Almost 5,000 disabled adults have been sexually abused in England in the past two years, figures show. The NSPCC said information from 106 councils showing 4,748 reports of sex abuse
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As part of the on-going work to raise awareness of the sexual exploitation of children, Barnardo’s Cymru in conjunction with the Welsh Government has launched a bilingual handbook that warns
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The Crown Prosecution Service has said it will review its decision not to charge the Labour peer Lord Janner over allegations of historic child sex abuse. Lord Janner was accused
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Children who are, or at risk of being, sexually exploited are to be supported and protected by projects receiving new funding from the Big Lottery Fund. Parents Against Child Sexual
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Northern Ireland’s public inquiry in to child abuse is to investigate three more state-run institutions, the chairman said. The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry has extended its work to cover
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A 24-hour advocacy support service for victims and survivors of rape, which was piloted in Glasgow, was highly valued by those who used it, according to an independent evaluation by
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A review of how the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) handled three cases linked to an alleged rape and IRA cover-up will be published after the election. Sir Keir Starmer has
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Former Call The Midwife star Jessica Raine has criticised the raft of dramas on TV in which “women get abused”. The actress recently appeared as Jane Rochford in historical drama
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Nothing was done about child sexual exploitation (CSE) in South Yorkshire because the girls involved were seen as prostitutes, a police commissioner has said. Alan Billings, South Yorkshire police and
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A consultation on proposals to create specific offences concerning domestic abuse and the non-consensual sharing of private, intimate images, the introduction of statutory jury directions in sexual offence cases, the
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