5 d. ago Greater Manchester police investigating over 1,000 grooming gang suspects

Inspectorate finds force has made ‘significant improvements’ in how it treats victims of sexual exploitationGreater Manchester police are investigating more than 1,000 grooming gang suspects, as a new report found the force was “trying to provide a better service to those who have experienced sexual exploitation”.The force has made “significant improvements” in how it investigates grooming gangs and other types of child sexual abuse offences, according to the report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Greater Manchester Police investigating 1,000 grooming gang suspects, watchdog says

Andy Burnham said ‘never again will any child here be labelled or dismissed’ after a report found significant improvements in the force’s response to grooming gangs

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8 d. ago Police pushing for almost £3,000 in legal fees from grieving domestic abuse campaigner

Lorna McMahon claimed Greater Manchester Police neglected to investigate the potential role of domestic violence in the case of her family member Teresa, who died in 2021 aged 43.

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9 d. ago Police 'assessing' comments made by Kneecap and Bob Vylan at Glastonbury

Officers said they are determining whether any offences may have been committed

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9 d. ago 'Suspicious items' spark Didsbury flats evacuation as police make arrest

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said officers have launched an investigation after 'several bags containing substances' were recovered at a Didsbury property

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3 w. ago Asylum seekers and foreign nationals are behind 'significant proportion' of child sex grooming gang cases, Casey report warns

The long-awaited review by Whitehall troubleshooter Louise Casey was released yesterday after being commissioned at the start of the year.

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3 w. ago Greater Manchester Police has investigated 35 sex grooming gangs in the last 3 years and more than half the suspects are Asian men, says new report

Defensive attitudes by officials has 'added to the misery', Baroness Casey has said

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3 w. ago Police watchdog to reopen investigation into death of Michelle Pearson and four children

The family say that they accept the delay into the full hearing with a "heavy heart"

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3 w. ago Grooming gangs scandal: Damning key findings from the Casey review

The Government has now ordered a new national inquiry into grooming gangs after the shocking findings

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3 w. ago SUE REID: I uncovered the grooming gangs scandal 15 years ago

At last Sir Keir Starmer has announced a national inquiry into the mass-rape gangs prowling the streets of our towns and cities to target young girls for sex. And not before time.

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3 w. ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang found guilty of raping and abusing two teenage girls who were used as 'sex slaves' over period of five years

The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.

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3 w. ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang who used two teenage girls as sex slaves from the age of 13 face years in jail after being convicted of rape and indecency

The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.

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3 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang are convicted of sex offences against two teenage girls over five

The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.

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4 w. ago Manchester murder victim 'ran to house for help' with serious injuries before tragic death

Three people have been arrested amid Greater Manchester Police's murder investigation after a teenage boy died in the New Moston area of the city on Sunday evening

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4 w. ago Manchester murder probe: Boy, 13, 'ran to house for help' with serious injuries before he died

Three people have been arrested amid Greater Manchester Police's murder investigation after a teenage boy died in the New Moston area of the city on Sunday evening

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