right now about children being abused in rotherham?g that in south yorkshire. you have got 117 detectives from the national crime agency actively at work and rather ham —— rotherham. they have not been able to bring anything to trial yet. to get these things to trial, if they are not recent, you have no forensic evidence, you are dependent on what the victims say in court. and getting these vulnerable people and wrapping the care around them, bringing them to court, educating the prosecution, the cps. and educating judges as well as to how you conduct a case, where there may be one victim, their witnesses and perhaps nine barristers for the defendants, all having their aggressive questions. it is not easy. i want to ask you one more question before we leave this story. many people will want to know this. there has been criticism that none of the senior members of your force we re of the senior members of your force were cleared by the ipcc. why haven't more senior officers being held responsible for what some people say are quite clear

spencer stokes, bbc news, rotherham. checked by 0fsted. it says it has invested in its services and they are safer and more responsible for young people and their families as a result. the headlines on bbc news. spanish police say they've shot dead younes abouyaaqoub, the man accused of ramming a vehicle into crowds in barcelona, killing thirteen people. millions of americans have been watching the first total solar eclipse to sweep from the us pacific coast to the atlantic coast in almost a century. ten american sailors are missing after a us destroyer collided with an oil tanker of singapore, the us defence secretary has ordered a worldwide operational pause of the fleet. the ftse100 in london is down a very small amount, the third one, the dowjones, is the main measure of stocks on wall street in america. it is up at the moment, just under 26.5 points. norfolk police are in the firing line tonight after a weekend of disruption in the seaside resort of cromer. restaurants and pubs had to close early ...with some reside

alison holt, bbc news, rotherham.gional transport problems, not central government. his comments come as northern leaders are meeting in leeds calling for more money and a commitment from central government to help improve transport links in the region. 0ur correspondent dan whitworth is in leeds. how has that comment from chris grayling gone down? not very well as you might imagine. it has been dozens you might imagine. it has been d oze ns of you might imagine. it has been dozens of political business leaders who have meeting here behind me in leeds all day. just about wrapping up leeds all day. just about wrapping up now. the message is one of unity and speaking with one voice when a call on government to demand more commitment and indeed more money to help improve public transport right across the north of england. this comes in the wake of an article in the yorkshire post this morning from transport secretary chris grayling. the headline says it all, is that to the north to sort out real issues. that left a sour

sammy woodhouse was just 14 when she was abused by a grooming gang in rotherham.as me prince charming and then later on turned into a monster. she now advises police forces on how to tackle grooming. we showed her our information on xy. i think it's an absolute kick in the teeth. it's just so insulting. they clearly thought that no—one was going to know about it and they thought they would get away with it. how would you describe the behaviour of northumbria police in using a convicted sex offender like this? it's absolutely shameful and they should be ashamed of themselves and they need to ask themselves, how would ifeel if it was my daughter? as a victim, i don't think i'd go to that police force after hearing information like this. and if this kind of stuff can shock me, i know it's going to shock anybody, and i don't think the public is going to be happy whatsoever when this gets out. i can completely understand the public's outrage, the outrage that a convicted child rapist is going to be paid money, but there's no room to be squeamish in this world. if you w

let me give you a clear image of what happened in rotherham.candal came about the british muslim youth organised the first demonstration against these criminals that were claiming to be from our community. we demonstrated. you will never see the far right come out againstjimmy savile. i have not see the edl outside the bbc studios. we have people coming out. in fact it was a pakistani man in rochdale who recognised these people and it came out. help us out. in between these different interpretations of how we frame the problem are are you? the labelling is incorrect. i don't think it is a muslim problem, as the rest of the panel have suggested — and we happen to be muslims. it would have been nice to have other religions because it is notjust the muslim community who have the issue, we have seen many cases where there has been white groups, that have been grooming and there has been young children being raped, but we don't label them as white christian grooming gangs. we label them by name or we label them as just a group. and i think it is unf

nikki fox, bbc news, rotherham.xing match that breaks all records. the american boxer, floyd mayweather, has had a9 fights during his professional career and he's never been beaten. now he's come out of retirement to take on the mixed martial artist, ireland's conor mcgregor. it's a pay—per—view match and it could rake in £550 million. £175 million — that's how much floyd mayweather could earn. connor mcgregor would have to make do with around £60 million. and it's all happneing in las vegas on saturday night, or rather the early hours of sunday morning here. richard conway is there for us now. sophie, in a city full of stars, connor mcgregor and floyd mayweather will outshine all the big name performers here on the las vegas strip this weekend. this mega fight is not without its critics or controversies. without that, thousands are flocking in to watch in person, millions will watch on tv at home. to them it is an exciting and intriguing clash of styles and anticipation is building ahead of fight night. on face val

rotherham in south yorkshire is a town trying to emerge from the darkest of times.e of the abuse. last august, after complaints by a number of abuse survivors, rotherham council put her under investigation. speaking about it for the first time, she says it's taken a huge toll. here we are, nearly three years on, and i feel more vilified than some of the perpetrators in rotherham. that is how you feel at the moment, you feel vilified? absolutely, yeah. she's accused of making money from media appearances and sharing information inappropriately. but she only received details of the actual allegations last week after the bbc contacted the council. it devastates me. i do not receive money for doing interviews. i don't and have not done this for money. somebody told them that i was earning a significant amount of money — well, i'm not. former detective michael fowler is on the management committee of the charity where jayne senior works. we have policies and procedures to deal with allegations. they've deliberately bypassed those, even when we've asked them to stop. it j

