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Apr 18 4 tweets 1 min read
NEW @GBNEWS: Independent MP brands grooming gangs outrage 'false right-wing narrative' in 'malicious' tirade at Mirpur Airport campaign event - as Labour MP watches on

gbnews.com/politics/groom… @GBNEWS Ex-Labour MP Khalid Mahmood, who lost his seat to Ayoub Khan last summer, told GB News that Mr Khan and the British Pakistani community needed to "face up to the reality" of the abuse gangs scandal.

He said Khan's speech was "very naive at best and malicious at worst."
Apr 11 5 tweets 2 min read
EXCL: a retired policeman has told @GBNEWS that he was threatened with arrested by senior Bradford officials after conducting a three-month investigation that exposed child grooming and trafficking gbnews.com/news/grooming-… Former DCI John Piekos said he spent 3 months tracking CSE around a children’s home in Bradford.

Speaking for the first time, he said he was called a ‘threat’ to the children and faced arrest.

He was told that he risked a ‘massive right-wing backlash’ and told to drop his work.
Apr 8 7 tweets 3 min read
The number of people jailed for rioting at a Rotherham asylum seeker hotel has now overtaken those locked up for grooming gang abuse in the town, @GBNEWS can reveal Image @GBNEWS Since the riot at the Holiday Inn Express last August, there have been over 100 arrests in connection with the disorder and 93 convictions.

88 have been sentenced, of which 77 have been jailed or detained in an Young Offenders’ Institute.

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Apr 1 11 tweets 3 min read
Tom Crowther KC, who is set to chair the Oldham CSE inquiry, has told the Home Affairs committee that statutory powers to compel witnesses would not have made a difference for the Telford inquiry.

He said that a witness if summoned could simply say that they "don’t remember". Image Mr Crowther said he saw the role of chairing the Telford inquiry via "an advert in Guardian Jobs."

He added that the Telford inquiry was designed to not look like a court, with people being invited to give evidence "over tea and biscuits" and that "nobody was cross-examined."
Mar 24 4 tweets 2 min read
Jade, not her real name, has spoken to @GBNEWS about her grooming abuse gangs ordeal for the first time.

At least 85 men exploited her over 3 years.

She remembers all their names and faces. But that's easy, because she still sees many of them in the street 20 years later. Image She spoke to me after the surge in coverage of Britain's abuse gangs scandal in January.

Her father also came forward to describe how he spent countless nights desperately searching for her in Oldham, hunting for the gangs that ruthlessly passed her around. Image
Feb 13 4 tweets 1 min read
BREAKING @GBNEWS: Up to 15 people have been injured after reports of a car being driven into pedestrians in Munich. @GBNEWS Police have confirmed that the man detained after this car-ramming incident is a 26-year-old Afghan.

Up to 20 people have been injured, two of them critically. A child's life is in danger.
Feb 6 6 tweets 2 min read
The exploits of the forces who fought under T.E. Lawrence in the Great Arab Revolt are the stuff of military legend.

But no one has recreated the 700-mile camelback trek his army took to Aqaba… until now. Image Five veterans from the Special Forces Club have been riding the treacherous route for the past 25 days, enduring baking hot heat in the day and freezing temperatures at night. Image
Jan 12 4 tweets 2 min read
An IOPC whistleblower has told @thetimes that the investigation into Rotherham abuse gang failures “barely scratched the surface” and deliberately avoided senior police officers.

The probe examined 47 officers. None lost their jobs. The most severe sanction? A written warning. Image @thetimes Op Linden received a lot of criticism when published in 2022. Survivors have told me it's not worth the paper it's printed on.

But now a whistleblower claims its standards were poor and there was “no desire” to uncover the reasons behind the failings.

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Jan 8 10 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING @GBNEWS: 364 MPs vote against an independent national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal across Britain @GBNEWS From @MaggieOliverUK: "I expected it Charlie. You know my thoughts."

An abuse gang whistleblower said: "I'm fuming."
Jan 7 4 tweets 1 min read
Jess Phillips has expressed anger tonight at the slow response to child abuse inquiries.

Oldham Council wrote to her in July asking for a government inquiry. GB News revealed that she wrote back — saying no — almost four months later.

Will she apologise to Oldham survivors? In her interview with @AnushkaAsthana, Jess Phillips confirms she has yet to speak to any Oldham survivors.

Yet she still was confident enough to deny their request for a government-led inquiry.

How can you make that decision without speaking to the victims?
Jan 7 6 tweets 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE: A victim of abuse gangs in Oldham was forced to take emergency contraception by a male police officer after she reported her abuse, @GBNEWS can reveal. Image In a police complaint seen exclusively by GB News, it is said that the officer “had the pill in his hand and told her she had to take it.”

Sam, who was 12-years-old when she was gang raped, has shared her horrifying story with us.

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Jan 5 5 tweets 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Civil servants delayed compensation plans for grooming gang victims.

