Child protection

Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo review – an astonishing tale of brainwashing

The extreme, terrifying practices laid bare in this four-part documentary about an abusive sect lets victims tell their staggering tales – even if it does nothing new for the genre

Lucy Mangan

09, Apr, 2024 @9:45 PM

Lockdown gave Finley Boden’s parents cover – but safeguarding failures ran deep

A report on the case of the murdered Derbyshire baby finds a number of opportunities were missed to protect him

Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

27, Mar, 2024 @7:37 PM

Finley Boden ‘should have been one of the most protected children’, finds review

Baby murdered by his parents after ‘inadequate safeguarding’ by authorities in Derbyshire, says report

Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

27, Mar, 2024 @7:29 PM

Beatings, humiliation and loss of self-worth: how Edinburgh Academy victims were scarred

Former schoolboys at the private school give raw testimonies about abuse meted out by John Brownlee

Severin Carrell and Libby Brooks

27, Mar, 2024 @6:04 PM

Boarding school matrons and the ‘abuse that is hardly ever spoken of’

After Charles Spencer’s revelation, former boarders tell of abuse by women – and complicity in crimes of male colleagues

Amelia Hill

23, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

How Facebook Messenger and Meta Pay are used to buy child sexual abuse material

Court documents and interviews detail the products’ role in alleged exploitation – and how some payments go undetected

Katie McQue

22, Mar, 2024 @7:59 PM

Concerns raised over solitary confinement in Queensland youth detention after deaths of two First Nations boys

Government report says placing children in prison isolation can affect their health and wellbeing in ‘severe, long-term and irreversible ways’

Ben Smee, Queensland state correspondent

14, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM

Kaylea Titford had no care plan in place when she died, review finds

Kaylea, 16, found in conditions ‘unfit for any animal’ after her death in Newtown, Wales, in October 2020

Steven Morris

14, Mar, 2024 @1:52 PM

‘Profiteering off children’: care firms in England accused of squeezing cash from councils

A local authority leader claims private equity groups are exploiting vulnerable youngsters in care homes in the pursuit of profit

Tom Wall

02, Mar, 2024 @6:00 PM

Crimes involving child abuse imagery are up by a quarter in UK, says NSPCC

Nearly half of incidents where platform was known occurred on Snapchat, with 26% on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

Alex Hern UK technology editor

01, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

YouTuber Ruby Franke’s chilling story shows us that internet culture has given child abuse a new place to hide | Zoe Williams

The most disturbing thing about the prolific parenting vlogger was that she was peddling cruelty worldwide in plain sight, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Zoe Williams

21, Feb, 2024 @6:08 PM

Teachers in England could face ban for failing to report evidence of sexual abuse of children

Home secretary’s mandatory reporting legislation plan already covered by statutory duties, say school leaders

Richard Adams Education editor

21, Feb, 2024 @12:01 AM

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