Daily roundup 18 August: Labour resignation, vaping and autism 'cure'

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said it is wrong to blame "an entire ethnic community" for child abuse after one of his frontbench team quit over a press article. The BBC reports that Sarah Champion faced a backlash after saying in a newspaper article that "Britain has a problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls", prompting her to quit as shadow equalities minister. Corbyn has denied claims he had sacked Champion for speaking out.


E-cigarettes are making children more likely to smoke tobacco, new research has suggested. The Metro reports that a study found that 14- and 15-year-olds who used e-cigarettes, or vape pens, had a higher probability of moving on to smoking cigarettes.


A doctor at a private clinic in Chelsea has been suspended over claims he administered dangerous and discredited treatments to autistic children. The Evening Standard reports that Dr David O'Connell charged hundreds of pounds for sessions to provide consultations for parents hoping for a "cure" for their child's autism. He is accused of offering them injections that were proved to have no impact on the disorder and have even been linked to the death of a child.


Two siblings have been jailed for the sexual abuse of three children. The Metro reports that Matthew David Thatcher, 26, and Emily Thomson, 18, were jailed along with Mandy Wright after admitting to 36 counts of sexual abuse of the under-16s. Cardiff Crown Court heard that Thatcher and Thomson took photographs of themselves sexually assaulting the children and sent graphic messages about their abuse.


The National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (NFYFC) has appointed Matt Caldicott as its new deputy chief officer. Caldicott, who lives in Warwickshire, has a career in youth work and charities, and more recently held a national development role with the charity The Farming Community Network.