A multi-million pound seven-year inquiry described child sexual abuse as an “epidemic” in England and Wales. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) looked at institutional ...

Sir Keir is expected to repeat comments from 2023 when he stressed he gave the ‘green light’ to the first prosecution of a gang of sexual predators in Rochdale. But he has faced questions in ...

The independent review looked into grooming in Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale, and found authorities failed to protect children from paedophile gangs in each area. After being asked about recent ...

There was a lack of understanding.” As Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir Keir gave the green light to charge members of the Rochdale grooming gang in 2013 and also launched reforms that changed the ...

There was a lack of understanding.” As Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir Keir gave the green light to charge members of the Rochdale grooming gang in 2013 and also launched reforms that ...

The stabbing happened in the early hours of New Year's Day on Sussex Street, Rochdale A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man who was stabbed to death in a street disturbance in ...

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Five stabbed in attack at Sainsbury's and Argos parcel centre Three UK customers ... Nazir Afzal – who prosecuted the perpetrators in Rochdale – as the head of a national network to tackle ...

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As Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir Keir gave the green light to charge members of the Rochdale grooming gang in 2013 and also launched reforms that changed the way the CPS handles child sex ...

A man has died following a horror stabbing in Rochdale in the early hours of New Year's Day. Police were called to Sussex Street to reports of a disturbance at around 2.30am on January 1. A ...

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the victim was found with a severe knife wound in Sussex Street, Rochdale, at about 02:30 GMT. He died at the scene "despite the best attempts of emergency ...