A sex offender who conspired with a mother to carry out the "most appalling abuse imaginable" planned to travel to Canada to rape her children, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.

A former Newcastle United coach has been charged with 29 historic sexual offences dating back more than 40 years, police have said.

The parents of a 13-month-old boy who drowned after they left him unsupervised in the bath have been jailed.

A father has been found guilty of murdering his deformed baby after both parents attempted to shift the blame for his death on to a young autistic child.

An elderly man has been given a 24-year prison sentence for historical child sex offences, UK police said.

Four children were rescued by police from a filthy house with walls smeared with excrement and used nappies strewn across bare floors.

A leading British child protection officer has suggested paedophiles who view indecent images should not be given criminal sanctions unless they pose a physical threat to children, according to The Times newspaper in the UK.

The historical sex abuse scandal unfolding in British football continued to widen with a south coast police force becoming the latest to confirm it has received allegations.

The National Police Chiefs' Council in the UK has said 83 potential suspects have been identified in connection with allegations of historical child sexual abuse in football there.

Social media is helping fuel a nation of "deeply unhappy" children, a British charity has warned, as it published new figures showing a rise in self-harm.

Ten suspects have been identified in a major police probe into historical child sex abuse in youth football as the scandal continued to grow.

Referrals from calls to a dedicated football abuse hotline in the UK more than tripled the amount made in the first three days of the Jimmy Savile scandal, the NSPCC has revealed.

Police in Scotland have said they have received reports of historic child abuse within football.

Parents have been urged to take more of an interest in their children's online activities after a new study has found paedophiles can groom children in as little as 20 minutes.

Children in the UK as young as five have been accused of carrying out sexual offences at school, new figures reveal.

A Pokemon Go player in England called 999 to tell police there that someone had "stolen their Pokemon".

Children as young as one have fallen prey to paedophiles using the internet, with crimes including more than 100 rapes involving predators operating online in the last year.

KATE MOSS may have been “discovered” at the age of 14 - but her daughter has beaten her in the modelling stakes, with her first Vogue cover at the age of 13.

Unexplained bruising on a newborn baby was not properly investigated by medical staff in the North, a review said.

Investigations into dozens of youngsters considered for prosecution in the North over indecent images of children have been halted, prosecutors said.

Failing children’s services that are putting the lives of young people at risk will now be taken over by other councils and charities, British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

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The prevalence of child sexual abuse in England has been vastly underestimated after a major new study suggested only one in eight victims come to the attention of authorities.

Dozens of youngsters have called a children’s helpline in the UK with fears that they will be victims of terrorist attacks following the Paris massacres last week.

At least four UK police forces are investigating sex abuse allegations linked to Edward Heath, it has been revealed.

Facebook has been condemned for allowing a video of “a terrified, sobbing baby being constantly immersed in a bucket of water” by a “callous” adult to remain on the social media site.

Almost 5,000 disabled adults have been sexually abused in England in the past two years, figures show.

The number of children aged 10 or under who have been referred to Britain’s NHS to help deal with transgender feelings has more than quadrupled in the last six years, according to new figures.

More than one in 10 British children (12%) aged 12 to 13 have made or been part of a sexually explicit video, according to new research.

Child sex abuse victims should be allowed to seek compensation from those found in possession of online images of that abuse, children’s charities have said.

Child sex abuse victims should be allowed to seek compensation from those found in possession of online images of that abuse, children’s charities in the UK have said.

Hundreds of convicted sex offenders have gone missing across the UK, police have revealed.

There could be as many as 11 million victims of sexual abuse in the UK - constituting a “national health epidemic” – an expert appointed to a government inquiry has said.

The British Home Office is expected to come under fire today when a key report into its handling of child sex abuse allegations is published.

Fresh abuse allegations against TV and radio presenter Jimmy Savile have been made in relation to 12 NHS Trusts.

Police in England are investigating whether an alleged victim of prolific sex offender Jimmy Savile has made a fraudulent compensation claim.

It is a phrase only too familiar to youngsters slaving away at their studies — and now "practice makes perfect" has been revealed in a survey as the most influential saying.

A children’s doctor in England has pleaded guilty to a string of sexual offences against cancer sufferers in his care aged as young as 11.

Nearly two in three people would hesitate to help a child who appeared lost for fear of being falsely accused, a new survey has found.

Nearly two in three people would hesitate to help a child who appeared lost for fear of being falsely accused, a new survey has found.

Several hundred suspected paedophiles including doctors, teachers and former police officers have been arrested in the biggest ever UK crackdown on obscene images of children.

Britain is to hold an independent inquiry is to investigate the handling by public bodies of allegations of child sex abuse, Home Secretary Theresa May announced.

A children's doctor in the UK has been accused of sexual offences against cancer sufferers in his care aged as young as 11, prosecutors have told a court.