POLICE have arrested 12 people believed to be involved in a paedophile ring in the 1970s and 1980s.

POLICE have arrested 12 people believed to be involved in a paedophile ring in the 1970s and 1980s.

Police went to 11 properties in Hampshire and one in Hertfordshire early today in relation to allegations of physical and sexual child abuse.

Ten men and two women were arrested.