:00:00. > 3:59:59on settling down and turning warmer. That is all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:00.Six. 1,400 children have been
:00:07. > :00:16.exploited over 16 years. Some were raped,
:00:17. > :00:18.doused in petrol and threatened with Three reports that highlighted
:00:19. > :00:24.the abuse were either supressed or In some cases,
:00:25. > :00:29.victims were not believed. Rotherham Council and
:00:30. > :00:54.South Yorkshire police have faced There has been a collective failure
:00:55. > :00:55.of the most senior people, politicians and people. Because the
:00:56. > :01:02.police are aware, social services were away, and they knew that and it
:01:03. > :01:04.did not stop him, it encouraged him. It became like a game to him.
:01:05. > :01:05.We'll hear more from the victims and those accused of failing them.
:01:06. > :01:07.We report from the seaside town that's been dubbed
:01:08. > :01:11.New evidence that trainspotting was a passion for teenagers in Victorian
:01:12. > :01:34.After that cloudy start, it turned out to be a beautiful day, but what
:01:35. > :01:36.about the rest of the week to mark joined me for the very latest.
:01:37. > :01:37.Tonight, the shocking evidence of child
:01:38. > :01:40.sexual exploitation in Rotherham and a collective failure by the council
:01:41. > :01:43.The town's council leader for the past decade stood
:01:44. > :01:46.down today after a damning report revealed blatant collective failures
:01:47. > :01:54.The investigation found 1,400 young women were raped, some were
:01:55. > :01:57.One of the victims was just 11 years old.
:01:58. > :02:00.Most perpetrators were of Pakistani heritage.
:02:01. > :02:03.Three reports to the police and council were ignored
:02:04. > :02:09.The report author said people in the town would be appalled
:02:10. > :02:12.We'll hear from Professor Alexis Kay in a moment.
:02:13. > :02:19.First the story of Jessica, one of the victims.
:02:20. > :02:27.You should be over 16 to consent and they should keep it in place.
:02:28. > :02:32.There is no point having a law there and not sticking to it.
:02:33. > :02:37.I was a child and they should have stepped in.
:02:38. > :02:40.There are some things that I don't remember,
:02:41. > :02:44.but there are also things I'll never forget for the rest of my life.
:02:45. > :02:47.No matter what is done now, even if it is investigated now,
:02:48. > :02:53.It should have been stopped and prevented.
:02:54. > :02:56.I think because the police were aware, social services were aware
:02:57. > :03:01.and they knew that and they still did not stop it that encouraged it.
:03:02. > :03:09.The report author and Rotherham Council held separate
:03:10. > :03:13.James, talk us through some of the detail
:03:14. > :03:24.in the report and what the council's leadership have said in response.
:03:25. > :03:32.This report for shock people in Rotherham. The scale of it was
:03:33. > :03:37.simply staggering. Some of the detail is hard to read. 1400
:03:38. > :03:43.children sexually exploited over 16 years in this town. Children as
:03:44. > :03:51.young as 11 raped, beaten, dozed with petrol if the went to the
:03:52. > :03:56.police. The failures by the council and the police were blatant.
:03:57. > :04:00.Rotherham has failed the children it needed to help the most. There has
:04:01. > :04:06.been a collective failure of the most senior people, both politicians
:04:07. > :04:13.and officers across a very lengthy period of time. They did not give a
:04:14. > :04:20.lead to challenging how things were being done, they did not actively
:04:21. > :04:27.pursue different ways of working with this group despite being told
:04:28. > :04:54.from a fairly early stage of the nature and scale and seriousness of
:04:55. > :05:00.the problem. Rogerstone I asked the council's
:05:01. > :05:05.Chief Executive whether he could reconsider his play session. I do
:05:06. > :05:11.not think that anybody could read that report without being upset
:05:12. > :05:12.either allegations in it. These children did not receive the
:05:13. > :05:14.services they deserved. either allegations in it. These
:05:15. > :05:20.children Rogerstone has already stepped down, have you considered
:05:21. > :05:25.your position? The report has made it very clear that I am part of the
:05:26. > :05:35.solution, not part of the problem. Services during my tenure have
:05:36. > :05:40.improved significantly. Social workers indicated that services
:05:41. > :05:46.today I very different from 2009. The culture is unrecognisable. There
:05:47. > :05:53.have been a number of reports that have taken place over the course of
:05:54. > :05:55.the last few years. We had an Ofsted inspection in 2012 that indicated
:05:56. > :05:58.that our sexual exploitation that our sexual exploitation
:05:59. > :06:10.services were recommended. We have had our peer review of, I reviewed
:06:11. > :06:12.by Barnardos, an independent enquiry. All of them say that
:06:13. > :06:17.services today are better than in the past. I am taking
:06:18. > :06:22.responsibility, I am the chief executive of the council today, I
:06:23. > :06:26.have commissioned the independent enquiry report, I have made sure
:06:27. > :06:32.that the report has been published, I am making a set of recommendations
:06:33. > :06:35.to the council. One of the things that I am saying is that we should
:06:36. > :06:40.accept the findings of the report without exception and that we should
:06:41. > :06:45.move forward immediately to implement the recommendations in the
:06:46. > :06:50.report. The council says that nobody working within the Council at the
:06:51. > :06:58.moment it needs to be disciplined, but one councillor who was in charge
:06:59. > :07:02.of council services is now South Yorkshire's elected Police
:07:03. > :07:08.Commissioner. Some pressure coming for him to step down.
