More than 700 paedophiles have been unmasked using powers under Sarah's Law since it was rolled out nationwide. On average, around five child sex offenders have been identified to worried parents every week since April 2011 when the scheme launched.
Charities and campaigners have expressed concern that only one in seven applications of paedophiles being identified have resulted in a disclosure and raised questions over how well the scheme is being publicised in the face of waning numbers of applications.
However, other groups said the figures highlighted a "worrying shift of responsibility" away from the state and onto ordinary members of the public in dealing with sex offenders.
Donald Findlater, director of research and development at Lucy Faithfull Foundation, said:
The Democratic presidential candidate may also have shown his cards on his choice of running mate.
The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
Fears over an impending second wave of coronavirus dominates Wednesday’s front pages.