Child abuse2 days agoThird former officer arrested over child sex abuse The retired officer, aged in his 50s, is accused of raping a teenage girl in Rotherham in 2004.2 days agoSouth Yorkshire2 days agoCall for statutory Oldham abuse inquiry rejectedHome Secretary Yvette Cooper says government will back Oldham Council's locally-led inquiry instead.2 days agoManchester2 days agoChurch of England launches review into disgraced priest David TudorThe review aims to improve practices but will not reinvestigate allegations against Tudor.2 days ago2 days agoGrooming inquiry lawyer asked Home Office 'do you still want me?'Tom Crowther KC suggests there has been little progress nearly three months since his role was announced.2 days agoPolitics3 days ago'Paedophile tried to silence my teenage son about abuse'The mother of a survivor of child sex abuse, blackmail and violence speaks to BBC News NI about her son's trauma.3 days agoNorthern Ireland5 days agoWelby: I forgive serial abuser John SmythIn his first interview since resigning, the former Archbishop of Canterbury reflects on the scandal which led him to quit.5 days agoUK5 days agoWelby says he should not have given farewell speech5 days ago5 days agoWelby says he forgives serial abuser John SmythThe former Archbishop of Canterbury quit over how he handled allegations about Smyth, who abused scores of young men and boys. 5 days agoKent7 days ago'I can't change the past but I've made athletics safer'Pole vaulter Anna Gordon was shunned after reporting abuse but now she has effected safeguarding changes in athletics.7 days agoTayside & Central Scotland...