Prime Minister David Cameron was handed a list of names from a general internet search by one of the presenters of Independent Television’s This Morning daytime show. The show had previously interviewed some of the victims of the Jimmy Savile enquiry. The Daily Mail has the article here and the BBC here. Other reaction will be at Google News when searching on Cameron’s name.
Go get some facts about human trafficking, because it’s probably a much larger issue than you think it is. During the month of January, advocates, organizations, and individuals unite to raise awareness about the issue of human trafficking. While movements like #MeToo have started to bring crimes like sexual harassment and sexual assault out of…
The US doesn’t have a set number of positions, but we are definitely seeing a similar shortage when it comes to mental health resources. In England, 9.9% of full-time consultant posts in psychiatry are vacant, almost double the 5.2% which were unfilled in 2013, according to the college’s biennial workforce research report. In all 568…
The Methodist Church of the UK has conducted a study to determine the extent to child abuse that occurred within the church and offered an apology for what they have found. The UK’s Methodist Church has made a public apology after an investigation uncovered reports of nearly 2,000 alleged abusers – including 914 allegations involving…
After the Two Strikes and You’re Out Law came into effect for two violent or sexual offences causing a mandatory life sentence thie week, now the Sentencing Commission has proposed tougher sentences for all sex crimes in England and Wales. Whilst it’s welcome if “tougher” means longer jail terms, unless the sentences are also consecutive to…
Within the past 36 hours a new wave of criticism hit the BBC after it emerged that former Director General George Entwhistle received a payoff higher than his contractual obligations. The general report link summarising everything to date is here at the BBC News site and the summary of the specially commissioned report, one of…
An English postman was jailed for eight and a half years last week for the grooming and abuse of children and teens through Facebook, MSN Messenger and smaller social networking site Bebo. Michael Williams’s campaign stretched over a five year period and police have numbered the victims as potentially stretching up to 1000, though nearly…
