Parents have been urged to take more of an interest in their children’s online activities after a new study has found paedophiles can groom children in less than 20 minutes.
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The wide-ranging inquiry into child sex abuse needs to be completely reviewed and remodelled, the judge who resigned as its head last month has warned. Dame Lowell Goddard delivered a
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The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse is in danger of “taking years to confirm what we already know”, a former top prosecutor has warned. Lord Macdonald QC said the
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More than 2,000 children were reported to police for crimes linked to indecent images in the space of three years. The figures were released amid concerns over so-called sexting among
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A dip in the number of school nurses could be putting vulnerable children at risk, leading nurses have warned. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said that school nurses play
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Social services staff want a High Court judge to intervene in a bid to protect a vulnerable teenage girl they say is being sexually exploited by four men. Lawyers representing
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Ministers should act without delay to prevent a “damaging” legal loophole from putting young and vulnerable people in Rotherham at risk, according to MPs. The Communities and Local Government Committee
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Police investigating the sexual assault of two six-year-old girls at the Legoland Windsor theme park have released an e-fit image of a suspect. The attack, by a man described as
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Two men jailed for sexually abusing boys at the Catholic-run school where they taught committed a “gross abuse of trust”, a judge said. John Farrell, 73, and Paul Kelly, 64,
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Professor Alexis Jay is to take over as chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced. The child protection expert will become the
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