6 h. ago Washington Post journalist Thomas Pham LeGro charged with possession of child pornography

Award-winning journalist Thomas Pham LeGro was charged with possession of child pornography after federal agents raided his home in Washington DC.

Politics

11 h. ago Man charged with further child sex offences as part of Rochdale investigation

He is due to appear in court

Events

19 h. ago Former teacher, 90, will face trial after denying historical sex offences

Derek Barker pleaded not guilty to three charges relating to when he worked at Monkton Combe School in Bath in the 1970s.

Politics

37 h. ago Everything the judge told Christopher Oates before jailing him for 13 years

Christopher Oates pleaded guilty to a raft of child sex offences

Events

57 h. ago Father accused of letting toddler die in hot car while he drank beer and fireballs

Scott Allen Gardner, 33, was arrested on charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm.

Events

62 h. ago Briton accused of staging Disneyland mock wedding with child is charged with fraud offences in France

Sex offender was arrested after alleged hiring of Disneyland Paris for fake ceremony with nine-year-old ‘bride’A British sex offender accused of staging a mock wedding with a child at Disneyland Paris has been charged with money-laundering and fraud offences in France.Jacky Jhaj, 39, who in 2016 was found guilty of sexual activity with two 15-year-olds, was arrested this weekend at Disneyland Paris after the theme park was hired for a private wedding. Staff are said to have called police when they saw that the “bride” in a wedding dress was a nine-year-old girl. Continue reading...

Society

67 h. ago 'Malignant' football coach convicted of nearly 60 child sex offences

"On the outside William Woods looked to be a respectable member of the community; a coach of the local youth football team"

Sport

69 h. ago British paedophile charged over mock Disneyland wedding to child

Jacky Jhaj appeared before a French court charged in connection with the private hire event at Disneyland Paris

Society

69 h. ago Dad who left toddler to die in boiling 43C car went out for drinks right after tragedy

Scott Gardner, 33, has been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm over the death of his 18-month-old son, Sebastian Gardner

Events

4 d. ago Indiana mother arrested for leaving child outside with no food or water all day during extreme heat advisory

Lissandra Denis, 30, was arrested on neglect charges after leaving her child outside in extreme heat.

Society

4 d. ago Dad's chilling police call after leaving toddler son to die in boiling 43C car

Scott Gardner, 33, has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect after his 18-month-old son died in a hot car in Ormond Beach, Florida

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4 d. ago Two men charged with historic sex offences at Welsh children’s centre

Angus Riddell, 69, of Cwmbach Rhondda Cynon Taf, and Robin Griffiths, 65, from Ebbw Vale in Blaenau Gwent, have been charged with 45 alleged offences.

Politics

7 d. ago Dad 'left son to die in hot car for hours as he got haircut and went to bar'

Scott Allen Gardner, 33, has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm after his toddler son Sebastian died

Events

7 d. ago Child Benefit change coming this summer for thousands of families

You normally pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge through self-assessment - but there will soon be the option to do this through your PAYE tax code instead

Society

9 d. ago Scots lawyer charged with child abuse appeared on TV as 'legal expert'

Attendees only discovered his ­conviction via an internet search after he became embroiled in a heated debate with Mike Pilbeam, a former McClure’s client and lead campaigner on the issue.

Society

9 d. ago Teacher 'framed over good looks' has husband stand by her in student sex scandal

Christina Formella, 30, was pictured walking into court to face 52 new charges – including child sex and grooming – as she may be locked up for 60 years in 'appalling' case

Society

1 week ago Cooper says law on rape being tightened so adults cannot use consent as defence against charge of raping child under 16 – UK politics live

Yvette Cooper tells parliament that Louise Casey audit found some cases were downgraded from rape to lesser charges ‘because 13- to 15-year-old is perceived to have consented’Starmer launches new grooming gangs investigationIn his interview on the Sky News this morning Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said that Keir Starmer should apologise for saying in January that those calling for a national inquiry into grooming gangs were jumping on a far-right bandwagon. Kemi Badenoch, his party leader, is also quoted today in an Daily Express splash story saying Starmer should apologise, but she is saying he should apologise for not agreeing to hold a national inquiry earlier.At the Downing Street lobby briefing this morning the No 10 spokesperson was asked if Starmer still thought that people who backed a national inquiry in January were joining a far-right bandwagon. In response, the spokesperson defended the phrase, and insisted that it only applied to Tories who were now demanding...

Society

2 w. ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang found guilty of raping and abusing two teenage girls who were used as 'sex slaves' over period of five years

The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.

Events

2 w. ago Seven men who groomed vulnerable girls in Rochdale guilty of multiple sex offences

Jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts for 50 offences committed by the men between 2001 and 2006Seven men who groomed two vulnerable teenage girls in Rochdale and treated them as “sex slaves” have been found guilty of multiple sex offences.A long-running trial in Manchester heard that the men subjected the girls to years of misery and expected them to have sex with them “whenever and wherever they wanted”. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang who used two teenage girls as sex slaves from the age of 13 face years in jail after being convicted of rape and indecency

The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.

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