Thursday felt like Groundhog Day - here was another man who at the height of his TV celebrity had been sexually abusing children. But there the similarity with Savile ends because Stuart Hall has been made to face up to the reality of his crimes and his victims got to...

The NSPCC published a very worrying piece of research earlier this month on 'sexting'. I say worrying because it gave an insight into the sorts of pressures that young people are under to take part in sexting. And that got me thinking about just how seriously this issue...

Do we take the welfare and safety of our children seriously as a society? Taken at face value the answer has to be 'yes'.

Firstly, despite the recent economic difficulties, the last century has seen huge rises in wealth and opportunity for children. More young people stay in education...

Now Michael Gove has his supporters and he has his detractors. But that is not surprising when your job title is secretary of state for education. Because education is one of those areas of political life, along with health, that really gets the pulse pumping for many. They are both...

Hands up if you are against child abuse? You are? Well that's good, nothing new there. And I suspect that that is how we would all respond if asked. Except unfortunately, the uncomfortable fact is that right now thousands of children and young people are being physically hurt, sexually or...