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           <description><![CDATA[  MORE than 50 men have been issued with ‘abduction notices’ to stop them approaching children in East Lancashire.
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           <title>Parent officer appointed to East Lancashire sex grooming team</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[JACK Straw’s controversial comments on grooming have been overwhelmingly backed by the Lancashire Telegraph’s online readers.
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           <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[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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           <title>Sex grooming debate continues</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[  A DARWEN man investigated by Operation Engage is facing jail after grooming a girl through mobile phone texts before engaging in sexual activity with her.
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           <title>Pakistani Labour councillors speak out against Jack Straw's comment</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[SIX Pakistani Labour councillors in Blackburn have issued a joint statement ‘strongly disagreeing’ with Jack Straw’s remarks on sex grooming.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[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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           <title>Our four-year fight to protect vulnerable girls in East Lancashire</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THE problem of gangs of predominantly Asian men grooming underage girls for sex has just made national headlines.
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           <description><![CDATA[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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           <title>'How to spot grooming' lessons for East Lancashire schoolgirls</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  SCHOOLGIRLS are being given lessons on how to spot controlling, sexually abusive and violent boyfriends in a ground-breaking new scheme.
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           <title>Engage to keep our girls safe</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Lancashire Telegraph comment: Five years after our investigation revealed the problem of older men grooming young girls for sex, the situation seems as a bad as ever.
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           <title>Suspended sentences for East Lancs men who abducted teens</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  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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           <title>Pendle girls abducted to Darwen hotel for sex</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  THREE girls were taken from an East Lancashire street, plied with booze and driven 20 miles to a hotel room for sex.]]></description>
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           <title>Fury as jailed East Lancashire sex attacker wins deportation fight</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[  PREDATORY men who groom under-age girls for sex by showering them with gifts have been targeted in a police operation.
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           <title>Crackdown on sexual explotation in Blackburn helps 385 young women</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  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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           <title>Rossendale abuse victim's mum: 'She thought these men cared for her'</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[  SCHOOLCHILDREN as young as 10 will be taught about safe relationships in a bid to reduce sexual exploitation.
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           <title>Police uncover Lancashire 'paedophile parties'</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[A MAJOR investigation into girls being groomed for sex by older men has uncovered disturbing ‘paedophile parties’ in Lancashire.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[AN INNOVATIVE project tackling sexual exploitation of children in East Lancashire has been named as runner-up at a national awards ceremony.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[  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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           <description><![CDATA[  A CRACKDOWN on the sexual exploitation of children is celebrating a ‘momentous’ first year after helping 180 potential victims.
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           <description><![CDATA[  THE success of Operation Engage, a crackdown on sexual grooming of young girls in East Lancashire, has led to the scheme being rolled out elsewhere in the county.
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           <description><![CDATA[  A ‘DANGEROUS sexual predator’ has admitted raping a 12-year-old girl he met outside a Blackburn cinema at midnight.
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           <description><![CDATA[  TWO men have been jailed for a total of five years and three months for sexual activity with 14-year-old girls.
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