Dame Lowell Goddard has resigned as head of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said.

Dame Goddard, a high court judge from New Zealand, was appointed chair of the long-delayed inquiry into child sex abuse in February, after two previous choices stood down over concerns about their links to establishment figures.

Survivor's groups welcomed her appointment, and she had pledged a "robust" and "independent" investigation into historical child sex abuse.