Labour ‘shambolic’ over Azhar Ali row, says antisemitism report author Martin Forde says storm over Rochdale byelection candidate raises new questions over ‘disparity in treatment’ of Labour MPs The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024
Two-state solution ‘not rewarding Hamas’, Cameron tells Lords – as it happened Former Tory leader, recently parachuted into role, to face questions over Gaza and elsewhere The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024
Rochdale byelection controversy – what happens next Labour has withdrawn its support for its candidate, Azhar Ali, but cannot select a replacement The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024
Labour’s self-sabotage leaves Rochdale byelection up for grabs Party’s belated renunciation of Azhar Ali for antisemitic comments leaves George Galloway and Simon Danczuk vying for pole position The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024
Labour withdraws support for Rochdale candidate after Israel-Gaza remarks Party no longer campaigning for Azhar Ali, who suggested Israel had allowed 7 October attack to happen The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024
Starmer's judgement under fire over delay in withdrawing support for Rochdale candidate after anti-Israel rant Labour finally acts after spending much of Monday trying to defend Azhar Ali - with party suspending him pending an investigation Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024
Starmer urged to discipline Rochdale candidate over Israel-Gaza remarks Calls for Labour leader to remove whip from Azhar Ali if he becomes MP, after his suggestion Israel ‘allowed’ 7 October attack The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024
OPINION - The Standard View: Sir Keir Starmer must withdraw support from Labour's Rochdale candidate It is all a Jewish conspiracy, you see. Labour’s candidate for the Rochdale by-election, Azhar Ali, told a party meeting that Israel had “deliberately” allowed the October 7 massacre — in which Hamas murdered 1,200 people and took more than 240 hostage — to go ahead to give them “the… Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024
Rishi Sunak tells voters he is ‘absolutely’ committed to Rwanda during Q&A on GB News – as it happened Prime minister faces one-hour grilling from voters following day of campaigning in Yorkshire The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024
Labour criticised for backing Rochdale candidate after offensive Israel remark Support for Azhar Ali in looming byelection is a failure to tackle antisemitism, says leading campaigner The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024
Sir Keir Starmer slammed for 'tin-eared' response to anti-Israel rant by Labour Rochdale by-election candidate A shadow minister confirmed that Labour’s campaign backing Cllr Ali in Rochdale would continue Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024
Labour Rochdale by-election candidate apologises for ‘deeply offensive’ Israel claims Azhar Ali’s comments were described as ‘totally reprehensible’ by Jewish groups Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2024
Rochdale: Four boys aged between 12 and 14 arrested on suspicion of rape Four boys aged between 12 and 14 have been arrested on suspicion of rape in Rochdale. Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2024
‘The ultimate protest against Labour’: George Galloway’s bid to win Rochdale Labour’s 9,668 majority in Greater Manchester seat challenged by Galloway’s Gaza-focused campaign The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2024 Ex-MP Simon Danczuk suspended for sexting to fight byelection for Reform Former Labour member likely to be up against George Galloway in contest for Rochdale seat
The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2024 Rapt by restoration and raptors’ return in Rochdale Brief letters: Peregrine falcons | Britain’s Bayeux tapestry | Taxing language | Wild weeing | Missing money
The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2024 Amid class prejudice and sensitivities over race, Rochdale’s abused girls were failed The contempt for victims by police, social workers and council officers is at the heart of this scandal
International Business Times UK · Jan 18, 2024 Veteran Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd Dies Aged 73 Following Announcement of Untreatable Leukaemia The long-serving politician, who had been the MP for Rochdale since 2017, was diagnosed with blood cancer four years ago.
The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024 Police secretly seized Rochdale grooming victim’s aborted foetus, damning review finds ‘I feel like it’s illegal for them to rob a foetus, a part of me... that is disgusting,’ says victim
The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024 Greater Manchester Police warn ‘reckoning is coming’ to Rochdale abusers in pledge to failed victims It comes as a lengthy review reveals multiple failed investigations by Greater Manchester Police into hundreds of youngsters identified as potential victims of abuse in Rochdale
The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024 Police ‘left children at mercy of grooming gang paedophiles’ in Rochdale Failings by senior police and council bosses left children ‘at risk’, report finds
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2024 Police took aborted foetus without telling Rochdale grooming victim, review finds Failing among those detailed in highly critical report into how GMP and other agencies responded to child sexual exploitation
The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023 Police still victim blaming in grooming gang cases, watchdog finds Inspection in England and Wales criticises pace of change since child abuse scandals in Rotherham and Rochdale came to light
The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023 Two charged after Rochdale cenotaph daubed with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also designed the cenotaph on Whitehall.
The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023 Two arrested after Rochdale Cenotaph daubed with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti Greater Manchester Police said the memorial meant a lot to the community and described the incident as ‘deeply upsetting’.