Above the Hillary one senses success - the approach ridge is guarded by a furious gale, seemingly hidden until this precise moment. It rears, screams in your ears, sears your exposed skin and tries desperately to throw you like an unwanted intruder from your precarious path.

Children's charities and religious groups have condemned the "horrifying abuse" suffered by the Oxford paedophile ring's victims after seven men were ...

A lawyer for the entertainer Jim Davidson said on Saturday that his client has not been interviewed over an alleged historic sexual offence carried ou...

A renowned double bass teacher is being questioned on suspicion of indecently assaulting a former pupil, sources have confirmed. Duncan McTier, 58,...

Our aims are simple. We want to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation, via education and campaigning across all communities. We want to encourage reporting and promote services to help vulnerable young people. We want to produce training kits and background fact-sheets for faith and community leaders, so they can speak out with knowledge and confidence.

A barrister whose controversial views on child sex abuse sparked fury says support for her has been "flooding in". Barbara Hewson was castigated af...

A barrister who sparked fury by claiming for the age of consent to be lowered to 13 says she has received threats online. Human rights lawyer Barba...

Sexual abuse and inappropriate behaviour took place at five of the UK's specialist music schools over a 40 year period, it has been reported. The a...

News that veteran BBC broadcaster, Stuart Hall, has admitted to a string of sex crimes involving girls and young women in the 60s, 70s and 80s is especially troubling for its similarities with the Savile enquiry.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised for the "pain and hurt" suffered by victims of clerical child abuse. Justin Welby said the scandal was ...

No sooner had Stuart Hall admitted what he'd done then some voices were calling for anonymity for people accused of sexual crimes. Now at first glance you might think, yes, why should someone's reputation be smeared before they have been proven guilty?

Thousands of children repeatedly went missing from care homes last year, leaving them at risk of sexual abuse, a leading charity has said. The NSPC...

Detectives investigating reports of historic sexual abuse by a former teacher have widened their investigation to take in at least two other schools. ...

TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been bailed after he was arrested by police investigating historic sex abuse allegations at a school. The 63-year-old...

TV weatherman Fred Talbot was arrested on Tuesday by police investigating historic sex abuse allegations at a school. The 63-year-old was held on s...

A former BBC producer appeared to compare "womanising" with "paedophilia" when he was challenged about the Jimmy Savile scandal. Wilfred De'ath sai...

An internationally acclaimed artist accused of being a paedophile has told a court of the "witch-hunt" of those whose works involve nude children. ...

A 70-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating historic child sex abuse at a school. The suspect, from Lancashire, was held by officer...

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.

Doing a piece about child sexual abuse is never easy. Asking people to talk to you about something so private and so traumatic on television is clearly expecting a great deal. But for me, it's rarely been as difficult as during our Dispatches documentary which tackles the issue within the ultra orthodox Jewish community, the Charedi.

A housewife who performed a sex act on a 13-year-old schoolboy after drinking enough alcohol "to knock out a bull elephant" has been spared an immedia...