:07:09. > :07:11.In the last few minutes, South Yorkshire's Police Commissioner has
:07:12. > :07:16.issued a statement. He has apologised and said as Commissioner
:07:17. > :07:27.he has made tackling child sexual exploitation forced's number one
:07:28. > :07:29.priority. Hundreds of potential criminals have not been brought to
:07:30. > :07:31.justice. We've let people down and from the
:07:32. > :07:37.start, I want to offer a sincere apology to the victims and families
:07:38. > :07:40.that we should have done more with. We have commissioned a number
:07:41. > :07:43.of investigations in relation to complaints and it will continue
:07:44. > :07:57.until we find those responsible The evidence of child sexual
:07:58. > :08:01.exploitation goes back to 1997, but only goes back `` was only uncovered
:08:02. > :08:12.two years ago. Spencer Stokes reports on
:08:13. > :08:14.his reaction to today's developments and what people in Rotherham make
:08:15. > :08:28.of what we've learnt. 1400 children subjected to sexual
:08:29. > :08:33.exploitation. In 2010, five member convicted for sexual offences
:08:34. > :08:39.against girls. Andrew Norfolk revealed the depth of what was going
:08:40. > :08:42.on. He had seen a confidential report by the police intelligence
:08:43. > :08:47.bureau that details a significant problem with...
:08:48. > :08:54.Today, Andrew Norfolk saw the authorities accept the seriousness
:08:55. > :09:07.of the original allegations. There is no doubt of the sheer scale and
:09:08. > :09:13.brutality of what was going on. 11`year`old girls being gang raped,
:09:14. > :09:21.having petrol poured on them, being trafficked around the country. His
:09:22. > :09:26.original findings led to the chief executive of Rotherham Council and
:09:27. > :09:31.chief before a select committee of MPs. We are talking about hundreds
:09:32. > :09:36.of victims who have not been protected. The Police and Crime
:09:37. > :09:40.Commissioners in South Yorkshire ordered three separate
:09:41. > :09:45.investigations before the council called in Professor Alexis Jay last
:09:46. > :09:49.member. Her report published today. Many awkward questions for the
:09:50. > :09:54.authorities. The people who are guilty need to be prosecuted. And
:09:55. > :09:58.the people who let it go are equally responsible, possibly more so. It
:09:59. > :10:03.would not have gone on so long had it not been left. It is really
:10:04. > :10:10.shocking that something is happening in front of our eyes. And we can't
:10:11. > :10:15.do anything about it. Reports have been written, lessons may be
:10:16. > :10:21.learned, but the victims have to live with the abuse they suffered
:10:22. > :10:27.and the injustice of being ignored. It was happening, they were telling
:10:28. > :10:30.people it was happening, front line staff are telling senior managers it
:10:31. > :10:37.was happening, and every time they try to raise the alarm, concerns
:10:38. > :10:45.were discarded and dismissed and reports were suppressed. It was an
:10:46. > :10:48.absolute disgrace. Finally, those girls know that people will believe
:10:49. > :10:55.them. What next for the victims? Many are
:10:56. > :11:01.still waiting for the men who abuse them to be prosecuted.
:11:02. > :11:03.David Greenwood, a solicitor representing some
:11:04. > :11:10.of the 1,400 victims of sexual abuse in Rotherham.
