The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

The government has announced plans to make it a crime not to report child abuse. As part of this, the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has vowed to “stamp out” grooming gangs who perpetuate child exploitation. Ending child sexual abuse is of utmost importance. But comments by the home secretary, Suella…

As the internet faces an 'epidemic' of image-based sexual abuse, Noelle Martin opens up about her experience of deepfake porn after edited photos of her were shared online without consent

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez apologised in an interview published on Sunday to victims of sexual abuse over a sexual violence law that included a loophole enabling at least 978 imprisoned offenders to get their sentences reduced or ended early.

Northern Territory Police Minister Kate Worden says she has heard "crickets" from Peter Dutton and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price about their claims that Indigenous children in Alice Springs are being returned to their abusers.

Some dismiss claims about rampant child abuse in the outback town as exaggerated, but others say welfare responses are inadequate and children are falling through the cracks.

Greater Manchester police confirms case against unnamed footballer arrested in 2021 has been dropped

Crime in Alice Springs is back in the spotlight as the federal government and opposition accuse each other of 'playing politics'

Kitagawa denied other allegations of abuse during his lifetime

It’s “rare for a play to be a phenomenon before it even opens”, but A Little Life has managed that, said Sarah Crompton on What’s On Stage. The 2015 novel by Hanya Yanagihara on which it is based – about a New York lawyer whose life has been destroyed by…