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‘Fat but fit’ still risk heart disease
August 16, 2017 · By Health for www.bbc.com
People who are overweight or obese are at increased risk of heart disease even if they appear medically healthy, experts are warning. The work, in the European Heart Journal, is further evidence against the idea people can be “fat but fit”. The researchers studied health data on more than half a million people in 10 […]
Read More...Child abuse Royal Commission releases criminal justice report with 85 recommendations
August 14, 2017 · By SHANNON DEERY, Herald Sun for www.heraldsun.com.au
PRIESTS would be charged for failing to report confessions of child sexual abuse in a range of sweeping recommendations issued by the child abuse Royal Commission. The recommendations is one of 85 in a criminal justice report published today by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. It says the recommendations are […]
Read More...Authorities ‘failed to intervene’ in Kimberley child abuse case: WA inquest told
August 14, 2017 · By www.watoday.com.au
One of the last people to speak to a 13-year-old boy from a remote Western Australian Aboriginal community before he killed himself has told an inquest child protection authorities failed to intervene despite reports of domestic violence. A coronial inquest into a cluster of suicides by 13 young indigenous people in the Kimberley heard former […]
Read More...Pope Francis to make surprise visit to Myanmar on peace mission
August 14, 2017 · By John Zaw, Mandalay and Michael Sainsbury, Yangon Myanmar for www.ucanews.com
Main impetus behind pope’s visit is to help Myanmar make peace with the Roghinyas, says senior clergyman Pope Francis will focus on trying to improve the troubles of about a million ethnic Muslim Rohingyas when he visits Myanmar, in the first ever papal visit to the country, in the last week of November after being […]
Read More...UK family found guilty of enslaving homeless and disabled people
August 14, 2017 · By Jamie Grierson for www.theguardian.com
Lincolnshire gang forced at least 18 victims to work for little or no pay and live in squalor for up to 26 years Eleven members of a Lincolnshire family have been convicted of a series of modern slavery offences after forcing at least 18 victims – including homeless people and some with learning disabilities – […]
Read More...Police paid convicted child rapist to spy on Newcastle sex abusers
August 11, 2017 · By Frances Perraudin for www.theguardian.com
Northumbria police gave man known as XY nearly £10,000 over 21 months in order to gather evidence for Operation Shelter A convicted child rapist was controversially paid nearly £10,000 by police to spy on the network of men who were sexually abusing young women and girls in Newcastle, it can now be reported. The court […]
Read More...Pregnant 10-year-old rape victim ‘told baby bump is a big stone in her stomach’
August 10, 2017 · By Chris Baynes for www.independent.co.uk
A 10-year-old who was denied an abortion after being raped does not yet know she is pregnant, it has been reported. The Indian girl has been told her baby bump is a large stone in her stomach to protect her from “the gravity of the situation,” according to the BBC. She was allegedly impregnated by […]
Read More...Ahsan penning book on child abuse
August 10, 2017 · By nation.com.pk
Karachi-One of Pakistan’s top actors and models, Ahsan Khan is currently working on a book that deals with the problem of child sexual abuse. “I have always had great love for children,” says Ahsan Khan. “Their welfare and happiness is very important to me. When I was preparing for my role as a sexual predator […]
Read More...Operation Sanctuary: Newcastle child sex network convicted
August 10, 2017 · By England for www.bbc.com
Eighteen people have been convicted of abusing girls in Newcastle who were plied with alcohol and drugs before being forced to have sex. The vulnerable victims, some as young as 14, were exploited by a “cynical organisation”, a court heard. The 17 men and one woman were convicted of rape, supplying drugs and conspiracy to […]
Read More...Indian court rejects abortion for 10-year-old rape victim
August 9, 2017 · By India for www.bbc.com
India’s Supreme Court has refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl, allegedly raped by her uncle, on the grounds that she is too far into her pregnancy. A doctors’ panel told the court that, at 32 weeks, termination of the pregnancy would be “too risky”. Her pregnancy was discovered two weeks ago when […]
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