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Hegseth ‘lacking class’ over D-Day migrant ‘invasion’ comments – Jacqui Smith

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth made comments about Europe’s migration crisis while at a D-Day event.

Evening Standard

Minister says Hegseth ‘lacking in class’ over migration comments at D-Day memorial

The US defence secretary used the event to criticise Europe over an ‘invasion’ of migrants

The Independent UK

Former Bay City Rollers manager involved in paedophile ring, inquiry told

A former care home resident told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry boys were ‘groomed’ at parties at Tam Paton’s house in the early 1980s.

Evening Standard

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Pupils ‘wholly failed’ by Fettes College during decades of abuse, inquiry finds

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry found children were sexually, physically and emotionally abused from the 1950s onwards at the Edinburgh school.

Evening Standard

Mother’s tears as she tells inquiry of son’s abuse at school for deaf children

She said the boy was assaulted by other pupils at Donaldson’s School for the Deaf and abandoned by the side of the road on a trip.

The Independent UK

Boarding school pupils ‘exposed to paedophiles’ amid ‘cover-up’, inquiry finds

Lady Smith said Keil School had sought to protect its reputation, and hailed the ‘fresh prosecutions’ of two former teachers.

The Independent UK

Paedophile blames Starmer for ‘damning’ teachers accused of historic abuse

Brian Dailey, 78, was convicted in 2017 and also 2022 of a total of 21 charges, of which 16 were sex offences, spanning 1969 to 1984.

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Teacher acquitted of child abuse claims allegations ‘motivated by compensation’

The retired teacher told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry he believes police had ‘coached youngsters’ to make allegations.

Evening Standard

Convicted teacher maintains innocence at Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry

Robert Jennings, 70, was convicted at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court in 2021 of one charge of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices.

Evening Standard

Convicted paedophile brands residential school abuse allegations ‘rubbish’

An ex-teacher, referred to as Evan, gave evidence via videolink from prison, where he is serving an eight-year sentence for sexual assault and rape.

Evening Standard

Boarding school ‘protected abusers’ for six decades, inquiry concludes

Lady Smith said there was a ‘more or less continuous line of indecency’ from two named perpetrators at Merchiston Castle School.

The Independent UK

Violence was allowed to prevail at military boarding school, inquiry concludes

Pupils attending Queen Victoria School in Dunblane were beaten or hit ‘under the guise of corporal punishment’, chairwoman Lady Smith said.

Evening Standard

Previous governments failed to halt ‘abusive’ child migration, inquiry finds

Thousands of children were sent abroad from Scotland from the latter part of the 19th century until well into the second half of the 20th century.

The Independent UK

Ministers want to apologise in person to child abuse victims, inquiry hears

Scottish Government ministers and agencies want to apologise to victims of child abuse within settings they had a responsibility for managing, an…

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Ministers to apologise in person to abuse victims, inquiry hears

The eighth phase of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry started on Tuesday.

The National (Scotland)

Pupils at top Scottish boarding school suffered child abuse, inquiry finds

SOME children at Loretto School suffered sexual, physical and emotional abuse, an inquiry has found.

The Independent UK

Some pupils were abused at Loretto School, inquiry finds

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has been looking at a number of boarding schools in Scotland.

Edinburgh Live

Pupils at East Lothian boarding school were exposed to risk of sexual abuse

Children who stayed at the boarding school, Loretto, in Musselburgh, East Lothian, were exposed to risks of sexual, physical and emotional abuse, an inquiry has found

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The Independent UK

Pupils at Loretto boarding school suffered abuse, inquiry concludes

But it made clear that the current leaders of the school inspire confidence that it is now committed to child protection.

The National (Scotland)

Identity of sex abuse accused ex-teacher revealed after gagging order lifted

A GAGGING order concealing the identity of a former teacher accused of molesting boys has been lifted – officially revealing his name.

The Independent UK

Fostered children were abused throughout Scotland over 84 years, inquiry told

Public hearings for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry foster care case study concluded on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Councils ‘did not keep up-to-date records of children in foster care’

The foster care case study of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry began today and heard opening submissions from 14 local authorities in Scotland.

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