No council employees will face disciplinary action in a town where 1,400 children suffered sexual exploitation in a 16-year period, the local authority’s chief executive has said. Rotherham Council leader
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More than 2,800 sex crimes alleged to have taken place in British schools have been reported to police in the past three years. Of the cases reported between 2011 and
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A former social worker has been jailed for four years for arranging to have sex with an eight-year-old girl. Nicholas Allen, from Rochdale, was arrested for trying to arrange child
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A former Army Intelligence officer who worked in Northern Ireland during the 70s has told of how his investigation into allegations of abuse at the Kincora boys’ home was blocked
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More than 8,000 under-18s were accused of sexual offences against other children in the last two years, according to figures obtained by the NSPCC. The children’s charity contacted 42 police
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The Children’s Commissioner is launching a two-year national inquiry into child sexual abuse within the family environment including forced marriages. Maggie Atkinson (pictured), the Children’s Commissioner for England, said: “Society
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A former youth worker with Pembrokeshire County Council has been jailed for six years after he admitted child sex offences. Michael John Smith, aged 49, was a line manager with
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Reported rapes have increased by nearly a quarter while sexual assaults overall have risen by a tenth in the last year, Police Scotland figures show. There were 1,690 reported rapes
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Angelina Jolie said a global summit to end sexual violence must send a message around the world that there is “no disgrace” in being a survivor – “that the shame
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More needs to be done to improve police investigation of sexual offences and to stop jurors being biased when cases come to court, senior legal figures said today. The Metropolitan
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