Had someone from the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry site reach out to me today to share their launch. From the front page on the site: “Welcome to the website of the Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse in Northern Ireland between 1922 and 1995. The Inquiry is independent from government and has two main components. One…
One story about a follow-up interview of a public figure relating to child abuse disappeared from the Daily Mail’s website over the weekend. If the story moves on and can be reported we’ll bring you that one at a later date. In a separate story last weekend a man who emigrated to Australia was extradited…
It’s here! Well, it will be in a few hours. You can learn more about the week, events that are going on to help raise awareness to make abuse victims, and even attend some live events tomorrow if you’re in the Southern California area. Or you can stream the benefit concert tomorrow night if you’re…
Stephen Messham made one of his first public statements since last week’s mistaken identification of an ex-Conservative Party politician, and the Daily Mail’s hatchet job, when talking to BBC Wales’s Week In Week Out programme. Since this is currently unavailable to other regions on BBC’s iPlayer, the news website has the summary here. Also last week Sky News…
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…
It’s almost a week since teenager Megan Stammers, 15 and her 30 year old teacher Jeremy Forrest failed to use return tickets on a French ferry and the alarm was raised. Since then it has emerged that there have been three other major abuse incidents at the same school, at least one of which also involved a…
