Children's services in Rotherham remain 'inadequate', Ofsted finds
Children's services in Rotherham remain "inadequate", according to an Ofsted inspection launched after a report found widespread sexual exploitation in the town.
Asian girls 'too frightened' to go into Rotherham following child exploitation scandal backlash
There are claims Asian girls are too frightened to go into Rotherham's town centre because of an alarming backlash in the wake of the child exploitation scandal.Three months ago the Jay Report highlighted how authorities had failed 1400 girls who were abused there - mainly at the hands of British Pakistani men.Today the town's MP, Sarah Champion, said she'd met a growing number of Asian girls who have faced physical and verbal abuse from racists, apparently as revenge for what had happened to white girls in the town. David Hirst reports.
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