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New online safety priorities for Ofcom and launch of study into effects of social media on children
Source: Department of Science Innovation and Technology published on this website Wednesday 20 November 2024 by Jill Powell
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has set out his priorities for the online safety regulator, Ofcom, as it prepares to implement and enforce the laws set out in the Online Safety Act next year.
The Statement of Strategic Priorities (SSP), published Wednesday 20 November,...
Read More..........New measures to bolster protections for elderly and disabled people relying on lifesaving alarms to call for help.
Source: Department for Science Innovation and Technology published on this website Tuesday 19 November 2024 by Jill Powell
The country’s most vulnerable, including elderly people relying on personal alarms to call for help, will be better protected during the switch from analogue to digital landlines, thanks to a new government agreement reached with the telecoms industry on Monday 18 November.
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Read More..........New powers handed to Ofsted to crack down on exploitative children's care providers and transparency to be increased around their finances.
Source: Department for Education published on this website Monday 18 November 2024 by Jill Powell
The government will 18 November 2024 embark on major reform to end years of neglect of the children’s social care support system – breaking the cycle of late intervention and helping keep families together wherever possible so every child has the opportunity to thrive.
A wide range of new reform mea...
Read More..........New tech enables thousands of additional child victims to be counted in sexual abuse images for the first time
Source: Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) published on this website Friday 15 November 2024 by Jill Powell
More child sexual abuse victims can now be ‘seen’ and counted than ever before, thanks to new tech that allows the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the UK’s front line against child sexual abuse imagery online, to record all the children seen in sexual abuse images.
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Read More..........PC jailed for sexually assaulting girl on duty and superimposing his face onto child abuse images
Source: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published on this website Thursday 14 November 2024 by Jill Powell
A police officer who assaulted a vulnerable young girl while on duty and superimposed his face onto child abuse images has been jailed for nine years. Dean Dempster, 35, who was a response officer for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) based in Oldham at the time, sexually touched the child whi...
Read More..........Resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury - Statements
Source: Church of England published on this website Wednesday 13 November 2024 by Jill Powell
Following the publication independent review by Keith Makin into the Church of England's handling of allegations of serious abuse by the late John Smyth, the Archbishop of Canterbury said:
"Having sought the gracious permission of His Majesty The King, I have decided to resign as Archbishop of Cant...
Read More..........Former piano teacher jailed for prolific sexual offences against 19 victims
Source: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published on this website Tuesday 12 November 2024 by Jill Powell
A former director of music at a private school who indecently assaulted 10 pupils has been jailed today for 12 years for a number of sexual offences.
David Pickthall, 66, carried out the abuse between 1979 and 2003 whilst employed as a teacher at Brentwood school in Essex and in his capacity...
Read More..........This week is Anti Bullying Week 2024: Choose Respect
Source: Anti Bullying Alliance published on this website Monday 11 November 2024 by Jill Powell
ABA are official organisers of Anti-Bullying Week and Odd Socks Day in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Anti-Bullying Week 2024 will take place from Monday 11th - Friday 15th November, with the theme: Choose Respect. Odd Socks Day is taking place on Tuesday 12th November, with adults and children b...
Read More..........The independent review by Keith Makin into the Church of England’s handling of allegations of serious abuse by the late John Smyth has been published.
Source: Church of England published on this website Friday 8 November 2024 by Jill Powell
Keith Makin, who led the independent review, said:
“The abuse at the hands of John Smyth was prolific and abhorrent. Words cannot adequately describe the horror of what transpired. Many of the victims who took the brave decision to speak to us about what they experienced have carried this abuse silentl...
Read More..........Mencap responds to the Mental Health Bill
Source: Mencap published on this website Thursday 7 November 2024 by Jill Powell
Jon Sparkes, OBE, Chief Executive of learning disability charity Mencap, said: “This Bill can’t come soon enough for the 2,000 people with a learning disability and/or autism who are stuck in mental health hospitals right now, as well as those at risk of admission. “Reforming the Act i...
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