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high pressure is Sunday's weather. Scattered showers, with the wind

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gradually Tonight we're live in Rotherham`

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a town that in the last 24 hours has been rocked by a shocking

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report that has exposed the true scale of child sexual exploitation

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here over a 16 year period. More than 1400 children suffered

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at the hands of criminal gangs. Yesterday the leader of Rotherham

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council, Roger Stone, stepped down after the report

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exposed the serious failings by the Tonight pressure is mounting

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on Shaun Wright, South Yorkshire's Police and

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Crime Commissioner to do the same. Theresa May is the latest person to

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call for his resignation. We cross over to James Vincent who's

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live in Barnsley with the latest. The reason the calls for him to

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resign have got louder this evening is because he had a role with both.

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Between 2005 and 2010 commie was the politician in charge of children's

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services at the council and he has been a politician in charge the

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police. He was chosen by 7%

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of the electorate and on ?85,000 a year and no one can force him

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to go until the next election. Police commissioners were always

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a controversial subject but Shaun Wright's determination to stay

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on the job when his party wants him to go exposes what some would call

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flaws the system. One minute he was saying he was

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going nowhere, the right man for the job, the next, his own

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party was calling for him to quit. As a parent,

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to imagine that any young person is going through this ordeal, any right

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minded thinking person, any decent I don't think any

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of this was my direct fault. When you are a member of a 63 member

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council, you take collective responsibility for the actions

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of that organisation and I took my responsibility as part of that

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organisation and I have moved on and taken lessons from that experience

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and transferred them into another I can stand proudly on my record,

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being a Police and Crime The clamour to step down came

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from the panel tasked to scrutinise his job and it initially

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came from his political opponents. I am calling

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for his immediate resignation and He should never have put up

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for the job. The government cannot sack him

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but this afternoon it made I believe

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the Labour Party have called for him to resign and he has questions to

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answer and in the circumstances come His opponents, his own party

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and the government want Shaun Wright to consider his position that they,

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nor his constituents can make him The Police and Crime Panel cannot

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sack him, they can only suspend a Police Commissioner if they are

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accused of a crime that has a jail term of over two years. The idea of

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police commissioners was to break `` make the ball more accountable. No

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one can sack him apart from voters in the next election in 2016.

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Well earlier Harry spoke to the local MP Sarah Champion,

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who's also called for Shaun Wright to stand down.

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I began though by asking her how she's reacted to the report.

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I feel sorry for the abuse they have gone through and the abuse they have

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had to endure and how incredibly let down may have been. There is a

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growing momentum for the Police Commissioner to review his

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permission `` position at the moment. How do you stand on that? He

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has done some great work around Child exploitation and has put a lot

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of money into it. That is great but from my perspective, it is about the

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victims and we are talking about 1400 victims that have been let down

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under his watch and so morally I think he needs to step down in

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recognition of that. Rogerstone has fallen on his sword. Should others

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do the same because there are other people involved. `` Roger Stone.

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What was very clear to me was that while the front`line staff were

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recognising the problem, the senior managers come I don't know if they

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were turning a blind eye, I don't know. Child abuse is child abuse and

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I cannot understand why a senior manager would not act on that. Why

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are they saying they will not be any disciplinary action? It makes no

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sense. It is the image of Rotherham that is affected by this, not so

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much what people think of it here, what people think of Rotherham

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outside. That is the saddest thing because it is a great town, a great

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community but if you Google Rotherham now, all you get is child

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abuse. What about a bigger enquiry to the bottom of this or will that

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just bring up more dirt that Rotherham can't handle? I can see

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why people are calling for that. I want to focus on the victims who

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haven't received any justice and any support to rebuild their lives. It

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is also about going forward with the focus being on those victims and how

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best to protect them. With the best will in the world, doing a

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retrospective enquiry, it will find failings but what are we going to do

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now to protect our children? This isn't just a Rotherham issue and I

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have been in Parliament and it is national and most areas are not

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recognising it. There will be thousands if not tens of thousands

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of people out there who are not getting support who are being abused

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as they have been in Rotherham. Now the failure of police and social

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services to tackle grooming is something Margaret Wilson has been

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campaigning about for some time. Her daughter Laura was murdered

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in Rotherham. She was stabbed to death

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and thrown into a canal. Her mother says her daughter would

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still be alive if police Laura Wilson died a brutal death and

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was stabbed and drowned at knife`point because she had fallen

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pregnant and threatened to tell the man's family. He was convicted of

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her murder. For her mother, who says she first contacted the authorities

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about grooming a decade ago, she says responsibility goes beyond the

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killer. Social services and the police, they kept things quiet for

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so many years and were getting away with things. If they had acted all

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those years ago, my daughter may have been alive. She once

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vindication for what she has been saying has been going on for years

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but the staggering numbers, 1400 victims, it doesn't go far enough.

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It is the tip of the iceberg. There will be a hell of a lot more girls.

