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NSPCC helpline launches to help UK employees blow whistle on child abuse
Service to be run by children's charity has received £500,000 of public funds.
UK: Secret Facebook groups used by paedophiles to share sexually explicit images of children
Children's Commissioner for England says Facebook is not doing enough to police paedophiles online.
Lord Brittan rape inquiry was fully justified, independent review discovers
Investigation finds claims against the late Tory peer were 'far from fanciful'.
Convicted paedophile commits suicide by jumping off bridge hours before court appearance
Body of Michael Fiek found in London before sentencing was due at Leeds Crown Court.
Hackney CCTV appeal: Four boys aged 13 sexually assaulted on way to school in east London
Detectives wish to speak to two men in relation to the incident.
Children forced into sexual acts with each other and animals in Birmingham
Children between eight and 14 years of age have made allegation against a man who forced them into sexual acts.
Lord Bramall child sex abuse allegations: No apology from Met Police over war veteran probe
Force admits they 'regret distress' caused while investigating 92-year-old but did not offer apology.
Florida: Couple arrested for locking daughter up in a 'glorified cage'
The couple also used plastic zip ties to bind the girl.
Simon Danczuk: Protest organiser insists 'child protection' concerns are behind Rochdale rally
EXCLUSIVE: Liz Thirsk, one of the deselection demonstration's organisers, speaks to IBTimes UK.
Celebrity paedophile Stuart Hall is released from prison - just in time to celebrate his birthday
Former football commentator and TV presenter Stuart Hall was imprisoned for abusing girls as young as 9.
Social workers keep being set up to fail and then vilified when things go wrong
If ever there was a risk to children it is the chronic threat of savage cuts to local authority services.
Lord Janner unfit to stand trial over alleged child sex offences, rules High Court
Mr Justice Openshaw told the Old Bailey the 87-year-old peer had 'advanced and disabling dementia'.
England: Up to 400,000 cases of child abuse not reported to police
Report suggests around 85% of child abuse isn't detected by authorities as victims remain silent
Pakistan: Parliament committee pushes for tougher punishment for child sexual abuse
Existing punishment for sexual abuse of children ranges from ten years' imprisonment to death penalty.
Rita Ora reveals she was 'groomed by a 26-year-old man' when she was just 14
In a biography of the X Factor judge, she says that she doesn't regard herself as a victim of child abuse.
Refugee children resorting to 'survival sex' to pay people smugglers says UN
Children are being forced to prostitute themselves to pay people traffickers because they have no money
Child abuse inquiry: Evidence submitted online is accidentally deleted
Submissions to Theresa May's child abuse inquiry permanently lost following glitch
Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney accused of sexual affair with Elizabeth Taylor when 'she was 14'
Mickey Rooney's biographers claim his wife caught him and Taylor engaged in a sexual act.
UK man jailed for nine years after killing baby son in 'violent assault'
Jordon Saxton convicted of manslaughter after killing 11-week-old Jayden Saxton.
Australia: Paedophile websites sourcing half their photos from Facebook
Cyber-security expert warns children's photos shared online can easily end up on paedophile websites.
France: Christian Champenois accused of killing son by putting him in washing machine
Couple on trial in murder case accused of killing three-year-old boy.
Argentina: Man arrested after wife and son 'locked in a cage for years'
Argentina police say a woman and her adult son were kept in cage and forced to eat dog food.
Drug addict couple arrested lived 'in squalor' with boy, 3, taught to not speak
Gwynevere Merkau, 31, and Daniel Brajon, 26, arrested for child abuse.
Thailand: Briton Simon Briscoe charged for sexually abusing minors and posting videos online
The 64-year-old had a large amount of child pornography on a desktop computer in his home.
Judge slams foster parents who forced abused child to stand in scalding water
The child was traumatised after years of physical, verbal and emotional abuse, a court heard.
Bristol: Former teacher jailed for making indecent films of children at Clifton College
Jonathan Thomson-Glover made more than 2,500 hours of footage using hidden cameras.
Australia: Police considers chemical castration for child sex offenders
Australian police taskforce consider using anti-libido drugs on child sex offenders as alternative to prison.
Gene Simmons: Home raided by Crimes Against Children Task Force but Kiss star and family not suspects
Officers from child abuse task force searched Beverly Hills home of singer on 20 August.
Maggie Kirkpatrick avoids jail term, sentenced to community service
An Australian court had found the 74-year-old guilty of assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Melbourne in the 1980s.
Russia: Official claims paedophile death threats forced children's rights worker into police protection
Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov called for anti-child porn official to be provided with police protection.