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MPs list grooming lessons to be learnt

MP Nicola Blackwood

10:00am Tuesday 11th June 2013

AUTHORITIES were last night looking at findings of a major report after MPs and campaigners said lessons needed to be learnt to stop sex grooming gangs.

The Old Bailey trial

Kamar Jamil

10:00am Tuesday 11th June 2013

THE SEVEN MEN OF SEXUALLY ABUSING YOUNG GIRLS

Police 'failed to help' after girl, 16, was beaten

7:00pm Saturday 25th May 2013

A TEENAGER who had her nose broken by her 32-year-old boyfriend was not treated like a victim by police, a charity worker has claimed.

‘We feel my sister is still being punished’

11:00am Friday 24th May 2013

A VICTIM of the Bullfinch sex attackers had her childhood taken away from her, her elder sister has said.

Bullfinch protest held outside Oxfordshire County Council social services

Protesters outside the office in Between Towns Road

5:55pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

FIFTEEN people have held a protest outside an Oxfordshire County Council social services office in Oxford today.

BULLFINCH: Did race fear shield abusers?

10:30am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A FORMER council leader has questioned whether fears over political correctness allowed girls to be abused by a gang for eight years.

'It's too little, too late' claims Muslim leader

Imam Taj Hargey

10:30am Tuesday 21st May 2013

MUSLIMS in Oxford have promised action ahead of a series of planned sermons on child sex exploitation.

Minister calls on Pakistani community to tackle grooming

10:30am Tuesday 21st May 2013

THE Pakistani community must urgently tackle the problem of gangs grooming and abusing white girls, the justice minister has said.

'Work together to stamp out child sex abuse' says charity

LESSONS: The Rev Lynda Rose, chief executive of Voice for Justice UK

10:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

AN Oxford-based charity chief has backed a call for joined-up working to stop the sexual exploitation of young girls.

Now Available to Download - Bullfinch: The Full Story

Read Bullfinch: The Full Story on your mobile device

9:41am Friday 17th May 2013

For the first time, the Oxford Mail's special report Bullfinch: The Full Story is now available for our digital readers - either on iPhone and iPad, other smartphones and tablets and as an e-edition for PC.

BULLFINCH: Police don’t call in independent commission

10:00am Friday 17th May 2013

THAMES Valley Police did not refer itself for investigation by an independent police body after it failed to protect girls from a child sex gang.

BULLFINCH: Council chief 'thought about quitting job’

Joanna Simons

10:00am Friday 17th May 2013

THE head of Oxfordshire County Council last night admitted she considered resigning after vulnerable girls in care were abused by a sex gang for eight years.

BULLFINCH: ‘No tension’ after trial

Supt Christian Bunt

10:00am Friday 17th May 2013

POLICE have said there have been no incidents of community tension following the convictions of a child sex gang.

BULLFINCH: Investigation to ‘dig deep’ into failures

10:00am Friday 17th May 2013

POLICE and social services were yesterday preparing for 10 years worth of records to be examined by investigators in the wake of Operation Bullfinch.

BULLFINCH: ‘It is almost impossible to safeguard children’

Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld

10:00am Friday 17th May 2013

POLICE and crime commissioner Anthony Stansfeld has said social services put the human rights of the sex ring victims before their protection.

Cameron warns "searching questions" sparked by child sex grooming case

9:49am Thursday 16th May 2013

PRIME minister and Witney MP David Cameron has described the Oxford sex exploitation case as "absolutely appalling" and said “searching questions” would now be asked.

Families of defendants refuse to comment

11:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

FAMILIES of the defendants yesterday remained tight lipped when asked to comment by the Oxford Mail.

Deputy PM in call for child sex gang to get tough sentences

Deputy PM Nick Clegg

11:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

THE bravery of the victims who testified against the child sex gang was praised in the House of Commons by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg yesterday.

Victim claims council ‘ignored’ call for help

Mohammed Karrar, who exploited Girl 3, being interviewed by police

11:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

ONE of the young victims of the Oxford child sex ring has accused Oxfordshire County Council of “ignoring” her and her family.

Rochdale reaction is a lesson for city

11:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

THE chief executive in one of the first towns to uncover a gang grooming girls yesterday offered to help Oxfordshire sort out its failings.

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