:11:11. > :11:13.It was certainly good to hear Rotherham Council acknowledge
:11:14. > :11:17.People have to see exactly what new systems are in place
:11:18. > :11:20.and what new personnel, what new funding is in place to prevent this
:11:21. > :11:23.Reports were ignored, victims were not believed, do you
:11:24. > :11:31.It is inevitable that faced with so much criticism, the council has
:11:32. > :11:38.It is good that the council have responded positively, but we still
:11:39. > :11:43.need to make sure that there is enough support their for people who
:11:44. > :11:47.will inevitably come forward as a result of this and to protect future
:11:48. > :11:52.generations of girls from this type of abuse. You think
:11:53. > :11:55.victims will now be listened to as a result of this report?
:11:56. > :12:00.I'm certain that the local authority and the police
:12:01. > :12:04.will do everything they can to try to open their ears and try to build
:12:05. > :12:10.Lots of these girls have lost their trust in public authorities,
:12:11. > :12:14.They need to feel they can trust them again so they can report
:12:15. > :12:22.this abuse and feel confident that action will be taken.
:12:23. > :12:26.What has been the response from some of the victims?
:12:27. > :12:31.One lady that I have spoken to today is pleased that
:12:32. > :12:36.the report has gone into so much detail and has highlighted
:12:37. > :12:39.the stuff that she has been talking about for a number of years and
:12:40. > :12:44.But there are many victims still out there and girls
:12:45. > :12:48.and young women will be thinking, should I come forward, do I have
:12:49. > :12:56.They have to be sure they can find someone they can trust to take this
:12:57. > :13:01.forward to the police and to the Council and investigative lawyers.
:13:02. > :13:23.There's more on the story in our late bulletin at 10.25 tonight,
:13:24. > :13:26.and the BBC's Panorama programme has also been investigating child
:13:27. > :13:30.Their programme will be shown next Monday at 8.30 on BBC One.
:13:31. > :13:34.Helping to save Yorkshire heritage. Budget cuts mean volunteers are
:13:35. > :13:35.being relied upon to run vital services in one
:13:36. > :13:44.of our national parks. New figures show that more men die
:13:45. > :13:46.in Scarborough from alcohol related diseases than
:13:47. > :13:49.anywhere else in Yorkshire. Per head of the population,
:13:50. > :13:52.the town fares worse than places Well now the Home Office has decided
:13:53. > :14:00.to make Scarborough a special Low Alcohol Action Area,
:14:01. > :14:02.one of just 20 in the country. Carla Fowler spent a night
:14:03. > :14:05.in the seaside town to find out how Go out in the evening in Scarborough
:14:06. > :14:13.and this is what you might find. ID scanners, breathalysers, even
:14:14. > :14:15.fingerprint technology, just some of the methods it is hoped will lower
:14:16. > :14:18.rates of alcohol abuse in the town. Recent figures show there is more
:14:19. > :14:21.violent crime linked to alcohol here in Scarborough than anywhere else
:14:22. > :14:25.in Yorkshire per head. Statistics for deaths from
:14:26. > :14:29.alcohol abuse are equally high. Nearly half of all anti`social
:14:30. > :14:33.behaviour and a third of all We have seen a trend
:14:34. > :14:38.of people coming out much later and that has a knock`on effect
:14:39. > :14:42.in terms of the timing of incidents and it is also resourcing issue
:14:43. > :14:46.for the public sector as well. So we have done a lot of work around
:14:47. > :14:50.what the issues are and the focus of the partnership work is very much
:14:51. > :14:54.around, we want people to come out in Scarborough, we want people to
:14:55. > :14:57.have a great night, we want people If someone is in such a state or
:14:58. > :15:04.so intent on assaulting somebody because something has happened
:15:05. > :15:07.in a bar or they have fallen out with somebody, they won't see the
:15:08. > :15:10.police, they won't see the CCTV. So it's how we work back from that,
:15:11. > :15:14.to say, how do we make sure people don't get in that state to get those
:15:15. > :15:17.assaults? Now it is a
:15:18. > :15:20.Local Alcohol Action Area, the town will have help from central
:15:21. > :15:22.government and NHS England to target We are challenging people
:15:23. > :15:30.at the front door saying, sorry, They say they have
:15:31. > :15:34.only just come out. That's fine, but what you have had
:15:35. > :15:37.is three bottles of wine at home. That constitutes quite a lot
:15:38. > :15:40.of alcohol and you probably haven't That's the sort of difficulty we
:15:41. > :15:44.are getting now, that we never I think it's better all round
