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The Latest Breaking News from Rochdale

Rochdale byelection controversy – what happens next

Labour has withdrawn its support for its candidate, Azhar Ali, but cannot select a replacement

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s self-sabotage leaves Rochdale byelection up for grabs

Party’s belated renunciation of Azhar Ali for antisemitic comments leaves George Galloway and Simon Danczuk vying for pole position

The Guardian - UK

Labour withdraws support for Rochdale candidate after Israel-Gaza remarks

Party no longer campaigning for Azhar Ali, who suggested Israel had allowed 7 October attack to happen

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Starmer's judgement under fire over delay in withdrawing support for Rochdale candidate after anti-Israel rant

Labour finally acts after spending much of Monday trying to defend Azhar Ali - with party suspending him pending an investigation

Evening Standard

Starmer urged to discipline Rochdale candidate over Israel-Gaza remarks

Calls for Labour leader to remove whip from Azhar Ali if he becomes MP, after his suggestion Israel ‘allowed’ 7 October attack

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Standard View: Sir Keir Starmer must withdraw support from Labour's Rochdale candidate

It is all a Jewish conspiracy, you see. Labour’s candidate for the Rochdale by-election, Azhar Ali, told a party meeting that Israel had “deliberately” allowed the October 7 massacre — in which Hamas murdered 1,200 people and took more than 240 hostage — to go ahead to give them “the…

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak tells voters he is ‘absolutely’ committed to Rwanda during Q&A on GB News – as it happened

Prime minister faces one-hour grilling from voters following day of campaigning in Yorkshire

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Labour criticised for backing Rochdale candidate after offensive Israel remark

Support for Azhar Ali in looming byelection is a failure to tackle antisemitism, says leading campaigner

The Guardian - UK

Sir Keir Starmer slammed for 'tin-eared' response to anti-Israel rant by Labour Rochdale by-election candidate

A shadow minister confirmed that Labour’s campaign backing Cllr Ali in Rochdale would continue

Evening Standard

Labour Rochdale by-election candidate apologises for ‘deeply offensive’ Israel claims

Azhar Ali’s comments were described as ‘totally reprehensible’ by Jewish groups

Evening Standard

Rochdale: Four boys aged between 12 and 14 arrested on suspicion of rape

Four boys aged between 12 and 14 have been arrested on suspicion of rape in Rochdale.

Evening Standard

‘The ultimate protest against Labour’: George Galloway’s bid to win Rochdale

Labour’s 9,668 majority in Greater Manchester seat challenged by Galloway’s Gaza-focused campaign

The Guardian - UK

Ex-MP Simon Danczuk suspended for sexting to fight byelection for Reform

Former Labour member likely to be up against George Galloway in contest for Rochdale seat

The Guardian - UK

Rapt by restoration and raptors’ return in Rochdale

Brief letters: Peregrine falcons | Britain’s Bayeux tapestry | Taxing language | Wild weeing | Missing money

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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

International Business Times 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.

The Independent 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

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

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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 Guardian - 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 Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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