4 h. ago Two victims quit grooming gangs inquiry over ‘concerns about its ability to get to the truth’

TWO victims resigned from the grooming gangs inquiry yesterday over “concerns about its ability to get to the truth”.  Fiona Goddard, who was groomed while living in a care home in Bradford, said the “treatment of survivors” had prompted her decision.  And Ellie-Ann Reynolds also resigned, saying that the inquiry process had become a “cover...

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8 h. ago Grooming gang survivor quits national inquiry citing ‘toxic environment’

Fiona Goddard said there had been instances of ‘condescending and controlling language’ used towards survivors.

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9 h. ago Asian grooming gang in Rochdale that 'humiliated and degraded' vulnerable schoolgirls saw them as 'easy prey', court told

Alleged ringleader Tahir Rashid, 54, is said to have abused two teenagers and also to have raped a girl, 12, in the late 1980s. The prosecution said two alleged victims were friends in Rochdale.

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12 h. ago Grooming gang victim quits 'toxic' inquiry panel and accuses government of watering down probe into scandal

Fiona Goddard, one of the first to go public about abuse she endured in Bradford, has shared a letter criticising how the UK-wide probe is being handled by officials.

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17 h. ago Politics LIVE: Sadiq Khan's 'shameful' grooming gangs 'cover

Politics LIVE: Sadiq Khan's 'shameful' grooming gangs 'cover-up' exposed as London Mayor accused of turning 'blind eye'  GB News

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5 d. ago Labour's grooming gangs inquiry 'has stalled because ministers can't find anyone to chair it'

Four months on from Sir Keir Starmer performing a U-turn to commit to a full national probe, the Home Office confirmed it had still yet to appoint anyone to lead the inquiry.

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6 d. ago Five members of Gateshead grooming gang guilty of sexual exploitation of teen girls

Northumbria Police launched a wide-ranging inquiry into reports of offending against six victims between 2014 and 2019 in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

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6 d. ago Eastern European grooming gang raped vulnerable teenage girls they met in a park

Codrin Dura, 27, Leonard Paun, 23, Stefan Ciuraru, 22, Bogdan Gugiuman, 44, and Klaudio Aleksiu, 28, have all been found guilty of committing serious sex offences against a total of six teenagers.

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8 d. ago Police whistleblower reveals 'serious question' that STILL needs to be answered around Rochdale grooming gangs

Ex-detective Maggie Oliver quit Greater Manchester Police after the force failed to act on allegations of widespread child grooming and sex abuse.

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1 week ago Whistleblowers who raised hospital safety concerns owed apology, inquiry told

Dr Scott Davidson, medical director at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, addressed the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry on Thursday.

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1 week ago Emmerdale teen sold for sex in harrowing grooming ordeal as drugs storyline takes dark turn

EMMERDALE is to feature one of its most disturbing storylines yet as a teenager is sold for sex. The ITV soap is set to have teen April Windsor suffer a horrendous ordeal at the hands of drug dealer Ray and his gangster boss Celia. Viewers know that April and Dylan are being groomed by Ray...

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2 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang among those locked up this week in Greater Manchester

The Manchester Evening News has looked back on the cases before our courts this week

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2 w. ago How victims are learning to trust again as Rochdale grooming gang members jailed

The Manchester Evening News has spoken to Detective Superintendent Alan Clitherow and Assistant Directorate Manager of Manchester’s Saint Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre to discover what is being done to ensure victims are listened to, believed and trusted

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2 w. ago KEMI BADENOCH: How scandal of grooming gangs was the tipping point for me over the European human rights convention

KEMI BADENOCH:It is time for Britain to leave the European Convention on Human Rights. I have not taken this decision lightly.

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2 w. ago Emmerdale fans 'work out' who takes Ceila Daniels down and it's not who you'd expect

Celia Daniels has been revealed as the mastermind behind the drugs gang grooming youngsters Dylan Penders and April Windsor but fans think she will be taken down very soon

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2 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang's 'depraved' crimes treating schoolgirls as 'sex slaves'

Mohammed Zahid, 65 Mushtaq Ahmed, 67, Kasir Bashir, Mohammed Shahzad, 44, Naheem Akram, 49, Nisar Hussain, 41 and Roheez Khan were jailed for a total of 174 years

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2 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang victims ‘seriously let down’ by authorities, says judge

Seven Asian men received lengthy jail sentences for committing various sexual offences against the then schoolgirls between 2001 and 2006.

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2 w. ago Asian grooming gang who raped two white schoolgirls and passed them around as 'sex slaves' in Rochdale are jailed for 174 years

Mohammed Zahid, 65, gave free underwear from his lingerie stall at Rochdale Indoor Market to both teenagers, with money, alcohol and food.

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2 w. ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang led by 'boss man' who raped two white schoolgirls after luring them in from his market stall are jailed for 174 years

Mohammed Zahid, 65, gave free underwear from his lingerie stall at Rochdale Indoor Market to both teenagers, with money, alcohol and food.

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2 w. ago Ringleader of Rochdale grooming gang jailed for 35 years for rape and abuse

Six other men sentenced to terms of up to 29 years after two girls treated as ‘sex slaves’ from the age of 13 Seven men who groomed two vulnerable teenage girls in Rochdale and treated them as “sex slaves” have been jailed for between 12 and 35 years.The ringleader, Mohammed Zahid, 65, of Crumpsall, was given the longest sentence of 35 years. He was convicted of raping two girls, identified in court only as Girl A and Girl B, on multiple occasions. He was also found guilty of offences of indecency with a child and procuring a child to have sex. Continue reading...

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