Emily Smith
Microsoft to pay $20m for child privacy violations
Microsoft will pay $20m (£16m) to US federal regulators after it was found to have illegally collected data on children who had started Xbox accounts. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…
Final four members of ‘depraved’ 21-person child sex abuse ring jailed
The last four people who were part of a 21-person child sex abuse ring have now been put behind bars. The ‘depraved’ case, which has been the largest sexual abuse…
Gambling and gaming: A joint home-school response
The convergence of gaming and gambling is creating a dangerous and slippery slope for young people. Charlotte Aynsley looks at the problem, the government response thus far, and how schools…
New bid to trace ‘ghost children’ missing from class
Councils would be forced to keep a register of all home-schooled kids under a proposed law to stop tens of thousands of “ghost children” falling through the cracks. Tory MP…
Scheme to help children affected by domestic violence rolled out
A safeguarding scheme designed to support young people affected by domestic violence and abuse in the home has been rolled out to all schools across the North. Since Operation Encompass,…
Lasting impact after predator teaching assistant sent ‘sex questionnaire’ to underage girls
ITV News Central correspondent Nancy Cole reports on the lasting impact a teaching assistant who preyed on teenage girls with sexually explicit messages left. The victims of a teaching assistant…
New data shows levels of safeguarding referrals to teachers in region
The NSPCC has revealed results from a joint UK-wide survey with the teaching union NASUWT, which highlights the essential role that schools play in safeguarding children and the concerning landscape…
6,500 rape and sex attacks – including gang rape and child assault – in hospitals in the last three years
A new report has laid bare the horrific sexual abuse that has taken place inside hospitals over the last three years. More than 6,000 sexual attacks were reported, new figures…
Changes are being made to support child abuse victims says PCC
Shropshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) says West Mercia Police are making the “right improvements” to tackle the “evil” of child sexual exploitation. John Campion says he has been reassured…
Malka Leifer: former headmistress guilty of Australia child sex abuse
Source: BBC News An Israeli former headteacher has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage students at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls school in Australia. The jury in Melbourne found…
