Barristers and campaigners call for pre-recorded court interviews as girl who faced aggressive cross-examination aged nine says she has never recovered from her ordeal

Commons speaker's wife called the ruling 'a warning to all social media users,' as McAlpine's lawyer indicates settlement will go to charity

Sex education lessons should be compulsory in secondary schools and address the issue of sexual consent, the vast majority of parents believe.

Prosecution say former slaughterhouse worker snatched and murdered schoolgirl in a 'sexually motivated' attack

Paedophile group that called for legalisation of sex with children were given officially recognised position in party

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