Police are investigating allegations of sexual abuse at a home for young people with learning difficulties.

The allegations are said to date from the 1990s at Betts Way children's home, in Bromley, Kent.

It is understood that around 40 people have been interviewed so far, but not all are alleged victims.

Betts Way, which closed temporarily last spring, is owned by Bromley Council and run by the Ravensbourne NHS Trust. It offered respite care for children with learning disabilities.

The council said the interviews were being conducted "sensitively, skilfully and thoroughly".

"Every effort is being taken to safeguard confidentiality and to protect the children throughout this process," said a spokeswoman.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said it could not yet confirm the details of the allegations.

The NSPCC said it was involved in the investigation but could make no comment on it until it was completed.

Meanwhile the Home Office is said to be considering major changes to the methods the police currently use to investigate child abuse investigations.

The proposals, according to The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday will require police to tape record interviews with people who make allegations of abuse that happened years ago.

The aim is to prevent possible miscarriages of justice. The move follows the collapse of David Jones trial earlier this month when the former Southampton football manager was cleared of abuse allegations when witness failed to give evidence.

And The Independent carries a report about Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff, The Most Rev John Ward, who has been replaced in an order from the Pope amid calls for his resignation over a paedophile scandal.

It is claimed that he ignored warnings about two priests that were later convicted of paedophile offences.

The archbishop has been replaceed by the Right Rev Edwin Regan, the Bishop of Wrexham who, according to The Western Mail in Cardiff is prepared to take on the post full-time if asked to by the Pope.

The future of Archbishop Ward remains unclear.