The number of schoolchildren who have been picked up by the Government's Channel programme - designed to identify kids at risk of radicalisation - after being radicalised by the far-right has QUADRUPLED

The number of children exposed to online hate speech and being radicalised by far-right extremism has soared, we can reveal.

Worrying figures show a steep rise in how many children were considered vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism or violent fanaticism. The government’s Channel Programme was set up to help dissuade potential Islamist terrorists but now deals with as many youngsters at risk from the far-right.

In the past nine years, the number of kids referred to it by teachers and police has rocketed from 377 to 652. And those deemed serious enough for specific help rose by fo

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