Daily roundup 6 May: CSE arrests, NSPCC campaign, and youth custody

Seven people have been arrested in connection with suspected child sexual exploitation offences occurring at hotels in South Yorkshire, police have revealed. The Doncaster Free Press reports that South Yorkshire Police launched a training programme for hotel staff to help them spot potential perpetrators and victims.


A seven-minute video of an NSPCC guide has been launched to help protect deaf children from abuse. The Underwear Rule guide has been released to coincide with Deaf Awareness Week, with research showing disabled children are three times more likely to be victims of abuse.


The number of young people in custody in Scotland has more than halved since the Scottish National Party came into power. The Herald Scotland reports that there are currently around 400 under-21s in the Scottish prison system, compared with a daily average of nearly 1,000 young people in 2006/07.


Children cared for by councils in the south west of England went missing more than 350 times in the past five years, according to data collected in freedom of information requests to Devon Council and Cornwall Council. BBC News reports one young person disappeared for 529 days, while a six-year-old went missing for a total of four days.


The national child abuse inquiry should examine allegations that South Yorkshire Police failed to investigate child sexual exploitation, according to a lawyer. The Rotherham Star reports that David Greenwood, who is representing some alleged Rotherham CSE victims, said emerging evidence amounts to an unofficial policy among police to refuse to investigate allegations of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.


Seminars are being offered to head teachers that are worried about protecting students from being radicalised. BBC News reports that the Association of School and College Leaders will run a series of events across major English cities.