The Pollard report looking into the the Jimmy Savile Scandal was written by the independent and ex-Sky journalist Nick Pollard and criticises the general incompetence and lack of joined-up communication at the BBC which allowed Savile to continue abusing children. The BBC has a link to the report here and the general reporting is here and also check Google News for the rest of the roundups.
An investigation into high school sexual assaults has found schools are mislabeling sexual assault on sports teams as “hazing” to cover it up, the Associated Press reports. You know, this came up awhile back when I was still living in Oregon, when a football team was suspended and games cancelled because of a massive hazing incident….
Just before George Entwhistle’s resignation, The Daily Mail rounded up everything to date to last Friday 9th November including the full statement of denial from the wrongly identified ex-politician. That article is here and scroll to the bottom of the page for the full statement and retrospective video to last Friday night.
Yesterday, the 1990s killer of 7-year-old Sean Williams was murdered in prison whilst serving his life sentence. The BBC has the story here with other updates in the story crawl at the bottom of the page speculating about the identity of the killer and his previous attack on another infamous English sex offender that murdered…
The BBC’s previous child protection documentary series focused on the police trying to detect and apprehend child abusers. This time, the programme makers follow a team of social workers and the general modern child protection structure starting in the home. Episode one showed us selected events over nearly a year in their attempt to help…
With the growth of Smartphone ownership set to keep on rising as prices keep falling, Sexting has reached the point where now British Teens are getting caught up in the construction of indecent image laws. The free newspaper Metro reported one such case in its last issue before the Easter break and you can read…
