Campaigners for a public inquiry into the abuse carried out by former surgeon Michael Shine have welcomed a government decision to establish a scoping exercise.

Leicester Crown Court heard Paul Lipscombe, 51, created multiple Snapchat profiles to groom girls before assaulting them. He also sold AI-generated child abuse videos on a website.

At least 20 doctors with licences to work in Finland had been restricted from practicing medicine by authorities in another country, often following a conviction for a serious crime.

A doctor who was censured by the Medical Council and who fell off the medical register for several years faces fresh allegations that he failed to inform a new employer of conditions attached to his registration.