Shaun Wright steps down as PCC after Rotherham report pressure
Shaun Wright has stepped down as South Yorkshire's police and crime commissioner after weeks of pressure over the Rotherham sexual abuse scandal, his office has announced.
12 new victims of alleged child abuse come forward since Rotherham inquiry
Twelve new victims have come forward with allegations of child sexual abuse in Rotherham since the publication of the Jay Report last week, South Yorkshire chief constable David Crompton has told the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee.
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Children were 'raped and beaten' in Rotherham
Children as young as 11 were raped by large groups of men, a new inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham has found.
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True scale of Rotherham child sex abuse was 'downplayed'
A report into 16 years of child sexual abuse in Rotherham has concluded that the true scale of exploitation in the town will never be known.