Law Amendment Act 1885, which raised the age of consent from 13 to 16. United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal - started in November 2016 when former professional footballers waived their rights to anonymity and talked publicly about abuse by former football coaches in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. The initial allegations centred on Crewe Alexandra and Manchester City. North Wales child abuse scandal - Scandal leading to a three-year, £13 million investigation into the physical and sexual abuse of children in care homes in the counties of Clwyd and Gwynedd, in North Wales, including the Bryn Estyn children's home at Wrexham, between 1974 and 1990. Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal. See also Operation Yewtree, the police investigation into abuse by Savile and others. Kincora Boys' Home - the scandal first came to public attention on 24 January 1980 after a news report in the Irish Independent titled it as "Sex Racket at Children's Home". Plymouth child abuse case - paedophile ring involving at least five adults from different parts of England. Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal - widespread child exploitation in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, between 1997 and 2013, estimated to have involved at least 1400 children who were subjected to 'appalling' sexual exploitation by gangs of men, many of Pakistani heritage. Rochdale sex trafficking gang. See also Operation Doublet, an ongoing investigation by Greater Manchester Police. Nottingham Care Homes Manchester Children's Homes Islington Children's Homes Telford child sexual exploitation scandal Oxford child sex abuse ring Banbury child sex abuse ring Derby child sex abuse ring Bristol child sex abuse ring Newcastle child sex abuse ring Halifax child sex abuse ring Peterborough sex abuse case Berkhamsted paedophile network – A gang led from Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire that was stopped in 2016. Norwich sexual abuse ring Operation Voicer – A successful police investigation into sexual abuse of babies and infants across England. Kidwelly sex cult Kesgrave Hall School Medomsley Detention Centre – A youth prison in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980 where over 1,800 former inmates were subjected to serious sexual and physical abuse by prison guards. Westminster paedophile dossier - A dossier on paedophiles allegedly associated with the British government Manchester child sex abuse ring Murder of Alesha MacPhail 2019 South Wales paternal sex abuse case North West Hebephile Hunters forms Beechwood children's home – A care home where 136 former residents reported being sexually abused, which police believe