Ex-taxi driver guilty of raping teenage Rotherham girl

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Ex-taxi driver guilty of raping teenage Rotherham girl A FORMER taxi driver has been found guilty of raping a teenage girl in Rotherham 15 years ago. Asghar Bostan (47, pictured), of East Bawtry Road in Whiston, was convicted by a … Continue reading

Akhtar and Roddison: Old Chums

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For many readers who miss Asbo Akhtar since he left political life & went to ground, I can confirm he is alive and kicking…though we don’t know who he is actually kicking these days. There’s been numerous unconfirmed sightings; as … Continue reading

Operation Central briefing

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Thanks to an anonymous contributor, I am able to bring you this rather illuminating document. It appears to show rather more than those involved might have wished us to see? .

Taxi ‘legal loophole’ could put children at risk in Rotherham

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Ministers have been urged to ‘act without delay’ to prevent a ‘damaging’ legal loophole from putting young people in Rotherham at risk in taxis. Since the child sexual exploitation scandal in Rotherham was revealed in 2014, all taxi drivers in … Continue reading

CSE – the Taxi connection

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Readers of Rotherham Politics will be familiar with Adele Gladman, the researcher who attempted to alert Rotherham Council to the problem of gang rape and child trafficking as early as 2002 and who was rewarded by being implicitly threatened by … Continue reading

17 Rotherham taxi licences approved by Lancashire council

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17 Rotherham taxi licences approved by Lancashire council A LANCASHIRE council which licenses taxi drivers from outside its borders has confirmed it has approved applications from 17 Rotherham drivers. Rotherham commissioner Mary Ney has conceded that drivers are able to … Continue reading

Cabinet Member Accused of Divisive Community Politics

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A motion has been circulated for consideration at Labour’s next Boston Castle Ward meeting, please read it at the bottom… What we have here is member of Cabinet, Taiba Hussain, promoting a motion that actively seeks to interfere with due … Continue reading

Election Snippet 1: Rotherham East Farce

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How peculiar? Who would believe it? A few months ago Rothpol cited Zahir Munir (aka Monir) as failing to pass Labour’s tests for being a fitting person to stand as their candidate for Rotherham East. But one has to give the lad … Continue reading

Who is embarrassed at Sajid’s picture?

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In the evening of Thursday last, I was surprised to receive a phone call from an unknown caller who without identifying the picture he was referring to, demanded I take it down immediately because it was said to be ’embarrassing’, … Continue reading

Dozens of Rotherham taxi drivers have licences revoked in crackdown

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Dozens of Rotherham taxi drivers have licences revoked in crackdown Dozens of taxi drivers in Rotherham have had their licences revoked after tougher regulations were introduced in the wake of the town’s abuse scandal. A total of 67 drivers were … Continue reading