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Trish Hinde was just six years old when her father began abusing her and the following year she began suffering from violent seizures.

Startling new research from the NSPCC shows that three out of four parents of under-fives say they feel anxious about their children's mental health, with helpline calls to NSPCC from concerned adults rising by 21 per cent last year

Bronson Battersby was found curled up in the dark beside the body of his dead father Kenneth Battersby weeks after his mum, who looked after him occasionally, had last seen him alive

Little Alfie Phillips, described as "good as gold", was found murdered with a myriad of bruises, a broken leg, arm and ribs at his home in Hernhill, Kent. He also had cocaine in his little body

Welcome to the metaverse - a network of 3D virtual worlds where people of all ages interact as digital avatars - but what starts out as a bit of fun can quickly turn dark, with charities issuing chilling warnings

Indulging in a beverage or two is a common part of many people's Christmases, but did you know that the age to legally drink alcohol in the UK is surprisingly low?

Dame Esther Rantzen told BBC's The Today Podcast that if she was PM for the day she would call for a free vote on assisted dying and that she is considering 'buzzing off to Zurich'

Dame Esther Rantzen, 83, founded Childline in 1986 following an episode on the BBC show That’s Life! Earlier this year she revealed she has been diagnosed with lung cancer

Sex offender Jimmy Savile used his status as a DJ at Leeds and Manchester clubs to lure many young victims into his grotesque lair while keeping the unaware authorities in his pocket

A star of This Is England was on the streets this week sharing an important message as part of the latest NSPCC campaign to teach kids to learn to respect and look after your things

JOHN CROSS COLUMN: Former Sunderland chairman Sir Bob Murray's new book reveals a lifetime of remarkable stories, including being a suspect in the Yorkshire Ripper hunt

The choice is as tough as deciding which school they should go to - and more difficult than choosing who they should be playing with, according to parents

The mum warned other parents after hearing her son, who was 10 at the time, seemingly being groomed by an older person while playing the popular game

Figures published today by charity the NSPCC show there were over 6,300 cases of sexual communication with a child recorded last year alone - up 82% in five years

Singing star Heidi Range has revealed that there is no chance she would get back up on stage with her Sugababes bandmates, despite fans calling for a full reunion

The top best things about parenting include cuddles, your little ones making you laugh, and watching their personalities develop, research has found

The Independent Office for Police Conduct's statement is related to Operation Midland, which looked into false allegations of sex abuse involving senior politicians and high-profile figures

Rosey Davidson became a 'shell of her former self' when she was up 10 times a night with her daughter - now she helps exhausted parents after becoming an infant sleep expert

Former Greater Manchester Police officer Adnan Ali has been found guilty of assaulting teenage cadets he was training as part of a cadet scheme

The Home Secretary travelled to the South Yorkshire town this week to meet those affected by the scandal, but youth leader Jayne Senior MBE said she was informed child sex abuse is still happening

Irene Fonseca, nee Jenkins, was subjected to years of sexual abuse at the hands of her uncle when she was a child growing up in the 1960s and 70s

The NSPCC charity says online sex abuse cases targeting children rose by 11% between April and September last year - with around 120 reported to police every day, exactly a year after the long-delayed Online Safety Bill was first put before MPs

The NSPCC says it believes that unregulated social media is causing this increase of online child sexual abuse and social media companies are failing to stop their sites being used to organise, commit and share child abuse

'Rachel', a primary school teacher from Greater Manchester, opens up about discovering her eldest child had been groomed to send explicit photographs on Spotify and is working with a safeguarding expert to help other parents