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Will the new grooming gangs inquiry achieve anything?
Today's Big Question Critics point to a previous inquiry's still-unfulfilled list of recommendations
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Andrew Norfolk: the journalist who exposed the grooming scandal
In the Spotlight The Times reporter, who has died aged 60, was the only journalist willing to pursue incendiary reports of organised child abuse
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France's 'reckoning' over largest-ever child sex abuse trial
The Explainer Joël Le Scouarnec case is latest in a series of high-profile scandals to have prompted 'deep soul searching'
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The rise of child 'witchcraft' cases in the UK
Under the Radar Faith-based child abuse, centred on accusations of witchcraft and demonic possessions, has harmed thousands of children
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Paedophile hunters and vigilante justice
The Explainer Volunteers have come to play a crucial role in prosecutions - but professional warn their help is a double-edged sword
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Grooming gangs: what did Keir Starmer do as DPP?
The Explainer Elon Musk has reignited a row over grooming gangs in his latest intervention in British politics
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The missed opportunities to save Sara Sharif
Talking Point After each horrific child abuse case, we hear that lessons will be learnt. What is still missing?
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'She died because of me': Sara Sharif's father 'takes full responsibility' for her death
Speed Read Urfan Sharif retracts previous court testimony, telling the Old Bailey that fatal beating was 'all my fault'
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Church of England head resigns over abuse scandal
Speed Read Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby faced backlash over his handling of a notorious child abuser
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Why Justin Welby has stepped down as Archbishop of Canterbury
In the Spotlight 'Lack of curiosity' over claims of abuse of dozens of boys by Christian camp leader had made Welby's position untenable
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Home Is Where We Start by Susanna Crossman: a 'delicate and wise' abuse memoir
The Week Recommends Crossman revisits her painful childhood in this 'disturbing and moving' memoir
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A Very Private School: a 'moving, if sadly familiar' story from Charles Spencer
The Week Recommends Memoir of the privately educated boarder makes for 'horrific reading'
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The not-so-hidden dark side of child influencers
under the radar Is putting children in the spotlight worth the risk?
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Constance Marten and Mark Gordon trial: what the jury has heard
In Depth Couple's baby was found dead in a Lidl 'bag for life'
In Depth
