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Crackdown on sexual explotation in Blackburn helps 385 young women

SUPPORT: Julie Wareing of Brook

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.

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

VICTIM SUPPORT: The Operation Freedom team has brought new hope to Alison and her daughter

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.

Blackburn and Darwen schools join child sex exploitation fight

FRONT LINE: Nick McPartlan

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'

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

DANGER: The Keep Them Safe campaign highlighted the problem of girls being groomed for sex   Picture posed by models

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

SUCCESS: After just one year the special operation to tackle the problem of girls being groomed for sex by older men has helped 180 possible 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

DANGER: Imran Pervez

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

Andrew Paul Wells

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

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’

Det Supt HERRMANN:  It is not about race'

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

SEX FOR SALE': A still from tomorrow night's Panorama which looks at the grooming of young girls

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

MESSAGE: Brook worker Vicky Quirk, left, and Brook chief executive Julie Wareing with Jemma Laing and Kayleigh Bell, stars of the But I thought he loved me' DVD, which was shown at the conference

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

AGONY: A victim's mother tells her story at the conference

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

SUZANNE HALL

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

Vulnerable youngsters can easily be targeted (picture posed by models).

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

ALERT: Det Chief Insp Neil Hunter

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

KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE: County child experts Bob Gower and Pauline Geraghty, and assistant chief constable Wendy Walker at the launch of the Lancashire Safe-guarding Children intitiative

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.

Sex victim's mum in road chase terror

ORDEAL: The 15-year-old girl's mother

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.

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.

‘Name and shame the predators’

THEY ALL HAVE VIEWS: Members of the Youth Forum talk about the the desperate problems of the sexual exploitation of vulnerable young children

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.



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