Camden council was warned about paedophile nursery worker years before arrest
Vincent Chan went on to abuse children after being cleared of ‘significant concerns’ following council-overseen inquiryA paedophile nursery worker was cleared by an investigation overseen by a local authority three years before he was arrested.In…
To reduce reoffending, prisoners need better support after release | Letter
Pavan Dhaliwal responds to an article on the early release of prisoners. Plus a letter from a prison officer who works in a men’s open prisonRegarding your article (Prisoners thank Andy Burnham as they leave jail in first wave of early releases, 1…
Three men jailed for raping teenage girl before fleeing UK in back of lorry
Trio and 17-year-old boy convicted of rape after they persuaded girl to travel into Bristol alone and got her drunkThree men who raped a 17-year-old girl before escaping from the UK to France in the back of a lorry have been sentenced to a total of 33…
The Guardian view on sexual abuse in schools: teachers cannot deal with this alone | Editorial
Politicians must redouble their efforts to tackle a disturbing pattern of pupils assaulting classmatesThe Guardian’s findings about the extent of sexual abuse in schools require an urgent, calibrated response. Data revealing multiple rapes committed each…
Thousands of child-on-child sexual offences reported at schools in England and Wales
Exclusive: Average of nearly five sexual crimes a day against under-13s were reported to police between 2021 and 2025From unwanted touching to rape: the scale of child-on-child abuse in English and Welsh schoolsLawyers and campaigners have condemned the…
‘They call every week’: the phishing attacks targeting past victims
Scammers reuse personal details harvested from fake Esta websites – and texts and calls can keep arriving for monthsWhen the British actor Lisa Riley was preparing to travel to the US last year, she applied online for an Esta so she would not need a…
Star Wars actor John Boyega on the day his 10-year-old school friend Damilola Taylor was killed: ‘It kept me up at night because I was just with the guy’
The star was just eight when his friend was stabbed. Decades on, he’s ready to talk about that day – how it shaped him, and how, as he becomes a father himself, it will shape him as a dad“I feel a bit nervous,” confesses John Boyega, as he sits down in…
Ministers drop plans to cut jury trials in England and Wales after outcry
Critics say scrapping of plans, which aimed to increase judge-alone trials to deliver swifter justice, leaves court system and victims vulnerableMinisters have scrapped plans that would have slashed the number of jury trials in England and Wales and…
Jill Dando murder: technological advances allow police to review CCTV 27 years later
BBC broadcaster was shot in 1999 in case detectives have previously said may never be solvedTechnological advances are allowing police to review old CCTV footage in the unsolved murder of the BBC broadcaster Jill Dando, Scotland Yard has…
Jeffrey Donaldson could face more than 10 years in jail for child sexual abuse, court told
Age difference between former Democratic Unionist party leader and his victims an aggravating factor, say prosecutorsJeffrey Donaldson, the former leader of the Democratic Unionist party in Northern Ireland, could be sent to prison for more than 10 years…