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Rochdale whistleblower Maggie Oliver has revealed she ended up on antidepressants and was threatened with jail by her fellow police officers after she tried to bring the town's grooming gangs to justice.The former detective and campaigner, 68, said she lost her home and that her life was destroyed as ...

Days like this it’s difficult to know where to start. What’s an April Fool’s joke and what isn’t? Search me.Is J.K. Rowling going to be arrested and charged with ‘hate crime’ for insisting that women don’t have willies?This time last year, that would have been a nailed-on April Fool. ...

What is it with Rochdale? This former textile town on the outskirts of Greater Manchester used to be known as the birthplace of Gracie Fields and a punchline on the end of the classified football results read by James Alexander Gordon.Rochdale, NIL.It was also famous as the parliamentary seat ...

Pakistan elections 2024: Delay in Pakistan vote count sparks rigging allegations - BBC News BreakingBreaking newsClose breaking news SummaryVotes are being counted after yesterday's general election which was marred by the suspension of mobile phone services and violent unrestMany analysts say this is among Pakistan's least credible elections and ...

Councillor Alan Atkin, 66, slept during a meeting about child sexual exploitationThe issue is of huge sensitivity in Rotherham amid the grooming gangs scandalBy Chris Brooke Published: 14:30 GMT, 31 January 2024 | Updated: 20:39 GMT, 31 January 2024 A Rotherham councillor has provoked fury by falling asleep and ...

A teenage girl who died from a heroin injection, an aborted foetus taken by police without the mother's knowledge and another child made to act like a dog in a cage are just some of the horror stories brought about by Rochdale's grooming gangs.Dozens of young girls were targeted, ...

Samir Shah, born in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, in 1952, relocated to England with his family in 1960. He pursued his education at an independent British school and earned a degree in Geography from the University of Hull. Furthering his academic pursuits, Shah studied for a DPhil degree at St. ...

The UK government has named Indian-origin media executive Dr Samir Shah as its preferred candidate to take over as the new chairman of BBC. The 71-year-old was born in Aurangabad and moved to England in 1960. He was previously the head of current affairs and political programmes at the ...

An India-born media executive who has worked in UK broadcasting for over 40 years, Dr Samir Shah, has been announced as the UK government's preferred candidate to take over as the new BBC chairman.The 71-year-old, who was honoured with a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019 for services ...

In a couple of days, it will be Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary — she was born on November 19, 1917 — and though it’s not a milestone birthday, it is as good a time as any to remember the former prime minister, more so since the many recent OTT ...