The DPP's plan to re-assess the reliability and credibility tests for young and vulnerable victims is much needed and will help to address the issue of taking child victims seriously. There will be less focus on the victims' credibility and more on the suspect and their pattern of behaviour.

Separate historic allegations over obscene publications and bribery surrounding late politician Sir Cyril Smith were passed to prosecutors, the Crown ...

There is "overwhelming" evidence Sir Cyril Smith sexually abused young boys and authorities missed the chance to prosecute the late Liberal Democrat M...

Rochdale council staff who failed to protect youngsters from a child sex ring have been identified and could be sacked once an internal investigation ...

A takeaway has been temporarily shut down amid a police investigation into alleged child sexual exploitation. Magistrates imposed a three-month clo...

Abuse claims surrounding the late MP Sir Cyril Smith will be investigated by Greater Manchester Police, the force confirmed on Wednesday morning. T...

'Larger-than-life' Lib Dem MP Sir Cyril Smith is the latest public figure to be accused of routinely molesting young boys, with Rochdale MP Simon Danc...

Nine men have been charged following an investigation into child sexual exploitation, police said. The charges relate to offences committed separat...

The ringleader of a gang of Asian men who groomed young white girls for sex has been jailed for 22 years for a "campaign of rape" against a young Asia...

Sexually exploited girls commit crime as a cry for help and should not be prosecuted, according to a report released on Tuesday. Out of place: The ...

Children in care homes are being subjected to sexual abuse of a "violent and sadistic nature", England's Deputy Children's Commissioner Sue Berelowitz...

The ringleader of a gang of Asian men who groomed young white girls for sex can finally be unmasked after he was found guilty of 30 child rape charges...

An independent investigation is needed into England's children's homes which are failing to manage and protect youngsters who run away or go missing, ...

Girls as young as 11 are being forced into horrendous sex acts in "every town, village and hamlet", the Deputy Children's Commissioner has told MPs, a...

Two men have been arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into child sexual exploitation which led to the jailing of nine men. The arr...

A takeaway boss arrested for inciting under-age girls into child prostitution and paying them for sex, treated his arrest as "a joke" and showed conte...

Attempts to ignore the race of the men convicted of sexual exploitation in Rochdale are 'fatuous' and worrying, the chair of the Equalities and Human ...

We are very concerned about plans for the new police and crime commissioners to organise and fund virtually all help for victims and witnesses. This would mean patchy local services rather than the current national backbone of support and the potential waste of £21million of tax payers' money on red tape and form filling.

Several men have been arrested by detectives investigating a suspected second child grooming gang in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, sources have confir...