Survivors’ group secures payouts for 1,340 who suffered ‘horrific’ abuse across decades Survivors tell of abuse at Shirley Oaks children’s home A survivors’ group has secured a total of more… »
Inquiry into child sexual abuse also criticises prosecutors but rejects claims of ‘organised paedophile network’ Political parties, police and prosecutors “turned a blind eye” to allegations of child sexual abuse… »
Exclusive: leaked document shows Prevent strategy is more about monitoring extremists than safeguarding the vulnerable, campaigners say Teachers, doctors and other public-sector workers could unwittingly spark counter-terrorism inquiries when they… »
Exclusive: police chief says problem is at a high for modern era amid lack of youth facilities The criminal exploitation of children is at its highest level in modern times… »
Lack of facilities to house vulnerable children in UK has led to rise in unsafe placements Thousands of children in care are increasingly being placed in homes that are illegal… »
Abuse was so severe that ‘Laura’ has been placed in a psychiatric unit on suicide watch The children’s commissioner has been called on to intervene in the case of a… »
Educational charity’s leaders dismayed after bid to expel Hubert Chesshyre is defeated One of the country’s most venerable educational charities faces a backlash after it declined to sever its links… »
Lawyers say system is failing young people caught up in county lines drug operations Young British victims of human trafficking who have been forced to sell drugs in county lines… »
Scale of county lines crisis laid bare as officials raise concerns over nearly 9,000 young people The scale of the “county lines” national drugs network crisis is laid bare as… »
About 350 people told child abuse inquiry of alleged incidents from the 1960s to 90s Hundreds of children in council care in Nottinghamshire were exposed to sexual abuse by predatory… »
Social workers and police had chances to help Dylan Tiffin-Brown and Evelyn-Rose Muggleton Child protection workers, police and other professionals missed crucial opportunities to intervene before two toddlers known to… »
Video-sharing site to disable comments on all videos of ‘younger minors’ in attempt to prevent predatory behaviour YouTube will turn off comments on all videos that contain young children, the… »
Pontiff tells Vatican conference no effort will be spared to bring abusers within clergy to justice Pope Francis, ending a landmark Vatican conference on sexual abuse by the clergy, called… »
Party would establish new standalone internet regulator if it came to power in next election Labour would establish a new standalone internet regulator with the power to fine tech companies… »
Poverty envoy says callous policies driven by political desire for social re-engineering • ‘I’m scared to eat sometimes’ • Women reveal impact of cuts • Children tell UN: ‘It’s unfair’… »
Exclusive: Sarah Tedford issues letter saying outbreak was because some staff were not wearing masks, as 70 workers self-isolate Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The chief… »
A deep tech startup building cryptographic solutions to secure hardware, software, and communications systems for a future when quantum computers may render many current cybersecurity approaches useless is today emerging out… »
