Rotherham child abuse trial hears ‘police officer had sex with girls’
A woman has told the Rotherham child sexual exploitation trial that a police officer she confided in had sex with girls at houses where she was staying and would pass
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Court hears how seven ‘targeted, sexualised and degraded’ young girls in Rotherham
Teenage girls in Rotherham were “targeted, sexualised and in some instances subjected to acts of a degrading and violent nature”, a jury has been told. Five men and two women
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Seven men charged with child sex exploitation offences in Rotherham
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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Appeal panel decide judge should no longer oversee Rotherham care case
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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Barnardo’s receives £3m to help Rotherham sex abuse victims
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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South Yorkshire Police must make ‘major improvements’ in child protection
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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CQC say ‘unacceptable’ lack of progress over child abuse in Rotherham
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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National Crime Agency identify 300 abuse suspects in Rotherham
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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Girls ‘seen as prostitutes’ rather than grooming victims
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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Ofsted inspection failings criticised over Rotherham child abuse
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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