Scheme to give parents details on paedophiles

PARENTS in some areas of Britain will be able to ask police if anyone with access to their child is a convicted paedophile.

Details about child sex convictions will be revealed under a Home Office pilot scheme if police think a child may be in danger.

Twelve-month trials, initiated yesterday, are being held in Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Stockton in Cleveland and Warwickshire and could be extended across the country if successful.