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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Pat Hurst

Police and councils failed to protect some children from grooming, report says

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There were “serious failings” by police and councils to protect children from grooming and sexual exploitation in Oldham but there was no cover-up by the authorities, a major report has concluded.

The report looked into the alleged grooming of children in council homes, shisha bars and by taxi drivers in the town and concluded there was no evidence of a cover up or “widespread” child sex abuse in those settings.

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