Mar
03
Sex offender disclosure scheme to go nationwide
A scheme allowing parents to check if someone is a sex offender will be rolled out across England and Wales by March 2011, the Home Office says.
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Dec
15
Child safety list to grow to 9M along with continuing concerns over lack of checks
It is now estimated that 9 million people in the UK who work with children and vulnerable adults (not the original 11.3m forecast) will be vetted, however this number will naturally rise with time.
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Dec
14
Schools and Scouts hail changes to vetting scheme
Teaching unions and youth groups have welcomed the government's partial climb-down on new vetting rules, saying it was a "victory for common sense".
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Dec
13
Manchester terror suspects cleared to work as guards
Police believed the cell had conducted 'hostile reconnaissance' of the Trafford shopping centre in Manchester
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Dec
08
'Fake fingerprint' Chinese woman fools Japan controls
A Chinese woman managed to enter Japan illegally by having plastic surgery to alter her fingerprints, thus fooling immigration controls, police claim.
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Oct
17
Child rapist health worker struck off
THE health worker who hid his child rape conviction to get a job at a Colchester hospital was struck off yesterday - and could now face further action.
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Oct
10
Millions more to be subject to Enhanced CRB checks
Employers will be able to ask for detailed background checks - including information founded on unproven accusations - on millions more workers under the next stage of the Government’s anti-paedophile
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Oct
02
Doctor who killed pensioner had no GP experience, says son
Dr Daniel Ubani who killed David Gray with a massive overdose of diamorphine when working as an out of hours doctor had no prior GP experience and was on his first shift in Britain, Mr Gray's son Stua
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Oct
02
Protecting children from evildoers
IT SEEMED extraordinary that the three child abusers whose appalling behaviour led to the closure of a nursery met for the first time as they stood together in the dock, a situation made possible by t
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Sep
14
Paedophile checks scheme defended
The head of a government scheme to vet adults who work with children has hit out at criticism of the initiative.
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Sep
12
Council review after youth worker convicted of sexual activity with Cumbrian student
David Kay’s victim was barely 17 when they met. Her confidence shattered, she’d dropped out of school, had no job, and such low self-esteem that her mother sought professional help.
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Sep
12
Vetting and Barring Scheme: Timeline of the creation of the ISA
The Independent Safeguarding Authority will now vet everyone who has to work with children or vulnerable adults. Here is a timeline of how the new guidelines have evolved.
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Mar
03
Sex offender disclosure scheme to go nationwide
A scheme allowing parents to check if someone is a sex offender will be rolled out across England and Wales by March 2011, the Home Office says.
read more >