It’s not about child abuse but we have posted stories about the effects of blogging and social media communication in the past, and The Mail on Sunday printed another one again today regarding police in the UK, who have three arrests a day stemming from a block of 4000 complaints about online harrassment, trolling or…
Freddy Starr, the English comedian whose name was caught up in the Jimmy Savile case without any formal charges being brought by police, presented himself to police to answer questions regarding parallel accusations of indecent assault against one of the women re-interviewed about abuse by Jimmy Savile. He claims his lawyer was told that the…
Children In Need (CiN) is the annual winter appeal of over 80 years’ standing. After every November appeal the final tally is redistributed to other charities “on the ground” to help children. The Sunday Express reported today that the charity’s trustees are facing pressure to increase the amount of money going to charities related to child abuse. It’s…
Staff working for the ex BBC Director General Mark Thompson were allegedly warned about Jimmy Savile on two occasions by two separate sources, Sky News has reported. Their summary from Sunday 28th October, which preceded Savile’s great-niece’s disclosure later the same day, is here.
Sky News reported on the evening of Sunday 28th October that a relative of Jimmy Savile has disclosed and claimed some family members might have known but also turned a blind eye due to the presenter and DJ’s fame. That story is here.
At the same time as Gary Glitter’s arrest, Childline founder Esther Rantzen reported that she receieved further disclosures by email after the first Independent Television (ITV1) documentary was screened nearly a month ago, and passed them on to police. That story is here at the Daily Mail/Mail on Sunday site.