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What do you `` why do you think that? It has been going on for so

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long and some of these girls may have families of their own. They

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will never ever be able to forget. Margaret thinks apologies are not

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enough. What would you want to see happen to the people who are still

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at the council and South Yorkshire Police? They should step down if

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they are in the council and police that were there all those years ago.

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Laura's daughter was 13 weeks old when her mum was killed and it is

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that thought that has kept Margaret fighting. I have a young child that

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hasn't got a mother. I want to get justice for these girls. Not all of

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them were groomed. They should have done things years ago and she would

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still be alive today. These exploitation cases involve some very

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dangerous perpetrators and if agencies don't respond, there is a

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risk to children beyond abuse even risk of. We're hearing from 1400

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children. Is it not their job to remove children from a dangerous

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situation and protect them? The report isn't as balanced as it

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should have been and there is a danger also of a hysterical reaction

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to this report. Obviously it is very serious but I would question whether

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that number of children were exploited. They have not made up

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that member. It is a guess at the very best. They are in danger of

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losing sight of the fact that many front`line workers did raise

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concerns. Residential social workers, voluntary youth workers and

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a range of other workers in education, health, police and social

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work. At the front`line level, where there may have been failings, is in

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middle management and senior management but it is important to

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make that distinction. This is a fact that will have to be addressed

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that long`term support has got to be given to the victims. That could be

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over one year, over ten years, it could be of a lifetime. How many

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staff do you need to do that? A lot of stuff will be needed. It has been

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known for decades that there aren't enough support services for the

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victims of child abuse. It is all well and good getting hot under the

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collar but once a media has moved on, these children are left

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unsupported and we need to invest far more resources in helping them.

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At a time of austerity cuts, are you saying they awe at the bottom of the

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ladder? They are and the report does warn that many of these services in

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Rotherham and elsewhere have far too much demand on their services and

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they haven't got the resources. That situation is likely to get worse. It

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says that they are acutely overstaffed and under stretched. It

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is a big factor. Services in Rotherham and across the country are

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inundated with parents who have mental health problems, drug abuse

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problems, domestic violence and bringing up many children and

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children are suffering as a result of that will stop what therapy is

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available to the victims? They will be there to meet a number

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of their needs. The impact of abuse suffered by hundreds of victims in

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one of the room could last for years if not a lifetime.

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Emma was raped and abused weekly from the age of 13

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Emma says the police really let her down, even losing evidence

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That happened weekly by the same man but not only that, I had to

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start sleeping with people whoever they wanted me to sleep with.

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As things went on, that pressure got more and more and

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they got more violent and aggressive and more angry towards you.

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I went to the police, I went on two occasions.

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The first time they lost my evidence and lost my clothes that

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On the second occasion, they brought the men in for questioning.

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Two of them backed up in their statements what I had said

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and they released them without charge and said that there wasn't

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They make you feel like what you're doing isn't a crime and it

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The police with their response backed that up.

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I was treated worse than a criminal and I was a victim

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They are perverting the course of justice.

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They have known children have been seriously sexually assaulted

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and abused and they have turned a blind eye and let it continue.

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I have depression, I will always have it.

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I've got a bad eating disorder and was very depressed.

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I couldn't even function day to day and do normal day to day

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tasks because of the mental health issues I had from my abuse.

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The horrific reality for one Victim who's life has been torn apart

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So what help is on hand for teenagers like Emma?

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Who is there to pick up the pieces when their lives fall apart?

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We're joined by Tracy Haycox from Safe at Last,

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a charity which supports young people who leave home.

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Depression` what impact on rest of lives?

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The impact on their lives is horrific. They have suffered such

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traumatic experiences that will probably last well into their adult

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it. There was an exemplar of a victim who took her clothes to the

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police and they lost that evidence. `` example. We have seen an

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improvement in this over the years. The police and crime commission has

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dedicated funds to a project which works with young people. `` Police

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and Crime Commissioner. They also support us when children go and run

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away from home. You have seen an improvement. How shocked were you by

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what was exposed yesterday, 1400 children? We were shocked and

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saddened to see the extent of such abuse in Rotherham. How much support

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is available for victims? What is provided by the state? In terms of

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the state, it is up to the young person to tell us what support they

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need. It should be an menu of services that they given person can

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choose to what suits them the best, whether it is from statutory

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services to social services, their GP health services or charities like

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us know and we have a history of working with children and people.

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Have you seen an influx of people coming through your doors? It has

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been quite says `` stable in terms of the number that referred to that

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have issues around child exploitation. Thank you.

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The failings by the authorities has been described

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by Children's charity the NSPCC as a sort of collective blindness.

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One of the explanations for that in the review is that some council

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workers were afraid to tell the truth.

