9 h. ago Met Police officer who snared three of London’s most dangerous child abusers wins top award

Detective Constable Jayne Jones honoured for exposing ‘the darkest of human behaviour’

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11 h. ago £2.4m support for victims of child exploitation and grooming gangs in London

Scotland Yard is re-examining 9,000 cases over the past 15 years

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11 h. ago London gets £2.4m child exploitation and grooming gangs support

London gets £2.4m child exploitation and grooming gangs support  London Evening Standard

Economics

14 h. ago London gets £2.4m to support child sexual exploitation victims

London gets £2.4m to support child sexual exploitation victims  BBC

Economics

32 h. ago Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits

Gaming platform to use facial age estimation to limit chats to similar age groups, as allegations of grooming growThe online games platform Roblox is to start blocking children from talking to adult and much older teen strangers from next month as it faces fresh lawsuits alleging it has been exploited by predators to groom children as young as seven.Roblox has reached 150 million daily players of games including viral hits Grow a Garden and Steal a Brainrot but has been hit by legal claims alleging the system’s design has made “children easy prey for paedophiles”. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Dalston convenience store owner convicted of selling a knife to a child aged 14

Dalston convenience store owner convicted of selling a knife to a child aged 14  This Is Local London

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4 d. ago 'Worst fears' come true as child, 6, steps on used needle in north London park

'Worst fears' come true as child, 6, steps on used needle in north London park  Ham & High

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4 d. ago Chris McCausland: ‘My most embarrassing moment? Going into an undertaker’s thinking it was a barber’s’

The comedian on his geeky teenage years, cheating in an exam and why Strictly is his biggest achievementBorn in Liverpool, Chris McCausland, 48, became a software engineer before losing his sight in his 20s due to a genetic disorder. Forced to change careers, he worked in sales before turning to standup comedy in 2003. In 2024, he took part in Strictly Come Dancing and won. His waltz with professional Dianne Buswell was awarded the memorable moment Bafta in 2025. This year, he added more than 100 new dates to his theatre tour Yonks!, which runs until May 2026, and he has just published a memoir called Keep Laughing. He is married with one child and lives in London.When were you happiest? My college years when I was 17 to 19, before the responsibilities of adulthood, just doing the things that I was good at and liked – computers, maths, further maths (I was a geek). Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Glasgow 'grooming gang' victim urges John Swinney to launch child exploitation probe

EXCLUSIVE: The young woman has contacted the First Minister directly about her experience.

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6 d. ago Pixie Lott stuns in an elegant velvet gown as she leads the arrivals at the London premiere of Christmas Karma two weeks after birth of second child

The singer, who welcomed her second child with her husband Oliver Cheshire just two weeks ago, wore a black velvet gown for the event.

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9 d. ago Berberè: Sleaford Mods team up with London pizzeria to support War Child

The Italian and British pizzeria Berberè is known for its sourdough pies and DJ nights

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1 week ago Stabbing suspect and 'child sex offender' on Crimestoppers' London most wanted

Stabbing suspect and 'child sex offender' on Crimestoppers' London most wanted  Wimbledon Guardian

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2 w. ago Child obesity crisis: London has worst record in weight surge for primary school youngsters, report reveals

More than a fifth of Year Six pupils in the capital are obese, according to new study

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3 w. ago Child dies in London chemical incident as 12 evacuated from flat

Firefighters were called to a home in east London after two adults and two children went to the hospital after they smelled chemicals in a flat

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3 w. ago Child dead after ‘hazardous materials’ incident in east London flat

Two adults and another child were also treated in hospital after reporting a smell of chemicals in a Newham flat

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3 w. ago Child is killed in 'hazardous materials incident' at London flat

The fire brigade rushed to a flat on Barking Road, Upton Park, in Newham, at around 1.20pm today after two adults and two children complained about 'a smell of chemicals'.

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3 w. ago Child dies in Newham 'hazardous materials incident' as evacuation ordered

A child has died in east London following a 'hazardous materials incident', with 12 people evacuated from nearby properties

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3 w. ago Child dies after ‘hazardous materials’ incident at London flat

Two adults and two children attended hospital complaining about a smell of chemicals in a flat, the fire service said.

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3 w. ago Grooming gang who sexually exploited 10 vulnerable women caged for 68 years

Mircea Cumpanasoiu, 37, Christian Urlateanu, 41, Alexandra Bugonea, 35, Remus Stan, 35, and Cataline Dobre, 45, were convicted following a six-week trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

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4 w. ago Children groomed and failed by police: Reports reveal rape and exploitation of vulnerable London girls

EXCLUSIVE: Vulnerable young girls from across the capital have been found with adult men days after going missing and despite alleging rape saw inadequate police action, investigations show

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