:15:45. > :15:51.because at the end of the day if you have the police stood here
:15:52. > :15:54.and someone is over the limit, they can keep an eye on them and
:15:55. > :15:58.whether they get in a car or not. If you're too drunk to go
:15:59. > :16:03.in the pub, and cause trouble when The trial is still
:16:04. > :16:06.in its first weeks but the challenge for Scarborough's
:16:07. > :16:09.authorities is to change drinking culture, save money spent
:16:10. > :16:18.on health and crime and save lives. A man's been arrested
:16:19. > :16:20.by police investigating the death of a man who was assaulted in Leeds
:16:21. > :16:24.over the weekend. 37`year`old Gerard Adeshida died
:16:25. > :16:27.following an incident in Beeston on Saturday evening when he
:16:28. > :16:31.and his brother were involved in a dispute with the driver
:16:32. > :16:33.of a grey Vauxhall Corsa. Mr Adeshida fell backwards
:16:34. > :16:35.and suffered a head injury. Police want any witnesses
:16:36. > :16:42.to contact them. Two new Area Bishops
:16:43. > :16:45.for the recently created Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales
:16:46. > :16:47.have been named. They were
:16:48. > :16:49.at Leeds station this morning. The Reverend Doctor Toby Howarth
:16:50. > :16:52.will be the new Bishop of Bradford. The Reverend Doctor Jonathan Gibbs
:16:53. > :16:55.has been made the first ever Bishop They'll be consecrated at
:16:56. > :17:09.York Minster next month. Leeds West Indian Carnival could
:17:10. > :17:12.bring as much as ?10 million into the economy of the city
:17:13. > :17:15.according to Leeds City Council. The carnival took place
:17:16. > :17:17.in the Chapel Town area This year, for the first time,
:17:18. > :17:20.the council have surveyed revellers to find out how much they spend
:17:21. > :17:24.in the hope of getting a better idea of the income generated so they can
:17:25. > :17:27.plan more for future events. One of the country's biggest
:17:28. > :17:32.national parks is warning it may have to close rights of way
:17:33. > :17:35.and shut down conservation projects The North York Moors National Park
:17:36. > :17:39.has seen its budget cut by 40 percent and, next month,
:17:40. > :17:41.more savings It says it's now being forced
:17:42. > :17:45.to rely on teams of volunteers Phill Connell's been investigating
:17:46. > :17:48.the financial plight We're going to be working
:17:49. > :17:51.on the alternative route today. They are the teams of volunteers
:17:52. > :17:53.on which the North York Moors National Park has
:17:54. > :17:56.become increasingly reliant. Cuts and redundancies have left
:17:57. > :17:58.the authority facing Volunteers are now playing
:17:59. > :18:06.an important role If we weren't here doing this now,
:18:07. > :18:14.by the time spring came, you would virtually not be able to
:18:15. > :18:18.see this path. They are saying we will need more
:18:19. > :18:21.volunteers, more people who are In the last three years,
:18:22. > :18:28.the park's budget has been cut by 40%, with annual spending now
:18:29. > :18:35.reduced to just over ?4 million. In September, further cuts
:18:36. > :18:36.and redundancies are also expected. So what role will volunteers now
:18:37. > :18:48.play here and how reliant will the Park become
:18:49. > :18:53.on their hard work and goodwill? The park's chief executive says
:18:54. > :18:55.volunteers will not replace qualified staff but he says
:18:56. > :18:58.in more than 50 years of the park's existence,
:18:59. > :19:00.he has never known times like it. This is quite exceptional,
:19:01. > :19:11.we are now going back to having less money than
:19:12. > :19:15.when we were set up in real terms. There are days when you be
:19:16. > :19:21.a completely despondent. `` feel. So we will rely more on
:19:22. > :19:24.volunteers because the alternative A planning application
:19:25. > :19:27.for ?1 billion potash mine near Whitby has also squeeze
:19:28. > :19:29.the park's finances further. Delays have so far cost the
:19:30. > :19:32.authority almost ?1 million, raising new questions as to how we safeguard
:19:33. > :19:43.this beautiful national asset. Not just for the over 60s.
:19:44. > :19:44.Experts find evidence that trainspotting was a passion
:19:45. > :20:06.for Victorian teenagers. Leeds Rhinos players have been back
:20:07. > :20:08.in training today, no doubt with a few sore heads
:20:09. > :20:11.after celebrating the club's first It was some performance against
:20:12. > :20:14.Castleford Tigers at Wembley. We'll speak to the man
:20:15. > :20:17.of the match Ryan Hall in a moment. First here's a reminder
:20:18. > :21:01.of how they did it. Now they can let themselves enjoy
:21:02. > :21:10.this moment. It has been 14 years in the making.
