Jane Douglas BBC News, South West BBC Ernesettle Community School has been running a pilot project for five years A programme helping educate pupils at a Plymouth school about child sexual abuse is “helping to stop the silence” on the issue, according to children’s charity the NSPCC. Ernesettle Community School is the first in the...
Rachel Stonehouse BBC West Investigations Emma Hallett BBC West Investigations Megan, not her real name and with her back to the camera, has been working with the police to help identify children at risk and prosecute criminals WARNING: This article contains details of a sexual nature and child sex abuse. If you have been affected...
Leanne Crawford BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Investigations BBC A woman who fled an abusive relationship said she had to barricade herself into her rented home every night for more than six months, because her council left her with a broken door lock. Jane – not her real name – should have had extra home security,...
John Sudworth North America correspondent MacPherson family Alexa MacPherson (left) was sexually abused from the age of three by Priest Peter Kanchong (right) As 135 cardinals meet in Rome to decide the next pope, questions about the legacy of the last one will loom large over their discussions. For the Catholic Church, no aspect of...
Jeremy Vine has said he will no longer post videos of his encounters with motorists while cycling because of the level of online abuse he receives – saying “it did get to me”. The TV and radio presenter has for years been posting clips of his London commute, and making the case that some motorists...
Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Celiwe Ndaba / Facebook Dr Celiwe Ndaba said that once she decided to refuse to pay for her husband’s lifestyle he left their marriage A young female South African doctor has sparked a nationwide conversation about a form of domestic abuse often shrouded in silence – financial abuse. In a...
Katy Watson Australia correspondent Getty Images Virginia Giuffre, who became a prominent accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and the Duke of York, has been described by her family as a “fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking” after her death aged 41. Ms Giuffre was born Virginia Roberts in California in 1983,...
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, has died by suicide aged 41, her family has confirmed to the BBC. They said in a statement on Friday that “the toll of abuse” became too heavy in a statement confirming her death. “She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of...
AFP François Bayrou told reporters it was unbearable for him as a father that the abuse took place and was not known about French Prime Minister François Bayrou says his eldest daughter’s revelation that she was among children who were abused at a Roman Catholic school “stabs him to the heart as a father”. Hélène...
George Thorpe BBC News, Devon BBC Stephen Sanders’ sentencing hearing was held at Exeter Crown Court A man who used paganism and chocolate to help him sexually abuse and rape children has been jailed. Stephen Sanders, 62, of Raleigh Avenue, Torquay, was sentenced to 27 years in prison and told to sign the sex offenders...
Opposition MPs in Ghana have fiercely condemned the suspension of the country’s chief justice, accusing President John Mahama of trying to “pack the courts” with justices who are sympathetic to the governing party, the NDC. Gertrude Torkornoo was removed from her post on Wednesday – the first time a chief justice has been suspended in...
Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko says she will “seek justice in court” after being subjected to “moral abuse” by the Women’s Tennis Association. The 35-year-old says she has suffered from panic attacks because of the tour’s decision to “protect” an unnamed senior official after their “conscious” attack on her. “I spoke about it openly and directly. I...
Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure opens up about the racist abuse he suffered after February’s Merseyside derby, as he takes part in the Premier League’s No Room For Racism scheme. Watch Football Focus on Saturday 12 April at 11:00 BST on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app. Get all the latest Everton...
If your child is named “Karen” but wants to be called “John,” you could lose custody of your child in Colorado if House Bill 1312 passes the Senate and gets signed by Governor Jared Polis, as seems likely. The bill was passed with no debate on Sunday night, Democrats having called the question on the...
Saturday’s result was just Oxford’s second win in their past 12 games and leaves Wilder’s men in second, one point behind leaders Burnley and one ahead of third-placed Leeds before Tuesday’s visit of Millwall. Across the whole of the Football League nobody has won more games away from home this season than the Blades, who,...