MPs STILL REFUSE TO BACK NHS PAY RISES

Bored kids targeted by web chat pervs

CHILDREN on lockdown are being preyed on by perverts lurking on web chat apps.

One paedo was targeting a “child” within 60 seconds of logging on to Chatroulette – used by thousands of bored British kids.

Mercifully their target was a Sunday Mirror investigator posing as a girl aged 15.

Sites like Chatroulette link strangers for random conversations. Omegle allows users aged 13+ with parental permission and claims it is a “great way to meet new friends, while practising social distancing”.

But one man, claiming to be 19, asked for “help” to pleasure himself and demanded to see the girl’s breasts. Another sent images of him performing a sex act.

Andy Burrows, of the NSPCC, said: “Coronavirus has created a ‘perfect storm’ for abusers to target children online. This investigation shows youngsters can easily access sites that are not safe.”

Chatroulette founder Andrey Ternovskiy said: “The problem is there are thousands of people who want to break the rules.

“I don’t want this content. It is a problem – we will solve it one day.”

Virus has created a perfect storm for web abuse ANDY BURROWS NSPCC ONLINE SAFETY EXPERT

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ONLY two per cent of Tory MPs contacted by the Sunday Mirror have vowed to back a pay rise for nurses.

We approached the 255 Conservatives who voted against lifting the public sector pay cap in 2017 and who are still MPs, to see if they will now support giving the NHS heroes better wages.

Only five replied to us saying they are in favour. We contacted the 250 others for a second day to give them another chance to pledge their support, but they didn’t even bother to respond.

It comes despite Boris Johnson having said nurses saved his life as he battled coronavirus in intensive care.

More than 40 frontline NHS staff have died of Covid-19 amid shortages of personal protective equipment.

Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: “Mr Johnson should give our brave NHS staff a fair pay rise. The public demand it and staff deserve it.”

Dame Donna Kinnair, chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing, said: “The work nurses do has not been fairly rewarded but the whole country can see their skill, compassion and bravery on full display as our health and social care services deal with Covid-19.”

Asked if he thinks nurses should be given a pay rise in recognition of their dedication and putting their lives on the line, Tory MP William Wragg told us: “Yes, they should is the short answer.” And David Duguid said: “I think everyone