Coronavirus: Fears over online grooming of children in lockdown

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Fears over online grooming of children in lockdown The BBC has seen some of the online messages received by an investigator who poses as a 14 year old girl online.

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'I was groomed online' Gemma Ward from Hastings was 15 years old when a man twice her age groomed her online.

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'For the victims the abuse has been life changing' Police said the victims of Gemma Watts, who posed as a teenage boy, were "completely taken in".

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Vulnerable children 'not turning up at school' Newsnight can reveal that “a worryingly low number” of vulnerable children allocated a school place to keep them safe during the coronavirus crisis are actually turning up.