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Recent headlines about ‘rape culture’ and sexual abuse in schools have stirred up painful memories for my family. Last week Ofsted announced it would visit some of the schools and colleges named on the Everyone’s Invited website to check if institutions are doing enough to protect their female students. It comes as more than 14,000 anonymous testimonies of harassment and assault against young women and girls have been collated on the site. As these stories emerge, I can’t help but feel ...

Prince Philip: Royal-watchers loss at Duke of Edinburgh’s death Published media captionPeople have been gathering outside gates on the Sandringham Estate to pay tribute to the duke Fans who gather each Christmas to see the Royal Family at their Norfolk estate have spoken of their sadness at the Duke of Edinburghs death. Prince Philip died on Friday morning at Windsor Castle aged 99. He is the longest-serving consort in British history. Floral tributes have been left at the Queens Sandringham ...

Norfolk councils and police pay tribute to Prince Philip  | Updated: 13:58, 09 April 2021 Authorities across the Diss Express region have paid tribute to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, after his death on Friday. Local councils and emergency services in Norfolk paid their respects to the Prince, who had died at Windsor Castle, weeks after returning from a months stay in hospital. Norfolk is also home to Sandringham House – the Queens private estate. The Prince had spent much of his...

Linda Saich with two of her flat-coated retrievers, which were stolen in June 2020 - Credit: LINDA SAICH Stud male Oscar and three females were taken from Lindcoly kennels in Freckenham on June 15 last year. The following day, two of the dogs were found at Fen Ditton, near Cambridge, with the remaining pair rescued by a warden near the A14 at Newmarket.   A second attack in December saw daughter Karen Raven-Saichs three pet terriers stolen from a day kennel while she volunteered at her parent...

Downham Market women add voices to anguish over sexual harassment  | Updated: 18:12, 08 April 2021 Last week, a brave Downham woman came forward with her sexual assault story, following the launch of the Everyone’s Invited website by Norfolk’s Chief Constable Simon Bailey. Mr Bailey, who acts as the National Police Chiefs Council lead over sexual violence, encouraged people to “turn in your sons” if they have been guilty of sexual misconduct at school. He said: “Many ...

FOLLOWING the furore over the alleged “rape culture” in schools and universities on the website Everyones Invited we should remind ourselves of the danger of a culture where guilt is assumed without any need for proof. Indeed, as I write, stories are already being reported of boys wearing the uniform from schools that have been named being targeted in the streets and branded as rapists. After the disastrous Carl Beech case, where he falsely alleged the existence of a murderous paedoph...

Schoolboys risk unfair judgment in rape culture row Lord David Blunkett, former home secretary, says police should not "pronounce guilt without evidence" when it comes to the school rape cultu 5 April 2021 • 5:00am David Blunkett said the view that there was a "rape culture" in many British schools and colleges was "shocking" Credit: PA The police should not "pronounce guilt without evidence" when it comes to the school rape culture row, a former home secretary has said, as he warned of "u...

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CHILDREN being subjected to sexual abuse is too horrific for many of us to contemplate. Yet, as has been highlighted in the media recently, it can be taking place in schools, religious, sporting or other institutions, as well as within families. Understandably the trauma means it can take many survivors a number of years to come forward. Yet, incredibly, we still have a law in England and Wales that children who have been subjected to sexual abuse only have until three years after their 1...

Boys at private schools embroiled in the sex abuse scandal are having to change out of uniform to avoid street attacks and verbal abuse, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Current male pupils also fear including their school name on CVs in case they are turned away by potential employers because of the negative associations. Others – aged as young as 13 – have faced abuse from members of the public and have been branded rapists in the street, prompting some to change out of uniform for journeys...