21 h. ago Update issued on grooming gangs inquiry as ministers face criticism over 'lack of progress'

Sir Keir Starmer committed to a fresh national inquiry in June

Politics

24 h. ago Ministers accused of making ‘almost no progress’ on grooming gangs inquiry

Home Office minister Jess Phillips told MPs the appointment process was in its ‘final stages’.

Politics

25 h. ago Jess Phillips says grooming gang failure officials deserve to go to jail

Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips said officials like social workers who failed to act on grooming gangs should 'face the full force of everything they deserve'

Events

4 d. ago Two Rochdale grooming gang members could soon finally be deported, reports suggests

Adil Khan and Abdul Rauf have repeatedly thwarted attempts to deport them

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5 d. ago Chris Philp accused of courting Elon Musk over grooming gangs scandal social media post

Chris Philp’s intervention has prompted questions over why he hasn’t yet handed his evidence over to the police

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7 d. ago Grooming gangs investigation 'finds child sexual exploitation in 85 areas'

The private investigation was set up by MP Rupert Lowe

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7 d. ago Two University of Georgia frats accused of physical hazing abuse and forcing alcohol on freshmen to start school year

Accusations have been leveled at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Chi fraternities, with the latter being forced to suspend membership while police investigations continue

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1 week ago Muslim recruitment manager wins religious harassment employment tribunal after he was told to remove social media post accusing a fellow professional of being 'far right'

Abdalah Al-Abasi went on Linkedin to warn his professional network not to work with a consultant who had posted about 'Islamic grooming gangs ', an employment tribunal heard.

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1 week ago Welsh police investigate 2.1m 'staggering' Bitcoin fraud as victims warned

A Welsh police force is investigating the 'staggering' fraud as it warns of a 'disturbing new trend'

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2 w. ago Mum's 'nightmare' ordeal after Hertfordshire Police Marcin Zielinski steals her underwear

Hertfordshire Police's Marcin Zielinski resigned from the force amid the investigation into his theft of Lea-Ann Sullivan's underwear, carried out during a search of her home

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3 w. ago Children as young as 13 'groomed by county lines gangs' arrested for drug dealing in London

Exclusive: Scotland Yard are arresting an average of fourteen under-18s a week for drug dealing offences

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3 w. ago Woman reveals nightmare of being groomed by teacher and raped by paedophile gang

Samantha's ordeal mirros thousands of girls raped by grooming gangs in towns and cities across the UK

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3 w. ago 'I was groomed at 12 and raped by a teacher, 34, before being snared by paedophile gang'

Samantha's ordeal was similar to thousands of girls raped by grooming gangs in towns and cities across the UK

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3 w. ago NCA taking over inquiry into allegations police took part in Rotherham abuse

It comes after five women alleged they were exploited by grooming gangs in the town when they were children and also sexually abused by officers

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3 w. ago British FBI to investigate claims police sexually abused grooming gang victims

South Yorkshire Police have handed the investigation to the NCA

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3 w. ago Jess Phillips slams ‘idiot’ councils for denying grooming gang threat

Jess Phillips has condemned “idiot” councils that believe there is no grooming gangs problem, before asserting that Elon Musk did not influence the decision to hold a national inquiry.

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4 w. ago Artificial intelligence rollout for police forces to investigate grooming gangs

Officers across all 43 forces in England and Wales will gain access to the investigative technology as part of a £426,000 funding boost.

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