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| Fresh football abuse claims investigated | Fresh football abuse claims investigated |
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| West Midlands Police has said it is investigating four historical allegations of child abuse in football. | West Midlands Police has said it is investigating four historical allegations of child abuse in football. |
| The force said it was in the process of speaking to complainants and providing support through its specialist team of officers. | The force said it was in the process of speaking to complainants and providing support through its specialist team of officers. |
| It said it took all reports of sexual abuse "extremely seriously" and urged anyone who may be a victim or witness to abuse to call on 101. | It said it took all reports of sexual abuse "extremely seriously" and urged anyone who may be a victim or witness to abuse to call on 101. |
| The force is the 18th to look into allegations of child abuse in football. | |
| On Thursday police chiefs said hundreds of people had reported child sexual abuse within UK football clubs after several former players made allegations of abuse against football coaches. | |
| The NSPCC said more than 860 people had called its dedicated football hotline, set up a week ago. | |
| Within the first three days of it launching, the charity made more than 60 referrals to a range of agencies across the UK. |