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Rochdale grooming review: one child’s story
The shocking details of what happened to one girl involved in the Rochdale abuse scandal is at odds with the official language of the report published today.
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Rochdale council investigates former Co-op executive Paul Flowers’ role as vice-chair of the social services committee when there were botched child protection inquiries, Channel 4 News can reveal.
The shocking details of what happened to one girl involved in the Rochdale abuse scandal is at odds with the official language of the report published today.
Social workers, police and the Crown Prosecution Service “missed opportunities” to stop a child exploitation ring abusing young girls, a report into the scandal reveals.
Police investigate a second sexual grooming case in Rochdale, arresting two men on suspicion of abusing the same girl.
It is a Jekyll and Hyde moment and the sort of thing that would’ve been Gordon Brown’s aides’ worst nightmare, writes Gary Gibbon.
A lawyer representing the family at the centre of the viral Manchester Airport arrest video has accused police of launching a deliberate smear campaign against those involved in the incident.
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A police officer has been suspended and the independent police watchdog is investigating – after footage shared online showed a man being kicked and stamped on the head, at Manchester airport.
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In a pertinent illustration of how events here in the Middle East spill into other parts of the world, George Galloway, leader of the Workers Party of Britain focused his Rochdale by-election campaign on the Israel-Gaza war.
Two year old Awaab Ishak died as a result of “extreme” mould in his Rochdale council home last year. The coroner called his death a “defining moment for the housing sector”.
“This house put me in hospital and now it has killed my son” – the words of a mother shortly after her son died in their damp and mouldy home last year.
Maggie Oliver has set up a charity helping survivors of childhood abuse. She’s also a former detective constable with the Greater Manchester Police, known for being a whistleblower on the Rochdale child sexual abuse ring.
Rishi Sunak has claimed that victims of grooming gangs have too often been ignored because of racial sensitivity and political correctness, as he outlined plans for a new police task force to tackle the gangs.
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