Seven men have been charged with child sexual exploitation offences by police investigating historical crimes in Rotherham. South Yorkshire Police said the offences are alleged to have taken place in
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A High Court judge should no longer oversee a case in which considerable amounts of taxpayers’ money have been unnecessarily spent, the head of civil justice in England and Wales
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A charity has received £3.1 million to tackle child sex abuse in Rotherham. Barnardo’s said it would use the sum to hire 15 specialists to help victims and those at
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The police force at the centre of the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal still needs to make “major improvements” to some of its child protection procedures, according to Her Majesty’s
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has expressed disappointment over the lack of progress being made in Rotherham’s child protection services. The regulator has today published a review of how effectively
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A new investigation into child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Rotherham has so far identified around 300 possible suspects, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. NCA’s senior investigating officer Steve
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Nothing was done about child sexual exploitation (CSE) in South Yorkshire because the girls involved were seen as prostitutes, a police commissioner has said. Alan Billings, South Yorkshire police and
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Children’s care watchdog Ofsted failed to uncover widespread sexual abuse in Rotherham because it took the word of local authority staff, MPs have found. The Communities and Local Government Committee
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Public and prosecuting authorities should work on the presumption that what young people say “is true and not false” when investigating child sexual exploitation allegations, a justice minister has said.
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Communities secretary Eric Pickles has named the five commissioners who will take over the running of crisis-hit Rotherham and also promised £250,000 to help set up an outreach project to
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