The screening tool, which incorporates several factors, performed with 81.5% sensitivity and 87.6% specificity for abuse when ...

In the last two years they have reached record levels, with more than 700 offences being logged each year - 748 in 2023/24 ...

The NSPCC is urging the UK Government to make sure children are better protected in private messaging environments.

Extra inspections are to be carried out at children's psychiatric units following allegations about cruelty made in a BBC ...

A PERVERT who claimed he would sexually abuse a young schoolgirl has been ordered to do 180 hours of unpaid work.

In a previous validation study, the TEN-4-FACESp BCDR -- a validated screening tool using information about a child's bruised ...

Wayne Philip Phillipson travelled from his home in England to Scotland to rape the victim, who is under the age of 13.

Trump's decision to halt legal support in court for minors who enter the U.S. alone has sparked fury from immigration ...

Almost half of crimes took place on Snapchat while a quarter took place on Meta sites including Instagram, Facebook and ...

Wayne Philip Phillipson, who is already behind bars for a series of child sex offences, was found guilty of attacking the girl following a trial at the High Court in Livingston in August 2024 ...

Sean Sneddon was hailed a pool prodigy at just 10 but two years later he began a six-year reign of abuse on four young women.