The Prime Minister has been urged to make it his Government’s priority to protect children from sexual abuse. During PMQs, former Tory cabinet minister Maria Miller, who was chair of
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Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Chief Constable Ian Hopkins has said claims his force tried to stop a review of Operation Augusta being published could not be “further from the truth”.
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Britain’s most prolific rapist could die behind bars after his 30-year jail term was referred to the Attorney General as unduly lenient. Reynhard Sinaga, 36, an Indonesian student, was jailed
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About a third of explicit images of children found online by an internet watchdog are selfies, new figures show. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) took action over 124,605 images of
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A whistleblower has claimed senior police “betrayed the public” and tried to “bury the truth” after a damning report revealed officers suspected young girls were being abused “in plain sight”
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Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins has apologised to the children abused “in plain sight” by the grooming gangs his officers failed to bring to justice. He spoke after
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A national investigation is to examine the “disturbing pattern” of failings at some residential schools which has allowed child sexual abuse to take place. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual
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Rape survivors could receive extra help in the Budget, a justice minister has suggested. Chris Philp told MPs he hopes “there is more we can do” in forthcoming spending decisions
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A “feared” evangelical pastor who used his trusted position to abuse children and adults over 20 years has been convicted of multiple rapes of members of his congregation. Self-styled prophet
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Around one in five adults in England and Wales experienced a form of child abuse before they turned 16, figures suggest. In the year to March, the Crime Survey for
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