The Education Secretary has insisted he is still “wrestling” with whether to extend the remit of Scotland’s historical child abuse inquiry. John Swinney told Holyrood’s Education Committee he has held
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Children as young as five should be taught about the dangers of sexual abuse and parents should be given help to spot the warning signs, a new report has recommended.
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Three Somali men who were part of an inner city sex ring involving the abuse, rape and trafficking of young British girls have been jailed. Victims as young as 14
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The number of registered sex offenders living in the community has passed 50,000 for the first time, new figures reveal. Rapists and paedophiles were among 52,770 individuals being managed by
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The Attorney General has suggested the law could be changed to give greater protection to alleged rape victims following the Ched Evans case. The Welsh footballer was found not guilty
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The Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), Professor Alexis Jay, is in Cardiff today to attend an event at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium to mark the opening
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I am delighted to be opening the Inquiry office in Wales this week and speaking directly with some of the organisations who provide support for victims and survivors of child
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New sentencing rules have been drawn up to ensure criminals such as sex offenders or stalkers receive appropriate punishments for flouting court orders. Judges and magistrates are set to be
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For more than 10 years now I have been working as a social worker assisting sex workers. Humanitas PMW in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is a NGO that offers specialized support
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A web page showing a child being sexually abused is identified by a watchdog every eight minutes – with some victims younger than two years old. The stark figure was
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