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.
1,400 children sexually exploited in Rotherham over 16 years
At least 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham over a 16-year period, a new report says.
The report said it was "hard to describe the appalling nature of the abuse that child victims suffered."
It said there had been "blatant" collective failures by the council who did not recognise the seriousness of the problem.
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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.