A rise in neglect, physical and psychological harm to young children and domestic abuse was fuelled by increased pressures on families caused by the Covid pandemic, a meeting heard...
Bedfordshire Police have urged Bedfordians to be mindful of children who may be at risk of abuse and neglect during the coronavirus pandemic With children no longer at school during...
A man from Kempston will be behind bars for three years after grooming a teenage girl and persuading her to send him indecent images of herself over...
The children's charity, the NSPCC is calling for Facebook to issue a 'guarantee of child safety; after stats obtained by the charity revealed the extent of child abuse images shared on...
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