Grooming gangs ‘are abusing girls across the country’, victims and investigators warn

Call for action comes as Bradford records 62 per cent rise in the number of referrals to its specialist child sexual exploitation service Grooming gangs across the country are repeating the horrific abuse exposed in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford and most recently Newcastle, victims and … Continue reading →

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 →

Andrew Norfolk’s Perspective

A disturbing pattern is repeated again, and more cases to come The Northumbria prosecution means that Newcastle upon Tyne has joined a growing list of towns and cities in which groups of south Asian men have stood trial for street-grooming … 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 →

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 →

‘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 →

Gang who raped and abused vulnerable Keighley schoolgirl locked up for 140 years

Gang who raped and abused vulnerable Keighley schoolgirl locked up for 140 years A GANG of 12 men who took “terrible and heartless sexual advantage” of a vulnerable Keighley schoolgirl before “casting her aside” have been locked up for a … Continue reading →

Eleven Keighley rapists and a cab driver who sexually abused a vulnerable teenage schoolgirl to be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court

Latest news: SCHOOLGIRL RAPE: ‘Evil man who has slipped net’ was ringleader for Keighley schoolgirl’s multiple sex attacks, court told THE “evil” central figure in the case of 12 men convicted of sexually abusing a Keighley teenager, drug dealer Arif … Continue reading →

Breaking RAPE TRIAL: Jury delivers verdict in Keighley sex trial

Breaking RAPE TRIAL: Jury delivers verdict in Keighley sex trial TEN men have been convicted of rape by a jury at Bradford Crown Court. The judge described some of those found guilty today as “insolent, arrogant and disrespectful” after they … Continue reading →

Jurors to resume deliberations in Keighley schoolgirl rape trial

Jurors to resume deliberations in Keighley schoolgirl rape trial They were unable to reach any verdicts today in the second day of deliberations after the Recorder of Bradford, Judge Roger Thomas QC, sent them out to begin considering their verdicts … Continue reading →