4 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Craig Revel Horwood opens up on childhood abuse and says 'dancing made me forget'

The Strictly Come Dancing judge has claimed he was abused as a child but that his love for dancing helped take his mind off it

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7 h. ago British woman exposed in Netflix’s Con Mum charged with fraud over alleged inheritance scam in Singapore

Dionne Marie Hanna, 84, faces five counts of fraud involving three men in Singapore and France

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10 h. ago Craig Revel Horwood says dancing helped him ‘forget all of the abuse at home’

The Strictly judge said he talks about the alleged abuse he faced as a child in his new tour.

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30 h. ago Cardiff Uni employee accused of grooming and abusing child in US lawsuit

The university says it is looking into 'the serious matters raised'

Society

32 h. ago Paedophile with conviction for sick child abuse images posed as hero paratrooper to volunteer at charity feeding Ukrainian children fleeing Putin's war

An acclaimed British charity that feeds Ukrainian children fleeing Vladimir Putin's invasion hired a convicted paedophile who posed as a paratrooper, it has been revealed. 

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44 h. ago Keir Starmer rocked as Labour MP is held in rape and child abuse probe

Dan Norris, who ousted Jacob Rees-Mogg as the MP for North East Somerset and Hanham, was taken into custody after police raided his constituency home

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58 h. ago ‘The anger became bigger than shame’: the writer whose memoir of child abuse has taken France by storm

As Neige Sinno’s critically acclaimed memoir about being sexually abused by her stepfather is published in English, she reveals how writing her story has helped set her freeWhen it came out in France, Neige Sinno’s heart-stopping Sad Tiger, which pieces together in fragments the lifelong impact of the sexual abuse of a girl in the French Alps by her mountain guide stepfather, blew the literary world apart. Its experimental form of creative nonfiction – a memoir that ditches linear narrative, yet races along like a thriller – was hailed as groundbreaking, the book an instant classic. It sold hundreds of thousands of copies, won a swathe of prizes and became one of the most borrowed books in libraries across France when it was published in 2023. The Nobel prize-winning French author Annie Ernaux was so impressed that she made a public appearance in conversation with Sinno, saying: “Reading Sad Tiger is like descending into an abyss with your eyes open. It forces you to see, ...

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60 h. ago ‘I didn’t start out wanting to see kids’: are porn algorithms feeding a generation of paedophiles – or creating one?

More than 850 men a month are arrested for online child abuse offences in England and Wales. They come from every walk of life: teachers, police officers, doctors, TV presenters. And the numbers are rising every year. How did this happen?Andy was enjoying a weekend away with his wife when it happened. “My neighbour phoned me and said, ‘The police are in your house. They’re looking for you.’” He didn’t need to wonder why. “You know. You know the reason. I was petrified when I got that call. It wasn’t just the thought of other people knowing what I had done; I also had to face myself, and that is a sick feeling – it is guilt, shame.”Andy had been watching and sharing images of children being sexually abused for several months before the police appeared at his door. He tried at first to keep it from his wife: “I was afraid she would ask me to leave. I wouldn’t have blamed her if she had.” Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Teacher 'sexually abused' child inmate and 'asked him to kill her husband'

Elena Bardin, 27, is accused of 'illegal sexual contact' with a young inmate at a juvenile detention centre where she worked as a teacher - and is also alleged to have asked him to kill her husband

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5 d. ago Child porn streaming service KidFlix used by nearly two million paedophiles to watch boys and girls suffer horrific abuse is smashed by police

Authorities in 38 different countries, including the UK, carried out 'one of the biggest blows against child pornography in recent years, if not ever'.

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5 d. ago Influencer sues Harley Street plastic surgeon for £1.7million after 'overly large breast implants ruined career'

YouTube star Danielle Mansutti says she was left ‘disfigured’ after being recommended implants that were too big

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6 d. ago Barrister: I asked Home Office ‘do you still want me?’ on grooming inquiries

Tom Crowther was named in January as someone who would help the Government with their work to tackle child sex abuse and grooming gangs.

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6 d. ago Welcome to the future of football, where the ability to entertain is king | Jonathan Liew

The Baller League is one of a series of seven-a-side ventures aiming to challenge the traditional model of the gameThe first ever goal in the UK version of the Baller League is scored by the influencer PK Humble, just in case you ever find yourself taking part in a pub quiz in 2045. Humble – a midfielder for Hashtag United and star of the recent YouTube series Inside – takes the ball out of defence, advances it at a frankly embarrassingly leaden pace and side-foots it past a goalkeeper who should really do better.Welcome to the future of football. It’s faster, better and more exciting than the real thing. Albeit not faster in a strictly physical sense, or better in a strictly technical sense, or more exciting in the sense that you actually need to care about who wins. But it is, nonetheless, all of these things. Why? Because we said so. And don’t just take our word for it. Maya Jama says so too. Slow, lingering camera shot of Maya Jama. Now, what was the question again? Continue rea...

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6 d. ago Welcome to the Baller League, the future of football – whether you like it or not | Jonathan Liew

The series in London is one of a range of seven-a-side ventures challenging the traditional model of the gameThe first ever goal in the UK version of the Baller League is scored by the influencer PK Humble, just in case you ever find yourself taking part in a pub quiz in 2045. Humble – a midfielder for Hashtag United and star of the recent YouTube series Inside – takes the ball out of defence, advances it at a frankly embarrassingly leaden pace and side-foots it past a goalkeeper who should really do better.Welcome to the future of football. It’s faster, better and more exciting than the real thing. Albeit not faster in a strictly physical sense, or better in a strictly technical sense, or more exciting in the sense that you actually need to care about who wins. But it is, nonetheless, all of these things. Why? Because we said so. And don’t just take our word for it. Maya Jama says so too. Slow, lingering camera shot of Maya Jama. Now, what was the question again? Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Toddler accused of being transphobic or homophobic was suspended from nursery

Data from the Department for Education reveals the child was suspended for ‘abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity’

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7 d. ago Justin Welby says he forgives the Church of England's most prolific child abuser John Smyth and admits 'I got it wrong'

Justin Welby has said he forgives the Church of England's most prolific child abuser in his first interview since he was forced to resign in 'shame'.

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7 d. ago Justin Welby says he forgives the Church of England's most prolific child abuser John Smyth and admits 'I got it wrong'

Justin Welby has said he forgives the Church of England's most prolific child abuser in his first interview since he was forced to resign in 'shame'.

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9 d. ago Justin Welby says 'I got it wrong' over child abuse: Former Archbishop of Canterbury says scale of abuse claims in Church of England was 'absolutely overwhelming'

The ex-archbishop has defended his record after a report revealed he did not adequately follow up on reports on Smyth, a barrister who was prolifically involved in the Church of England.

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9 d. ago Welby was ‘overwhelmed’ by number of child abuse allegations he was informed of

The former archbishop of Canterbury made the comments during his first interview since his resignation.

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1 week ago YouTube star and mum of six exposed as child abuser by her own diary

Ruby Franke, the star of the 8 Passengers YouTube channel, was sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for the abuse she inflicted on her two youngest children

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