Deputy Children’s Commissioner says senior child protection figures said the issue was of the victims' own making

Britain's second largest police force is deploying more senior officers to fight child sexual exploitation than it is against violent gun crime.

It is essential that sexually exploited children have the confidence to put their faith in the criminal justice system. This verdict marks an important step forward

Ceop safeguarded 790 children in 2012/13, an increase of 85% on previous year

The reason fairy stories have endured in the collective consciousness is not just that successive generations have been offered them as childhood fare. It's that they give a manageable shape and form to our deepest adult fears. So it should come as no surprise that Liam Scarlett, whose last ballet tackled the murky world of the painter Walter Sickert and his possible identity as Jack the Ripper, is now peering into the darkest corners of a Grimm Brothers' tale.

Comedian denies any wrongdoing

40-year-old's basement was equipped with a steel cage, a child-sized home-made coffin, scalpels, butchering kits, freezers and castration tools

The odd couple turn to crime-fighting

Nearly a third of the 274 officers and staff were allowed to quit before conclusion of hearings despite serious allegations

Prosecution claims DNA which may have come from April was found on murder accused's trousers

Prosecution alleges abduction and killing was sexually motivated

Former nanny and youth counsellor had been on the run since 2008

A former teacher who took Osama bin Laden’s place on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list over his alleged links to child pornography has been arrested in Nicaragua.

Lord McAlpine, wrongly accused of child abuse, claims victory in early stage of defamation case