18 h. ago Child bride faces execution in Iran for killing her abusive husband unless she can pay £80,000 blood money

Goli Koukhan has spent seven years on death row in Gorgan, in Northern Iran and has a deadline of December to raise the huge sum of money.

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3 d. ago Met Police PC admits sending Telegram messages about child sex abuse

PC Duncan Bouette now faces the sack after admitting sending the illegal Telegram messages

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4 d. ago Scaring my kids is really fun – but it’s also how I teach them to navigate a dangerous world | Christian White

By confronting imagined terrors, we rehearse for the real ones, learning that courage, wisdom and empathy are the true charms that keep the darkness at bayHere is one of my earliest memories: I was around four years old, standing in a playground somewhere in Preston, staring in wonder at three big rocks, each one splattered with red spray paint. I asked my nan about it. She could have told me the truth, that the paint was graffiti.Instead, she told me the rocks were a species of monster called bloodsuckers, and that at night they came alive to eat children who were foolish enough to stray outside after dark. I believed her with all my heart. Why wouldn’t I? She was my nan! Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage urged to apologise to five survivors of grooming gangs for 'ignorance and untrue statements'

Reform UK leader suggested the women invited on to the child sexual exploitation inquiry panel were victims of other types of child sexual abuse

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5 d. ago Farage urged to apologise to female survivors of grooming gangs

Five women called for an apology after Mr Farage suggested the women were victims of other types of child sexual abuse.

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6 d. ago Tories call for national child cruelty register to protect victims of abuse

Shadow solicitor general Helen Grant said it would operate similarly to the sex offenders register.

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6 d. ago Police probe claims of sexual abuse during Army enlistment medicals

The alleged abuse took place at several Army locations in the UK between the 1970s and 2016, Wiltshire Police said

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6 d. ago Cousins staged 'sex parties' and abused young girls on a dirty mattress

The abuse took place in multiple locations including in Wales

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7 d. ago The signs your child could be a bully, according to the experts

One expert says there are lots of reasons why a child might start bullying

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8 d. ago Wishaw man caught with child sex abuse images on his phones while being investigated for similar offences

Robert Paterson also sent explicit photos to other paedophiles during online chats.

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8 d. ago The child abuse inquiry was meant to move the dial. Three years on, nothing has changed

As the row surrounding the future Grooming Gang Inquiry deepens, Bryony Gooch reflects on the third anniversary of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, as those who were involved warn key recommendations still haven’t been implemented

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8 d. ago Horror footage shows nursery worker 'abusing disabled child with hand sanitiser'

Kaitlyn Pitzer, 36, was allegedly caught on camera abusing an 11-year-old child in her care. She has since been charged with child abuse and police have issued an update

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9 d. ago Brave grooming gang victim who was drugged and raped as a child says she 'doesn't trust Keir Starmer' after quitting 'toxic' inquiry

Ellie-Ann Reynolds, 24, from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, has spent 11 years trying to get people to hear her as she has bravely opened up about the horrific abuse she suffered as a child.

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1 week ago Retired fireman sent sickening images of child sex abuse on WhatsApp

Roger Hoiles admitted to being in possession of over 1,000 cruel images and videos of child sex abuse and exploitation.

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1 week ago Retired fireman, 78, caught with over 1000 child abuse images he stored on phone and memory card

Twisted Roger Hoiles was snared when cops received information that a device linked to his Neilston home was connected to the internet and contained the horrific material.

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1 week ago Met Police launches massive new grooming gangs inquiry with 9,000 cases probed again after criticism of Sadiq Khan and UK's biggest force

The Mayor of London has repeatedly denied that his city was blighted by the kinds of child abuse seen in towns such as Rochdale and Rotherham.

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1 week ago Meta found in breach of EU law over ‘ineffective’ complaints system for flagging illegal content

European Commission initial finding says Facebook and Instagram introduced unnecessary steps for users to submit reportsInstagram and Facebook have breached EU law by failing to provide users with simple ways to complain or flag illegal content, including child sexual abuse material and terrorist content, the European Commission has said.In a preliminary finding on Friday, the EU’s executive body said Meta, the $1.8tn California company that runs the social media services, had introduced unnecessary steps in processes for users to submit reports. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Instagram and Facebook found in breach of EU law over flagging of illegal content

European Commission initial finding says mechanisms to report and remove illegal content may be ineffectiveInstagram and Facebook have breached EU law by failing to provide users with simple ways to flag illegal content including child sexual abuse material and terrorist content, the European Commission has said.In preliminary finding on Friday, the EU’s executive body said Meta, the $1.8tn California company that runs the social media services, had introduced unnecessary steps in processes for users to submit reports. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins died from stab wound to the neck, inquest told

Coroner reveals postmortem cause of death of child sexual abuse offender at HMP Wakefield earlier this monthThe former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died from a stab wound to the neck, an inquest has heard.Watkins, 48, died after an alleged attack at HMP Wakefield, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offences. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Search underway for piano teacher to Hollywood kids who slipped out of country after child sex abuse conviction

John Kaleel is accused of fleeing the country on October 8, the same day he was found guilty

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