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Community sentence for teenage rapist ‘extraordinary’
Source: BBC News A community sentence handed down to a man who raped a 13-year-old schoolgirl when he was 17 has been described as “extraordinary” by a leading KC. Sean…
Grooming gangs and ethnicity: What does the evidence say?
Source: BBC News The prime minister says victims of grooming gangs have been ignored because of political correctness. In plans announced on Monday, the government pledged more data on the make-up…
TikTok fined £12.7m by the UK’s data watchdog for failing to protect the privacy of children
Source: BBC News TikTok has been fined £12.7m by the UK’s data watchdog for failing to protect the privacy of children. It estimated TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK…
‘I donated 30 million period products so nobody would suffer period poverty like I did’
Period poverty is an issue faced by one in eight people in Britain, as menstrual products cost money that families who are struggling to pay bills cannot always afford. Scotland…
Timothy Schofield found guilty of sexually abusing boy
Source: BBC News The brother of television presenter Phillip Schofield has been found guilty of sexually abusing a boy. Timothy Schofield, 54, from Bath denied 11 sexual offences involving a…
CBI business group faces new sexual misconduct claims
Source: BBC News An investigation into sexual misconduct at one of Britain’s biggest business lobby groups has been widened after new allegations have emerged. The Confederation of British Industry is…
Malka Leifer: former headmistress guilty of Australia child sex abuse
Source: BBC News An Israeli former headteacher has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage students at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls school in Australia. The jury in Melbourne found…
Child predators not from ‘one background’, home secretary warned
Source: The Independent The home secretary claims British-Pakistani men are a major source of concern Suella Braverman has been warned that sexual predators do not just come from “one background” and…
Reporting suspected sexual abuse to be mandatory for those working with children in England
Source: The Guardian Law must be strengthened, says home secretary, so professionals like teachers and carers face ‘full force of law’ if they fail in their duty to protect. The…
Rishi Sunak to set out grooming gangs taskforce plan
Source: BBC News Plans for a police taskforce to help officers tackle grooming gangs will be set out by the prime minister later. Specialist officers will be sent to help…
