Google ‘must do more’ to combat child porn
Google is facing calls to do more against child pornography after Mark Bridger was found guilty of murdering April Jones yesterday.
Comment: Frontline is an affront to both parents and social workers
Children may be at risk if training for social work students is reduced to five-weeks of education and a year of hands-on experience.
The politics of Pope Benedict
Pope Benedict refused to buckle to modernity on the moral issues – including condoms and gay marriage – facing the Vatican and the Catholic Church, and his handling of the child sex abuse scandals is hugely controversial. But Joseph Ratzinger’s campaigns for refugees suggest a complex political figure.
No establishment child porn cover-up, minister insists
The government has denied asking journalists to shield senior ministers “allegedly involved in child pornography” from press coverage.
Analysis: How did Jimmy Savile escape justice?
In Jimmy Savile’s “staggering and unprecedented” case, more could have been done to see him prosecuted. Child abuse, paedophilia and sexual abuse are now leading to changes in British culture.
Savile report reveals shocking truth
Harrowing details of Jimmy Savile’s “predatory and opportunistic” sexual depravity have been revealed by the Metropolitan police, revealing him as a paedophile.
Retribution begins for ‘paedophile list’ stunt
Philip Schofield has been ‘disciplined’ by ITV for showing David Cameron a list of alleged paedophiles during a live television interview. The news comes after the arrest of Radio 1 DJ David Lee Travis under Operation Yewtree. He’s the latest to be arrested in the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse row, after Gary Glitter and Freddie Starr.
McAlpine: I’ll come after everyone who tweeted me
Lord McAlpine broke his silence today, with a combative interview in which his lawyer pledged to take legal action against anyone who mentioned him on Twitter – including the Speaker’s wife, Sally Bercow – in connection with Tory paedophile allegations.
McAlpine aftermath: Peers demand child abuse investigation is dropped
The inquiry announced by Theresa May last week into judge Ronald Waterhouse’s original investigation of child abuse in north Wales care homes should be dropped after Tory paedophile allegations were dropped, peers have said.
Harman: The enemies of the BBC are circling
Harriet Harman went out on a limb to defend the BBC today, amid a crisis of confidence at the institution in the wake of George Entwistle’s resignation.
