REFERRALS from calls to a dedicated football abuse hotline more than tripled the amount made in the first three days of the Jimmy Savile scandal, the NSPCC has said.

The scale was revealed as former Newcastle United striker David Eatock became the latest footballer to tell police he was sexually abused in the sport.

The NSPCC said more than 860 calls had been made to the helpline in its first week after it was l aunched on November 23 to support the victims of child sex abuse within football.

Its chief executive, Peter Wanless, said there had been a "staggering surge" in the amount of people getting in touch.

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Climate change could prompt a "humanitarian crisis of epic proportions", causing mass migration, war and threats to national security, military experts warn.

Even if countries keep the commitment to limit warming to no more than 2C above pre-industrial levels, seen as the threshold beyond which dangerous climate change will occur, coping with the impacts will not be cheap, Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti said.

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Weeping Karen Danczuk told a court of her secret torment and "horrendous life" after being raped by her brother.

She told a jury she was regularly molested in the family home between the ages of six or seven until she was 15 or 16 by Michael Burke, who is five years older than her.

Mrs Danczuk, 33, the estranged wife of Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk, told the jury at Manchester Crown Court, which convicted her brother of a series of sex attacks: "Most people remember their first time having sex with somebody they love.

"Whereas my first time of having sex was with my brother. It's horrible. Even now I can't sleep naked. I can't even cuddle in bed."

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The latest official figures on immigration to the UK will be published today.

Focus will fall on whether estimated net long-term migration - the difference between the number of people arriving in the country and leaving- remains around record levels.

The Office for National Statistics will publish provisional figures on the measure for the year to June.

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