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Leeds

Specialist therapy service’s future uncertain pending funding decision

The future of a specialist therapy service for troubled families remains undecided as the council awaits the outcome of a funding bid. The council planned to...

Leeds

Leeds City Council reverses safeguarding pledge following legal constraints in light of child abuse scandal

Elected Councilllors unanimously agreed to a white paper in March which committed the local authority to ensuring “no child in Leeds is placed into...

Leeds

13 years jail for Leeds child abuser

A Leeds man who repeatedly sexually abused a young girl has been jailed for 13 years following an investigation by specialist safeguarding officers. Imran Ijaz,...

Bradford & Keighley

University professor to lead research into child sex abuse of Pakistani children in UK and abroad

An academic at the University of Bradford has been awarded funding to conduct a four-year study into child sex abuse. Assistant Professor Dr Samina Karim...

Community

Bradford man jailed for six years for historic child sex abuse

A man who sexually assaulted a child has been found guilty following a trial. The incidents began in 1989, when the victim was around six...

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