Daily Safeguarding Update

Man caught engaging child in sexual communication

A man has been caught engaging in sexual communication with a child by 3 online paedophile vigilante groups,
The offender discussed having babies and sent a picture of his genitals to what he thought was a 13-year-old girl, but was instead an online vigilante.
The offender used the dating app Badoo, before moving the communication to WhatsApp.
He admitted attempting to cause a child under 16 to view a sexual image. He also admitted attempting to communicate indecently with a child.
Sheriff Margaret Hodge deferred sentence for reports and made the accused subject to the notification requirements of the Sexual Offences Act.
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Fortnite is getting a visual boost on PC very soon. As part of the upcoming Chapter 2: Season 7, which will launch on June 8th, the game’s PC version is getting a new “epic” graphical setting.
Epic says it will include “new and enhanced effects plus improved post-processing features and shadow quality.”
Among other changes, it sounds like many of the great visual enhancements that came to the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions of the game are coming to PC, including “more advanced explosion effects.”
As part of the update, the system requirements for Fortnite are getting a tweak and there are now three ranges: epic, recommended, and minimum.
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Police are searching for a young girl seen out walking by herself around midnight in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire Police say they were called around 11.55 pm on Thursday evening after the girl was seen on Tuxford Road, near Newark Road.
The girl has been described as around five years old, white, with shoulder-length blonde/brown hair and wearing Disney-style-onesie.
Officers have used a drone as well as having sniffer dogs in the area to help with the search.
Inspector Hayley Crawford of Nottinghamshire Police said: “Reports of this nature is something the force take hugely seriously and we have a lot of resources in Ollerton to help with the search since the call.
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