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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.
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.
Lancashire Police ‘Engage’ project runner-up in awards
10:43am Friday 9th October 2009
AN INNOVATIVE project tackling sexual exploitation of children in East Lancashire has been named as runner-up at a national awards ceremony.
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.
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.
Crackdown on sexual grooming is widened across Lancashire
3:20pm Wednesday 11th February 2009
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.
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.
One referral a day to Blackburn with Darwen child sex grooming team
7:40am Saturday 11th October 2008
ALMOST one girl a day is being referred to a special team set up to tackle sexual exploitation of young people, it has been revealed.
New team helps Lancashire sexual grooming victims and warns predators
11:38am Thursday 3rd July 2008
FOLLOWING a Lancashire Telegraph investigation into the grooming of girls for sex by gangs of men, the police, council and other agencies set up a special operation to combat the crime. We spoke to one of the victims helped by staff from Engage. Here, the 14-year-old tells how the team rescued her from a life of hell.
Four new workers for child sex crackdown
8:35am Tuesday 1st April 2008
FOUR new workers are set to join Engage, the team set up to tackle child sexual exploitation in Blackburn.
Grooming: Police ‘are tackling it’
2:19pm Thursday 27th March 2008
POLICE have been accused of not doing enough to tackle Asian men who groom white teenagers into prostitution for fear of being branded racist.
Panorama show on teen prostitutes in East Lancs
11:09am Wednesday 26th March 2008
A TELEVISION documentary is to chart the problem of teenage prostitution in East Lancashire.
Action to tackle sexual predators
6:23pm Wednesday 12th March 2008
ALMOST 400 young girls and boys have been reported missing in Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley in the past six months.
Victim’s mum praises Lancashire Telegraph campaign
6:41pm Tuesday 11th March 2008
A MOTHER who was one of the first to speak out about sexual grooming has backed the new drive.
New DVD highlights dangers of 'grooming' to teens
6:34pm Tuesday 11th March 2008
A DVD is being launched to educate youngsters about sexual exploitation.
We are working to tackle sex grooming - expert
11:13pm Thursday 13th December 2007
ONE of the UK's leading experts in preventing human and internal trafficking has thrown his weight behind a national inquiry to take action against sex predators.
Sex grooming expert hails our campaign
1:54pm Friday 7th December 2007
THE UK's leading expert in preventing young girls being groomed for sex has hailed the Lancashire Telegraph's Keep Them Safe Campaign.
Major victory for Lancashire Telegraph campaign
9:54pm Wednesday 5th December 2007
THE Lancashire Telegraph has won a major victory in its campaign to stop children being groomed for sex after a national investigation into the problem was launched.
Parents plan legal action against police
1:59pm Tuesday 2nd October 2007
PARENTS of girls groomed for sex are to discuss possible legal action against police over claims officers are not protecting their children.
Help on the way for child sex victims
7:00pm Friday 20th October 2006
NEW government initiatives to tackle the sexual exploitation of children have been announced thanks to pressure from the Lancashire Telegraph, MPs have said.
‘Save my daughter from sex grooming’
7:00pm Wednesday 30th August 2006
THE mother of a child sex grooming victim today begged social services to move her daughter out of the county for her own protection.
Cracking down on the web perverts
7:00pm Tuesday 29th August 2006
CHILD sexual exploitation and grooming on the internet is to be stamped out, Lancashire police today vowed.
New protocol to stop sexual exploitation
7:00pm Tuesday 8th August 2006
A NEW protocol has been devised to protect children who have run away from Lancashire care homes from being sexually exploited.
Action against sex predators
7:00pm Monday 31st July 2006
VULNERABLE children are to be given greater protection from predatory men thanks to a new initiative set up in the wake of the Lancashire Telegraph's Keep Them Safe campaign.
Parents need not be alone
7:00pm Friday 21st July 2006
A SUPPORT group for the parents of sexually exploited children is to be launched by a mother whose daughter was groomed into child prostitution.
Sex victim's mum in road chase terror
7:00pm Friday 21st July 2006
A MUM who lifted the lid on a sex ring which abused her daughter has been left terrified after her car was almost run off the road.
‘Name and shame the predators’
7:00pm Tuesday 18th July 2006
The Lancashire Evening Telegraph's exclusive investigation into children being groomed into sexual exploitation has sent shock waves through the community.
Child victims need our help
7:00pm Wednesday 12th July 2006
TWO children's charities are fighting for extra help to protect East Lancashire's victims of underage sexual grooming.
We launch campaign to help vice-trap children
7:00pm Tuesday 11th July 2006
THE Lancashire Evening Telegraph today launches a campaign to bring vital help to children who are being lured by predators into a sordid world of under-age sex and drugs.
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