Several government sources told @GBNEWS that attempts to raise the issue were “pushed into the long grass” by senior officials Image Kemi Badenoch told me that payment is ‘the least victims are entitled to’ after delays were exposed.

The govt has been contacted for comment.

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Jan 5 10 tweets 4 min read
This conversation sparked by the abuse gangs scandal is spiralling into political gossip.

Let's bring it back to what matters: the survivors and getting the action they need.

So far, the government’s response to the demand for a national public inquiry has been to point to the IICSA report.

Bashing Elon Musk's amplification of calls for a public inquiry, Wes Streeting said that we’ve already had a report into grooming gangs so we don’t need another.

But what did the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse actually find out about grooming gangs?

In this thread I'll go through why many victims and campaigners think the report didn't do enough on the gangs.Image Published in 2022 after seven years, IICSA had a broad brief, which included all forms of exploitation.

Grooming gangs were lumped in with other abuse networks, while other subjects like online abuse, the Catholic Church, and care homes got their own investigation. Image
Jan 4 5 tweets 2 min read
REVEALED @GBNEWS: Keir Starmer ignored a Rotherham whistleblower's bullying complaint after she exposed child abuse and Labour corruption Image @GBNEWS GB News has seen correspondence between a whistleblower and Sir Keir's office in 2020, when he was the leader of the opposition.

He was told about Jayne Senior being bullied and facing a witch hunt after she helped to expose the Rotherham atrocity.
Jan 1 25 tweets 13 min read
Britain’s grooming gangs scandal is attracting attention. It’s happened before, but now it seems different.

I’ve dedicated most of my career in journalism to covering it. Because it’s the most appalling atrocity in modern British history.

In this thread, I’ll tell you what I know about the crisis, what I’ve uncovered, and what is yet to be revealed…Image When did it start?

Reports of gangs of men abusing children via on-street grooming go back as far as the 1970s.

But it first came to major prominence after Labour MP Ann Cryer raised concerns about the targeting of young girls by “Asian men” outside school gates.

It was 2003. She was accused of racism by many in her own party and had to install a panic alarm. Cryer was vilified for trying to support girls facing appalling abuse by predominantly Pakistani men. She was the first to endure this treatment, but by no means the last.Image
Jan 1 4 tweets 1 min read
Exclusive: Labour has rejected Oldham Council's request for a government inquiry into grooming gangs.

GB News has seen a letter from Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips urging the council to organise their own inquiry. Jess Phillips said that she understands "the strength of feeling" but rejected calls for a government-led review.

She also apologised for the delay in responding to two letters from the council's executive.

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Dec 3, 2024 5 tweets 2 min read
Derek Heggie has pleaded guilty to making racially aggravated comments.

But what did he post?

In videos referring to Muslims, Heggie said "young white girls are being raped by these grooming gangs"

The prosecution said his comments were "inflammatory" Image Carlisle Crown Court heard that his comments about grooming gangs were made for the "purpose of causing distress or anxiety."

The "grossly offensive comments" could see him imprisoned.

He was remanded into custody by a judge today.

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Nov 6, 2024 6 tweets 2 min read
2 months after seeing her abusers jailed, a Rotherham survivor returns to court to see their sentences reduced by years after an error.

At court, the rapists' relatives mock her and allegedly threaten violence.

It sounds like a crazy nightmare, but it all happened this week. EXCL @GBNEWS: Rotherham survivor in court confrontation after grooming gang rapists have sentences reduced by several years after admin error

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Oct 28, 2024 5 tweets 1 min read
Tommy Robinson has admitted two contempt of court claims by repeating false allegations against a Syrian schoolboy, who successfully sued him in 2021.

Robinson smiled towards his supporters in the public gallery as he entered the dock in a grey suit at Woolwich Crown Court. The judge told the court that he had watched the “Silenced” film that contains the allegations, which remains on Tommy Robinson’s X feed and has some 55 million views.

The barrister for the solicitor general said the film had been republished widely, including by Andrew Tate.
Oct 16, 2024 5 tweets 2 min read
Sara Sharif had dozens of injuries - old and new - when her body was found.

Jurors are hearing from a pathologist who assessed the 10-year-old. Dr Cary found a gaping head wound, bruising, scarring.

He has been speaking for 2 hours. We are on injury 62. His evidence continues. Sara Sharif had at least 71 new injuries when her body was found, jurors have been told.

That figures excludes the dozens of scars and internal wounds, which are now being detailed at the Old Bailey.

They include bruises to her lungs, skeletal injuries, and brain haemorrhages.
Oct 7, 2024 4 tweets 2 min read
Reform has sent a letter to the Home Secretary, threatening a private criminal prosecution over the Manchester Airport incident in late July, where several police officers were injured after an altercation with some men.

Reform allege that it is an example of two tier policing. Image
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Reform claims that a “very senior person” in Greater Manchester Police made a deliberate decision not to release the full CCTV footage of the incident, where a female officer suffered a broken nose and others were hospitalised.

The full footage was later leaked to a newspaper.