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Chelsea apologise to Gary Johnson over sex abuse
December 5, 2016 · By UK for www.bbc.com
Chelsea Football Club has apologised “profusely” to former footballer Gary Johnson over sex abuse he suffered as a youth team member in the 1970s. Mr Johnson, 57, told the Mirror on Friday that the club paid him £50,000 to keep quiet about allegations of sexual abuse by a former chief scout. In a statement, Chelsea […]
Read More...Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’
December 5, 2016 · By James Gallagher for James Gallagher
Scientists in California say they have transformed understanding of Parkinson’s disease. Their animal experiments, published in the journal Cell, suggest the brain disorder may be caused by bacteria living in the gut. The findings could eventually lead to new ways of treating the disease, such as drugs to kill gut bugs or probiotics. Experts said […]
Read More...A new anti- Pornography law to pass in UK.
November 28, 2016 · By Andrew Griffin for www.independent.co.uk
A new bill will if successful ban huge swaths of sex acts from UK porn. The Digital Economy Bill looks to ban anything that wouldn’t be allowed on a commercially available DVD. That seems to limit adult content in a number of ways, banning things including female ejaculation and the sight of menstrual blood from […]
Read More...Investigatory Powers Bill: ‘Snoopers Charter 2’ to pass into law, giving Government sweeping spying powers
November 28, 2016 · By Andrew Griffin for www.independent.co.uk
The bill will force internet companies to store their users’ browsing data for a year, and will allow the government to force phone makers to hack into people’s handsets The House of Lords has passed the Investigatory Powers Bill, putting the huge spying powers on their way to becoming law within weeks. The bill – […]
Read More...Football sex abuse claims: NSPCC received more than 50 calls
November 25, 2016 · By www.bbc.com
A hotline, set up after four ex-footballers spoke out about being sexually abused by coaches as children, has received more than 50 calls within its first two hours, the NSPCC says. It said callers raised concerns about children now and in the past and it expected “many more” to come forward. The hotline was set […]
Read More...House resetting age of child who can be prosecuted for crime
November 23, 2016 · By Concept Central for conceptnewscentral.com
Under the law, a child who commits a crime can only be prosecuted if he or she is at least 15 years old. But previously, the minimum age of criminal responsibility was nine years old under the Revised Penal Code of 1930. Now, with the rising number of crimes committed by children under 15 years […]
Read More...Paedophile who posed as 11-year-old online was actually talking to another child sex offender
November 21, 2016 · By HRIS DYER for www.mirror.co.uk
Jonathan Wales masqueraded as a child and began talking to Simon Riley, who was also pretending to be underage A sex offender who pretended to be an 11-year-old girl online was actually talking to another paedophile also pretending to be underage. Jonathan Wales, 41, masqueraded as a child and began talking to Simon Riley, 21, […]
Read More...Man due in court over human trafficking for sexual exploitation
November 21, 2016 · By www.irishtimes.com
A man is due to appear before Dublin District Court on Wednesday morning charged in connection with human trafficking. The 33-year-old was arrested on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the trafficking of Polish nationals into the State by organised crime groups for sexual exploitation. During the course of the investigation, which commenced in […]
Read More...MODERN-DAY SLAVERY: THE GREATEST HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE OF OUR DAY
November 11, 2016 · By Vincent Nichols for www.thetablet.co.uk
Forced migration was highlighted last week as, in Rome, Pope Francis met victims of modern slavery while, in London, unaccompanied child migrants arrived from Calais (see below). The issue is now a priority at all levels in the Church At the end of the fourth meeting of the Santa Marta Group in Rome last week, […]
Read More...Marcos ruling a kick in the teeth – Aussie priest jailed during martial law
November 11, 2016 ·
BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental — An Australian Columban priest, who was jailed during Martial law, was dismayed at the decision of the Supreme Court to grant a hero’s burial to the late dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Fr. Brian Gore, 72, said the high court added insult to injury suffered by […]
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