Ruthlessly Silenced

By lying to ourselves, more vulnerable girls are put at risk BRITISH author Frances Hardinge once wrote: “Truth is dangerous. It topples palaces and kills kings…And yet there is one thing that is more dangerous than Truth. Those who would … Continue reading →

Forced marriage law is failing

Only one in 30 suspected forced marriages in England is leading to a prosecution. In the past seven years 8,170 cases of suspected forced marriages were identified by the government’s forced marriage unit. There have only been 395 referrals to … Continue reading →

Three men to stand trial for historical sex offences in South Yorkshire involving rape and trafficking of child

Three men are due to stand trial charged with historical sex offences involving the alleged rape and trafficking of a South Yorkshire child for the purposes of sexual abuse. Asghar Bostan, 47 from East Bawtry Road, Rotherham has been charged … Continue reading →

Anti-Semitic Abuse Hurled at Candidate After Israel Remark

A Labour Parliamentary candidate has been shouted down with anti-Semitic abuse at a public hustling in Bradford. An audience member cried out “Jew, Jew, Jew!” after Labour’s Naz Shah criticised Israel, but confirmed she backed the nation’s right to exist. … Continue reading →

Police investigate 180 new child sex cases in ‘grooming capital of UK’ as fears grow of another Rochdale

The area takes in the small mill town of Keighley – described as the nation’s ‘capital’ of child grooming and the crimes involve 165 suspects and more than 100 victims Police are probing almost 200 cases of sexual exploitation in … Continue reading →

Public services ‘STILL not dealing properly with child grooming’

Healthcare systems are even now lagging behind in their ability to respond adequately to child sexual exploitation, a senior Bradford politician has claimed. A catalogue of mistakes and missed opportunities has been acknowledged at both Bradford Council and West Yorkshire … Continue reading →

Heartbreak of MP’s lone battle to tackle sex abuse in Bradford

A senior Labour politician has spoken of her heartbreak that action was not taken more than a decade ago to protect vulnerable children in a Yorkshire district from sexual exploitation. Ann Cryer, the chairwoman of the Labour Party’s National Policy … Continue reading →

Thornbury attacker will be deported after serving sentence, court rules

A MAN has been jailed for ten years for raping a 12-year-old girl after “the devil got to him”. Kamran Ahmed, a Pakistani national, had married a British woman and been in the UK fewer than six months when he violated … Continue reading →

‘Shocking’ 65 per cent rise in child sex abuse referrals to Bradford hub

SHOCK has been expressed after a report revealed referrals of possible child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in Bradford have risen by more than two thirds in the past year, leading to renewed calls for a public inquiry. Keighley mum Angela … Continue reading →

32 arrests in major investigation into historic child sex abuse claims in West Yorkshire

32 arrests in major investigation into historic child sex abuse claims in West Yorkshire Police have arrested 32 people over historic allegations of child sex abuse in West Yorkshire. In total 30 men and two women have been arrested as … Continue reading →