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Rotherham abuse survivors welcome police climbdown over internal inquiry

South Yorkshire police will no longer lead investigation into alleged crimes of former officers after move caused outcry

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

Regret, resentment and Reform UK: jailed Rotherham rioters one year on

Men sentenced to prison time for role in violent protests after the Southport murders describe their feelings of injustice

The Guardian - UK

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In numbers: People sentenced for offences linked to summer 2024 disorder

The age of people sentenced ranges from an 81-year-old man to a 12-year-old boy.

The Independent UK

Mother’s instinct not addressed, report on death of boy sent home from Rotherham A&E says

Review of 2022 death of Yusuf Mahmud Nazir calls for national guidance on taking into account parents’ intuition

The Guardian - UK

Failings identified in care of boy who died after he was sent home from A&E

Five-year-old Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died at Sheffield Children’s Hospital in November 2022, eight days after he was seen at Rotherham Hospital.

Evening Standard

Call for inquest into death of boy sent home from A&E as report reveals failings

Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died at Sheffield Children’s Hospital in November 2022, eight days after he was seen at Rotherham Hospital.

Evening Standard

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Mother’s concerns for son, 5, sent home from A&E were ‘ignored’ before he died, report finds

Yusuf Mahmud Nazir’s family had previously rejected a report that found his care at Rotherham Hospital was appropriate

The Independent UK

Rotherham survivors say they were also abused by police officers

The police watchdog says there is no conflict of interest surrounding South Yorkshire Police investigating its own staff

The Independent UK

Five survivors of Rotherham grooming gangs say they were also raped by police officers

Three former South Yorkshire police officers arrested in investigation into claims by the women, as young as 12 at the time

The Guardian - UK

Rotherham abuse prisoner found guilty of raping another teenager

Sageer Hussain, 39, was one of three men found guilty of rape at Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Surrey engineer jailed for 15 months for ‘vile’ post after Southport murders

Joseph Haythorne from Ashford made comment on X as violence was breaking out at asylum hotel near Rotherham

The Guardian - UK

Man jailed for 15 months after ‘burn hotels’ social media post during riots

Joseph Haythorne posted the comment in August 2024 just as violence erupted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in South Yorkshire.

Evening Standard

What is the new grooming gangs inquiry going to do after the Casey report?

A full statutory inquiry into UK grooming gangs will soon begin work

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The Guardian - UK

Liberty Steel’s South Yorkshire operations lost £340m in four years

Exclusive: court documents lay bare crisis at Sanjeev Gupta’s steelworks as it struggles to find buyers in face of looming liquidation

The Guardian - UK

Liberty Steel has not produced anything at two key plants since July 2024

Lack of work at Rotherham and Motherwell sites highlights financial crisis at UK’s third-biggest steel producer

The Independent UK

Three men charged with rape of teenage girl in Rotherham

The alleged victim was aged 14 or 15 when the offences are said to have taken place between 2007 and 2010.

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Norfolk obituary

Journalist whose dogged reporting of grooming gangs in the north of England led to a public inquiry and changes in the law

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Evening Standard

Andrew Norfolk: Times reporter who exposed Rotherham grooming scandal dies aged 60

The PM paid tribute to a journalist ‘driven by desire to call our attention to injustice’

Evening Standard

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after body found in river

Officers attended a river near Treeton Lane in Rotherham on Saturday where the man’s body was found.

International Business Times UK

MPs Shout 'Shame!' After Reform UK Member Alleges Labour Minister Covered Up Grooming Gang Abuses

On Monday, Reform UK MP Lee Anderson accused Jess Phillips of partaking in the cover-up of the grooming gang members responsible for the Rotherham child trafficking ring.

Evening Standard

Cyclist, 81, dies after ‘hit and run’ involving car

The fatal crash happened on the A57 in Todwick, near Rotherham, on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Third ex-police officer arrested in Rotherham child sexual exploitation inquiry

Former officer with South Yorkshire force arrested on suspicion of raping teenage girl in 2004

The Independent UK

Brothers jailed for raping teenagers in Rotherham

Mark and Robert Evans befriended the girls, one as young as 13, in the South Yorkshire town almost two decades ago.

Evening Standard

Labour MP says Starmer ‘taking the axe’ to UK’s aid budget to fund defence

Labour MP for Rotherham Sarah Champion also said a ‘scandalously large amount of ODA’ had been spent ‘on domestic refugee costs’.

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