophies”. Taiyab Hussain, Shaheem
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A top private school sports coach has been convicted of indecently assaulting his students. Ajaz Karim sexually abused six girls aged 14 to 18 while he worked at Christ’s Hospital
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