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The Latest Breaking News from Rochdale

Amid class prejudice and sensitivities over race, Rochdale’s abused girls were failed

The contempt for victims by police, social workers and council officers is at the heart of this scandal

The Guardian - UK

Veteran Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd Dies Aged 73 Following Announcement of Untreatable Leukaemia

The long-serving politician, who had been the MP for Rochdale since 2017, was diagnosed with blood cancer four years ago.

International Business Times UK

Police secretly seized Rochdale grooming victim’s aborted foetus, damning review finds

‘I feel like it’s illegal for them to rob a foetus, a part of me... that is disgusting,’ says victim

The Independent UK

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Greater Manchester Police warn ‘reckoning is coming’ to Rochdale abusers in pledge to failed victims

It comes as a lengthy review reveals multiple failed investigations by Greater Manchester Police into hundreds of youngsters identified as potential victims of abuse in Rochdale

The Independent UK

Police ‘left children at mercy of grooming gang paedophiles’ in Rochdale

Failings by senior police and council bosses left children ‘at risk’, report finds

The Independent UK

Police took aborted foetus without telling Rochdale grooming victim, review finds

Failing among those detailed in highly critical report into how GMP and other agencies responded to child sexual exploitation

The Guardian - UK

Police still victim blaming in grooming gang cases, watchdog finds

Inspection in England and Wales criticises pace of change since child abuse scandals in Rotherham and Rochdale came to light

The Guardian - UK

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Two charged after Rochdale cenotaph daubed with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti

The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also designed the cenotaph on Whitehall.

The Independent UK

Two arrested after Rochdale Cenotaph daubed with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti

Greater Manchester Police said the memorial meant a lot to the community and described the incident as ‘deeply upsetting’.

The Independent UK

Rochdale Cenotaph vandalised with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti and poppy wreaths damaged

The incidents come amid row over pro-Palestine planned march in London on Remembrance weekend

The Independent UK

Police guard Rochdale cenotaph after graffiti and damage to wreaths reported

Two teenagers being charged with public nuisance offences and in another incident ‘Free Palestine’ has been sprayed on monument

The Guardian - UK

Officers guarding Rochdale Cenotaph after two incidents, police say

The incidents come ahead of Remembrance Sunday.

The Independent UK

Five men jailed for sexually abusing two girls in Rochdale

Sentences range from eight to 20 years for men guilty of offences committed between 2004 and 2006

The Guardian - UK

‘Tame’ wide British roads and replace them with boulevards of homes, says thinktank

Exclusive: Create Streets proposes building on Britain’s ‘road belt’ rather than its green belt amid housing crisis

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The Independent UK

Family stuck in Turkey left £3,500 out of pocket to book flight home

Mother-of-four Shamila Kauser, from Rochdale, spent £3,500 on a flight home that she is unsure she will be reimbursed for.

The Guardian - UK

Five men found guilty of sexually exploiting two girls in Rochdale

Abuse of girls, viewed as ‘mere objects for defendants to use, abuse, humiliate then discard’, started when they were 12 and 13

The Guardian - UK

Jury warned to beware of prejudice due to Rochdale’s reputation for grooming

Counsel for one of eight men accused of sexually exploiting two girls says town’s history should not count against them

The Guardian - UK

Rochdale care worker tells court underage girls were his ‘friends with benefits’

Jahn Shahid Ghani admits drug-fuelled sex with 14- and 15-year-old but says he thought they were over age of consent

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The Independent UK

Body of woman found on footpath close to Rochdale primary school

Police following ‘several lines of enquiry’ to establish what happened

The Guardian - UK

Keira Walsh: ‘Everyone’s going to love you or hate you. I had to learn that’

England midfielder Keira Walsh tells Suzanne Wrack about regaining her self-confidence, learning at Barcelona and why she feels like ‘just a girl from Rochdale’

Manchester Evening News

Historical slopes linked to Rochdale's medieval past to be renovated in £1m heritage project

“This area has an incredible history and has played a major role in the development of the town centre"

Manchester Evening News

Street EVACUATED after taxi smashes into home causing gas leak

The crash caused damage to a gas pipe

Manchester Evening News

The town with lots going for it that's still affordable - but house prices are rising fast

An influx of buyers are flocking to Rochdale as a more affordable alternative to Manchester, Stockport and Trafford

Manchester Evening News

Tragedy as much loved 'extremely funny' dad-of-six is found dead in river

Heartfelt tributes have been paid to 'extremely funny' Kevin Downes after his body was pulled from the River Roch

Manchester Evening News

He was Rochdale's forgotten boy... but now Awaab Ishak will always be remembered

The two-year-old has already changed attitudes - and will change lives. The M.E.N's Stephen Topping reports

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