5 h. ago Melbourne childcare worker charged with sexual abuse offences as 1,200 children to be tested for infectious diseases

Victoria police allege Point Cook man Joshua Brown sexually assaulted infants and children in his care at a western suburbs childcare centreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian health authorities are recommending 1,200 children get tested for infectious diseases after a Melbourne childcare worker was charged with allegedly sexually abusing infants and children in his care.Police on Tuesday confirmed Point Cook man Joshua Brown, 26, was charged last month with more than 70 offences relating to eight alleged victims aged between five months and two years old.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Melbourne childcare worker charged with more than 70 offences against children in his care

Victoria police allege Point Cook man Joshua Brown sexually abused eight children at a western suburbs childcare centreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Melbourne childcare worker has been charged with more than 70 offences after allegedly sexually abusing eight children in his care.Victoria police issued a statement on Tuesday confirming they charged 26-year-old Point Cook man Joshua Brown last month with offences including sexual penetration of a child under 12, attempted sexual penetration of a child under 12, sexual assault of a child under 16 and producing child material for use through a carriage service. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Black children arrested in London ‘15% more likely to be criminalised’ than white children

Report finds black offenders less likely to receive mentoring to help them avoid getting criminal record at early ageBlack children detained by police are 15% more likely to be “criminalised”, that is charged and put into the criminal justice system, than white children detained for similar types of offences, a study has found.The report by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), which tackles youth violence, found that black children were 14.8% less likely to be offered diversion, which can include mentoring or counselling, that usually results in them avoiding getting a criminal record at an early age. Continue reading...

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7 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.

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1 week ago 'Courageous' victim of cruel and depraved Scots foster couple dies suddenly

The 36-year-old’s 'unexplained' death came less than two years after cruel Sandra and Andrew Harper, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, were convicted of offences against five children in their care.

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2 w. ago Liam Payne's 'drug texts' to One Direction star revealed on CCTV as evidence uncovered

Liam Payne's alleged drug dealer and a hotel worker have been charged with selling the former One Direction star the drugs he took before his fatal balcony fall

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2 w. ago Two accused of selling Liam Payne cocaine before fatal hotel plunge will go on trial

Argentinian prosecutors have confirmed that waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz and hotel worker Ezequiel David Pereyra will face court on drug charges related to Liam Payne's October 2024 death

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3 w. ago Federal worker charged with capital murder in girlfriend’s forced abortion case

Police said the man put crushed-up abortion pills in his pregnant girlfriend’s drink leading to the death of her six-week-old fetus.

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3 w. ago Cash for visas scandal: Corrupt immigration advisers ‘charge migrants up to £22,000 for skilled worker visas’

The scam allegedly involves immigration advisers coaching foreign workers to overstate their levels of education and experience to secure visas to come to the UK

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3 w. ago 'Creepy' surgeon charged with groping six female colleagues flicked admin worker's nipple after spotting her piercing, court hears

Dr Amal Bose, 55, allegedly squeezed the administrative worker's breasts and said 'I'm just looking for a pen' when she handed him a leaving card to sign, a jury was told.

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