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Most of the perpetrators were of Pakistani heritage and staff were

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Joining us now are Muhbeen Husain and Parveen Qureshi who both work

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Parveen, was there a sense of denial that there was a problem? It is a

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shambles for the council and police authorities. Was there a denial by

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the Pakistani community? I don't think the community was aware to the

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people and bring the communities together. How do you get over

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something like this, something that does rock a community? It

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chance to speak out. How do you break the Tabuk? `` taboo. It cannot

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be swept under the carpet. Everybody knows it is wrong and they have to

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be told it is wrong and it has to be addressed. Thank you for joining us.

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That is all we have from Rotherham at the moment. Back to the studio.

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A man's been charged over the death of a man in Leeds at the weekend.

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37`year`old Gerard Adeshida died after being assaulted in Beeston

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on Saturday evening. David Powell,

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who's 27 and also from Beeston, has been charged with manslaughter.

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He's due at Leeds Magistrates Court later this morning.

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Police are investigating after a man was served beer contaminated with

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Solicitors for David Caminal say the taster sample he was offered

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at New Conservatory Bar was laced with caustic soda.

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It's thought the chemical was being used to clean the bar systems.

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The 47`year`old, who's from Barcelona, suffered

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internal injuries and spent three weeks in Leeds General Infirmary.

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The bar's owners have yet to comment.

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A decision is due later on whether or not drivers fined for crossing

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Lendal Bridge in York will have to apply to get their money back.

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Tens of thousands of fines were issued during a

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controversial trial closure of the bridge, which has since re`opened.

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City of York councillors will meet this evening to discuss the refunds.

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They want people to ask for their money back, but critics say everyone

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Tonight it's the West Yorkshire League Cup derby

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at Valley Parade between Bradford City and Leeds United.

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And if they create anything like the headlines our South

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Yorkshire teams made last night, we should be in for quite a treat!

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Sheffield United managed to bring another Premier League side

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And as Paul Ogden reports, they weren't the only ones.Last

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Last season they swept away Aston Villa and Fulham en route to an

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FA Cup semi, last night it was West Ham United's turn for the knockout

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West Ham led through this one and Sheffield United worked hard to

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No more goals in extra time and so to a penalty shoot out.

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The turning point of which Mark Howard's save from Valencia's

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Sheffield Wednesday can be just as proud after scalping a newer member

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of the Premier League, Burnley, by a single goal to nil at Turf Moor.

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Delivering with confidence as Sheffield Wednesday have done

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during their unbeaten start to the season so far.

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A third South Yorkshire victory on the road came for Doncaster Rovers.

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Nathan Tyson's penalty put Doncaster Rovers ahead.

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An equaliser for Watford and Rovers continued to play with their own

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flair and made sure their name goes into the draw thanks to Liam

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At Huddersfield, a rare collector's item in an otherwise drab tie

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James Vaughan looking as surprised as anybody

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at his own goal accidentally helping Forest to a 2`0 win.

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Rotherham United are out of the League Cup for another year as

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They are scraping the barrel with you sat there. Let us have a look at

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some photos. Look at Scarborough here. The second picture is an

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iconic scene from Yorkshire. We have a beautiful sunny picture from

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Chatsworth house. Keep the weather pictures coming in.

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It is brightening up and there will be some showers in the West later

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on. Low pressure will dominate our weather for the rest of the week.

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Sunday looks fine but next week looks very promising indeed. That is

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great news for the one`day international at Headingley next

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week. Cloud is pushing up from the south`west. It will stay dry through

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this evening but overnight, that cloud will continue to thicken and

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there will be some patchy outbreaks of rain spreading north`east will

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stop not amounting to a great deal but a couple of millimetres in

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places. Temperatures down to 12 Celsius.

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It is a damp starts with rain and drizzle in places and it will soon

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move into the North Sea and the skies will brighten with some

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sunshine. Just a hint of some heavy showers in western parts towards the

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end of tomorrow afternoon but further east, it becomes bright. Let

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us have look at those top temperatures of 21 Celsius. It is

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the average for the second half of August. Looking further ahead,

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Friday, sunny spells and scattered showers. Sunday looks the best day

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of the weekend and then something very nice and prospect hopefully

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next week. That's it from me now back to Harry

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and Amy with the latest from It is 24 hours since we looked at

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the scale of failings by police and the council in Rotherham in

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protecting hundreds of vulnerable children. By the police station,

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there is a gathering of protesters calling for his resignation this

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evening. It is a view that is being shared by politicians from all

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parties including Theresa May and the Labour Party.

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Many people are in a sense of shock and I had a chat with one man who

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told me this, he said very simply, he was once proud of this town of

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Rotherham, a was a working`class town. He feels today and in recent

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months it has been badly let down. Good night.

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one can't sack someone for going, "Bleuh-huh-huh-huh".

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I'm going to teach you a lesson, Churchy.

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Where's your shoe? It's in the car. I'll get it later.

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Big School returns for a new term. Oh, ha-ha-ha-ha!

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Old friends John Thomson and Simon Day

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are swapping comedy for Argentina and the gaucho life...

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