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Grooming victim's mum speaks out at 'nightmare ordeal' in East Lancashire

12:30am Wednesday 15th June 2011

WITH VIDEO: A MUM whose 13-year-old daughter was plied with drugs and alcohol by a gang of Asian men who groomed her for sex has spoken of her ‘nightmare’ ordeal.

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Parent officer appointed to East Lancashire sex grooming team

5:50pm Monday 24th January 2011

PARENTS of children who are being groomed for sexual exploitation are receiving specialist help from the first parent officer in the country.

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Online backing for Jack Straw in sex grooming debate

11:18am Tuesday 18th January 2011

JACK Straw’s controversial comments on grooming have been overwhelmingly backed by the Lancashire Telegraph’s online readers.

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Motives which drive sex criminals

12:58pm Thursday 13th January 2011

OF all the crimes committed in this country, sex offences are perhaps the most inexplicable to the overwhelming majority of civilised society. Two experts give an insight into the motives which drive almost all sex criminals.

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80% of Operation Engage offenders white

11:58am Wednesday 12th January 2011

OPERATION Engage was set up by police in 2006 after the problem of predominantly-Asian gangs preying on vulnerable white girls.

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Sex grooming debate continues

11:40am Wednesday 12th January 2011

The Lancashire Telegraph has called for a full and open debate on the issue of sex grooming, and this week we will provide a platform for a series of commentators.

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Pakistani Labour councillors speak out against Jack Straw's comment

2:00pm Tuesday 11th January 2011

SIX Pakistani Labour councillors in Blackburn have issued a joint statement ‘strongly disagreeing’ with Jack Straw’s remarks on sex grooming.

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Jack Straw sex grooming comments: the reaction

9:43am Monday 10th January 2011

Jack Straw’s claims that some Pakistani sex-groomers see white girls as ‘easy meat’ has sparked a furious local and national debate.

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Our four-year fight to protect vulnerable girls in East Lancashire

11:26am Monday 10th January 2011

THE problem of gangs of predominantly Asian men grooming underage girls for sex has just made national headlines.

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Jack Straw calls for 'more openness' on sex abuse issue

8:36am Saturday 8th January 2011

WITH POLL: Blackburn MP Jack Straw has accused some Pakistani men in Britain of seeing white girls as 'easy meat' for sexual abuse.

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Suspended sentences for East Lancs men who abducted teens

1:00pm Saturday 5th June 2010

A JUDGE has blasted two cousins who took three young girls from the streets of East Lancashire, plied them with drink and drove them 20 miles to a hotel for sex.

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Pendle girls abducted to Darwen hotel for sex

8:40am Thursday 6th May 2010

THREE girls were taken from an East Lancashire street, plied with booze and driven 20 miles to a hotel room for sex.

Fury as jailed East Lancashire sex attacker wins deportation fight

9:20pm Sunday 18th April 2010

A FOREIGN national who abducted underage girls and sexually exploited them has been told he can return to East Lancashire when he comes out of jail.

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3 arrests in East Lancs child sex grooming crackdown

11:37am Friday 16th April 2010

PREDATORY men who groom under-age girls for sex by showering them with gifts have been targeted in a police operation.

Crackdown on sexual explotation in Blackburn helps 385 young women

11:00am Thursday 11th March 2010

SOME 385 young women have been offered protection as part of a crackdown on sexual expoitation in Blackburn less than two years, it has been revealed.

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Rossendale abuse victim's mum: 'She thought these men cared for her'

4:21pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010

A ROSSENDALE mother discovered her daughter had become a victim of sexual exploitation - and revealed she too had been through the same ordeal herself as a child.

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Blackburn and Darwen schools join child sex exploitation fight

10:40am Friday 27th November 2009

SCHOOLCHILDREN as young as 10 will be taught about safe relationships in a bid to reduce sexual exploitation.

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Police uncover Lancashire 'paedophile parties'

9:10am Tuesday 24th November 2009

A MAJOR investigation into girls being groomed for sex by older men has uncovered disturbing ‘paedophile parties’ in Lancashire.

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We’re winning fight against perverts, say Blackburn with Darwen team

9:00am Tuesday 14th July 2009

A GROUNDBREAKING project set up to tackle sexual exploitation of children in Blackburn with Darwen has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people being prosecuted.

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Campaign helps 180 East Lancashire sex victims

8:30pm Sunday 15th March 2009

A CRACKDOWN on the sexual exploitation of children is celebrating a ‘momentous’ first year after helping 180 potential victims.

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Accrington sex predator admits raping girl, 12

8:50am Saturday 29th November 2008

A ‘DANGEROUS sexual predator’ has admitted raping a 12-year-old girl he met outside a Blackburn cinema at midnight.

Blackburn men jailed for sex offences with girls, 14

8:10am Friday 21st November 2008

TWO men have been jailed for a total of five years and three months for sexual activity with 14-year-old girls.