The number of reports of child sexual abuse in Bath and other parts of Somerset has risen sharply.An 18 per cent rise in reports of sexual offences against children was recorded by Avon and Somerset Police over the past year.Some 758 reports were recorded in the 2013–14 year, up from 642 the year before.And child welfare charity NSPCC said it was contacted more than 200 times about sexual abuse in the Avon and Somerset Police force area last year.More than half of these contacts were...
