BBC News - Historical Abuse Inquiries

9 July 2015Last updated at 18:11

Has the new abuse inquiry got what it takes? New chair and new powers for abuse enquiry

Survivor accounts

Background

Profile: Justice Lowell Goddard

The New Zealand judge named as head of the inquiry into historical child sex abuse

Jimmy Savile

Savile and the NHS
Key points from reports into Savile's abuse
NHS probe
BBC Savile inquiry report
Savile rumours 'common gossip'

Abuse scandals

Rotherham: History of a scandalHow one case uncovered widespread abuse

Cyril Smith 'cover-up'?Police probe abuse claims linked to late MP

Features and Analysis

Rotherham abuse scandal: Key dates
The history of the abuse scandal going back to the 1990s
Timeline: 1980s abuse
Key events that led to child abuse probes
Brittan and the dossier
How was Leon Brittan's name drawn into child abuse debate?
Not just Rotherham
Organised child sex abuse is widespread in England, say MPs
Too much?
'Tens of thousands' could claim historical abuse, says MP
Scottish probe
Scotland launches its own child abuse inquiry