:21:11. > :21:20.Well, how does it feel? It feels really good. As it sank end? Yes, it
:21:21. > :21:29.has. It was the homecoming yesterday. Your voice is croaking,
:21:30. > :21:35.is that from all the celebrations? You have been to Buckingham Palace,
:21:36. > :21:45.Headingley, what about today? We traded today. We have to try and
:21:46. > :21:49.finish in the best we possibly can in the lead.
:21:50. > :22:02.Art you the best winger in the world? I don't think so. But that is
:22:03. > :22:11.a great accolade. I don't go on about it myself too much. I just try
:22:12. > :22:16.my hardest. The great thing about it is when you win the trophy, it
:22:17. > :22:24.really is a bit special. That is something that makes you stand out
:22:25. > :22:27.from the rest. Yes, is a lot that goes along with the trophy. I am
:22:28. > :22:40.going to dinner tomorrow night, and looking forward to that. `` to a
:22:41. > :22:46.dinner. There is a lot of ribbing going on, a great team spirit. Just
:22:47. > :22:49.a word about Castleford. It is a remarkable achievement that they got
:22:50. > :22:54.to that final. Nobody fancied them and they pushed you all the way.
:22:55. > :23:07.Yes, they have turned the club around. They have been doing a
:23:08. > :23:12.beneficent job. To get into the lead position that they are in, and to
:23:13. > :23:14.get to a final. Best of luck to all of you. Good luck on Friday. Thank
:23:15. > :23:21.you. The oldest ever mention of
:23:22. > :23:24.trainspotting has been uncovered by the National Railway Museum in York
:23:25. > :23:29.and the hobby is at least 80 years It's emerged that
:23:30. > :23:30.a 14`year`old girl was writing down the numbers of engines heading
:23:31. > :23:33.in and out of Paddington Station Train spotting
:23:34. > :23:59.during its post`war peak of popularity, but new research by the
:24:00. > :24:02.National Railway Museum in York has uncovered the earliest ever mention
:24:03. > :24:05.of the hobby from 80 years before. During preparations for a train
:24:06. > :24:08.spotting expedition, staff unerthed evidence moving train spotting's
:24:09. > :24:10.origins back to the Victorian era. They're not just train spotting,
:24:11. > :24:28.the person is recording names and numbers and she is a lady
:24:29. > :24:31.called Fanny Johnson who is 14. So the earliest reference to
:24:32. > :24:35.train spotting was from a woman. On platform four at Doncaster
:24:36. > :24:38.station on a weekday afternoon, The test train has just gone
:24:39. > :24:41.from Peterborough to Leeds. Everybody has a different system
:24:42. > :24:45.for writing down what they see. And just like in 1861,
:24:46. > :24:47.it still appeals to some There are a lot of teenagers and
:24:48. > :25:04.we connect through social media. Trainspotters telling critics
:25:05. > :26:12.to zip it from 1861. A nice day to come tomorrow. Dry,
:26:13. > :26:16.and little cloudy. But there is a ridge of high pressure in charge.
:26:17. > :26:21.This weather system will bring some rain across us on Wednesday night.
:26:22. > :26:34.That means a damp start on Thursday morning. We did get off to a cloudy
:26:35. > :26:42.start, but lots of blue skies. The whole of Yorkshire is bathed in
:26:43. > :26:47.sunshine just now. Overnight, we might get the odd, isolated shower,
:26:48. > :27:01.but otherwise looking pretty good. The odd light shower is possible for
:27:02. > :27:05.spring, otherwise dry and bright, variable amounts of cloud. Some
:27:06. > :27:14.decent spells of sunshine coming through. It has been quite breezy
:27:15. > :27:28.today. It will feel slightly warmer tomorrow. 18 Celsius inland. A bit
:27:29. > :27:32.disappointing for the end of August. Friday and Saturday are looking
:27:33. > :27:40.bright and breezy with sunshine and scattered showers.
:27:41. > :27:54.That's it from us. We will be back at 1025 with more on the
:27:55. > :28:05.Have somebody play bagpipe at the airport to welcome you? Possible.
:28:06. > :28:08.Whichever car you like, with Wi-Fi inside? Possible.
:28:09. > :28:11.Can I get you a pink elephant? I'll try!
:28:12. > :28:13.See, the Indian philosophy dictates that
:28:14. > :28:17.anybody who comes to your house is not a guest, but he's God.