UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News

The judge leading the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse is set to announce its first investigations.

Justice Lowell Goddard will make a public statement later outlining progress that has been made since the inquiry was formally opened in July.

She is expected to name about a dozen areas that will be examined, including naming a number of institutions in England and Wales to be investigated.

It is not thought that any individuals will be named at this stage.

The independent inquiry was launched by Home Secretary Theresa May to look at how institutions and organisations, including the BBC, police, armed forces, schools and children’s homes, handled abuse claims.