8 h. ago First man jailed under child online safety act for grooming and abusing girl

Karl Davies, 42, a father-of-two from the Wirral, admitted and has been convicted of 17 offences relating to a school girl aged between 13 and 14.

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13 h. ago Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre review – a devastating exposé of power, corruption and abuse

Giuffre’s posthumously published memoir lays bare the life-wrecking impact of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes – but it is also the story of how a young woman becomes a heroThere is a strand running through Nobody’s Girl – a memoir by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide in April this year – in which the activist and survivor of Jeffrey Epstein grapples with something more insidious than abuse. “I know it is a lot to take in,” she writes after a gruelling early passage detailing how she was sexually abused as a child. “But please don’t stop reading.” After recounting the first time Epstein allegedly forced her to have sex with one of his billionaire friends, she writes, “I need a breather. I bet you do too.”Throughout the book, Giuffre beguiles, apologises and cheerfully breaks the fourth wall in an effort to soften the distaste she assumes her story will trigger. Make no mistake: this is a book about power, corruption, industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which institutions s...

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16 h. ago 'Monster' mum killed son, 2, after he suffered 'worst case of child abuse' in UK

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Rebecca Shuttleworth was found guilty of murdering her two-year-old son Keanu after a five-month trial

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16 h. ago 'Worst case of child abuse ever seen' as boy, 2, suffered torn abdomen at hands of 'monster' mum

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT This 'monster' mother was found guilty of murdering her two year old son after being caught in the 'worst case of child abuse ever seen'

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17 h. ago The Uncool by Cameron Crowe review – inside rock’s wildest decade

From shadowing a cocaine-addled David Bowie to winning over Joni Mitchell, deliciously readable tales from the director of Almost FamousCameron Crowe spent his youth being in the right place at the right time. In 1964, aged seven, he was taken by his mother to see “a kid named Bob Dylan” play a local college gym. By the age of 14, living in San Diego, he was writing record reviews for a local underground magazine whose main aim was to bring down Richard Nixon. Shortly after that, he started interviewing the bands of the day as they came through California – first Humble Pie for Creem, and then the Eagles, the Allman Brothers Band and Led Zeppelin for Rolling Stone.Crowe previously fictionalised his story in the 2000 film Almost Famous, which he wrote and directed. His lyrical and compulsively readable memoir The Uncool is bookended by the opening of a musical version, which coincides with the death of Crowe’s mother Alice whose aphorisms, including “Put some goodness in the world be...

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3 d. ago Children in care were ‘stripped of their dignity’, inquiry told

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard closing submissions related to its current phase.

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3 d. ago Twisted babysitter burned young boy with cigarettes and forced him to eat dog food

Siann Cawley, 27, from Fleetwood in Lancashire, has been jailed for more than four years after abusing another parent's child by burning him with cigarettes, forcing him to eat dog food and leaving him alone for hours at a time

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4 d. ago ‘Frustrated’: Inquiry chair criticises delay in child sex abuse reforms

The inquiry handed down 20 recommendations in October 2022 after a seven-year investigation.

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6 d. ago 9 best kids bunk beds in 2025, tried and tested for comfort and storage

Save space while still giving kids a place to play and rest

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6 d. ago Depraved Lostprophets 'groupie' who let Ian Watkins abuse her baby makes fresh bid for freedom

The woman was jailed for 17 years in 2013 for handing her child to the paedophile Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins (pictured) to abuse and use to take indecent photos.

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7 d. ago Kids play area boss 'sickened' after worker exposed for child abuse offence

A worker at Party Palz in Kilmarnock has been exposed for having a child abuse conviction.

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7 d. ago Against ‘chat control’: we can’t eliminate child abuse by eliminating privacy

Banning online anonymity tools like Tor won’t stop crime. It will only drive people underground and normalize government control over the internetLike the “war on drugs” or the “war on terror”, a “war on child abuse” has too often been used to justify authoritarian overreach. Governments across the world are expanding surveillance, weakening encryption, and curtailing freedoms under the guise of staunching the proliferation of sexual images and videos of children – but these measures don’t actually solve the problem.In Europe, the latest proposal for a “chat control” regulation put forward by the Danish presidency would require every internet-connected device to include government spyware, as easy to activate as Alexa or Siri. It would scan not only for known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) but also, in practice, would flag artwork, fan fiction, family photos and chats, relying on unreliable AI classifiers – which scientists warn can’t be implemented safely. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Two men in court charged with prison murder of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins

Convicted child sexual abuse offender Watkins was attacked with a knife at HMP Wakefield on SaturdayTwo men have appeared in court after being charged with the murder of the former Lostprophets singer and convicted child sexual abuse offender, Ian Watkins, in prison.Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, were produced separately and appeared before Judge Dunne at Leeds magistrates court on Monday. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Abusers deserve harsher sentences after child victim left broken by monster

Record View says Scotland’s prisons may be fit to bursting, but that cannot be allowed to influence how long convicted abusers are sent down for.

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8 d. ago Police whistleblower reveals 'serious question' that STILL needs to be answered around Rochdale grooming gangs

Ex-detective Maggie Oliver quit Greater Manchester Police after the force failed to act on allegations of widespread child grooming and sex abuse.

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8 d. ago Stacey Solomon insists to keep these items you'd throw in the bin for surprising reason

It's the time of year to get crafty ahead of Halloween and Stacey Solomon has shared a surprising way to create an amazing Hogwarts themed decoration for your home or for kids to play with

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9 d. ago Ian Watkins dead: prison statement in full after paedophile rock star killed

Ian Watkins has been serving a 29-year sentence since 2013 after being convicted of child sex abuse offences.

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9 d. ago Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after being attacked in prison

Forty-eight-year-old was serving 29-year prison sentence after admitting multiple child sex offencesThe convicted child sexual abuser and former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in prison.The 48-year-old was serving a 29-year prison sentence at HMP Wakefield, with a further six years on licence, after admitting a string of sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Ian Watkins dead: Live updates as Lostprophets singer killed in prison

The former singer was serving a long sentence for child sex abuse at Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire

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1 week ago Supporters of Pastor Robert Morris, who admitted to sexually abusing a 12

Child abuser is ‘forgiven and acquitted in the court of heaven where our Lord Jesus sits as the judge’, supporters say

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