nikki fox, bbc news, rotherham. up to three lorries travelling in convoy. the technology has already been tested elsewhere in europe and the united states. the government says it will mean cheaper fuel bills, lower emissions and less congestion. our correspondent richard lister looks at how it will work. this could be the future, the driver in the second lorry is only steering, his speed is controlled by a computer, which is monitoring what the lead driver does. it's called "platooning". these dutch trials suggest lorries, linked by wi—fi like this, can drive much closer together, and that may have benefits. 10% fuel savings. that means 10% less fuel, that's money off yours and my shopping bills. the goods in shops will go down. it's10% less co2, so we're going to be really helping the planet. congestion, if we get platooning, vehicles are running smoother together, we're not going to get the trafficjams we have today. and finally, safety. we're going have robots and sensors not making mistakes hopefully that you an

the shadow minister for women rotherham and also the shadow ministerfor women and rotherham and alsomorning. she made this point this morning. she said there's a need to acknowledge that the vast majority of these perpetrators of these type of these perpetrators of these type of crimes british asian men, she is calling on the government to carry out more research to find out why thatis out more research to find out why that is the case. thanks forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news: the tension between the us and north korea escalates — now pyongyang claims that a plan to fire four missiles near the us territory of guam will be ready in a matter of days. after 18 people are convicted of abusing girls in newcastle — the former director of public prosecutions says the crime should be treated as "profoundly racist". nhs waiting lists have hit a ten—year high in england — other key targets including urgent referral for cancer care have also been missed. and in the sport. open championjustin spieth pars the first hole of his attempt to become the youngest winner of a golfing grand slam.

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there was a woman sunbathing naked in her garden in rotherham, two naturist is sat outside their ca rava patio outside the house, filmed by adrian pogmore in the helicopter, and a couple sunbathing naked in their garden in rotherham. thejury decided it was just adrian pogmore responsible for this, not the others, the two pilots and two police officers in the helicopter on occasion. as matthew lucas, one of those, let, he was at how he felt about being cleared, he said he was relieved. he was asked about whether he would go back to work and said he would have to wait and see, because south yorkshire police said in a statement this afternoon that the officers involved are still subject to internal disciplinary proceedings which are ongoing. as for adrian pogmore, the man described as the tea m pogmore, the man described as the team deviant during this trial who made those recordings, he will be sentenced next week. this is bbc news at five — the headlines: ireland's new prime minister warns the border with northern ireland must not become a barrier to free trade. donald trump under yet mor

lord macdonald has also been backed up by sarah champion, she is the labour mp from rotherham and alsothis morning. she said there's a need to acknowledge that the vast majority of these perpetrators of these type of crimes are british asian men, she is calling on the government to carry out more research to find out why that is the case. dutch investigators have arrested two suspects in connection with a probe into the discovery of fipronil insecticide in european eggs. it comes as the food standards agency says around 700,000 eggs from dutch farms have been distributed to britain. that's much higher than the 21,000 first estimated. the scandal over the insecticide has seen millions of chicken eggs pulled from european supermarket shelves. 0ur correspondent has been following the story. this is a fast moving story, they have been talking about fipronil which is banned for used for treating animals which are destined for human consumption, and so somehow this has ended up in the human supply chain. millions of eggs have been taken off the shelves in germany, for instance. the food stan

journalist who broke the story on what is happening, and what happened in the child sex ring in rotherham don't have an insight into what was said. there is a statement from tower hamlets. my only insight is what on earth is a council doing not spotting this one coming? warning klaxons should have been sounding. we co nta cted klaxons should have been sounding. we contacted tower hamlets council and they go back to us, and just to read out the statement: we are unable to comment on individual cases all those subject to court proceedings. the council's fostering service provides a loving and stable home for hundreds of children each year and home for hundreds of children each yearand in home for hundreds of children each year and in every case we give absolute consideration to our children's background absolute consideration to our child ren‘s background and absolute consideration to our children's background and to their cultural identity. all of our foster carers receive training and support from the council to ensure they are fully qualified to meet the needs of the children in their ca

lord macdonald has also been backed up by sarah champion, she is the labour mp from rotherham and alsothis morning. she said there's a need to acknowledge that the vast majority of these perpetrators of these type of crimes are british asian men. she's calling on the government to carry out more research to find out why that is the case. the number of people waiting for routine surgery in england has reached its highest level for nearly a decade. figures from nhs england show that injune there were about 3.83 million patients on waiting lists for operations — the highest total since december 2007. other key targets were also missed — including urgent referrals for cancer care. our health editor hugh pym has been analysing the figures, when he spoke to my colleague kate silverton. the nhs is doing more than it was, but that waiting list has been climbing and it was 3.83 million patients waiting for routine surgery and operations in the month ofjune. nhs england says it could be even 4 million because not all hospitals reported theirfigures. what about the key target of waiting 18 weeks

the mp for rotherham said she used an extremely poor choice of words. her home port of portsmouth for the first time this morning. the 65,000 tonne ship, which took eight years to build, is the royal navy's largest ever surface warship. it can't currently deploy planes, but flying trials are due to begin next year. a group of robbers used sledgehammers to smash their way into a london jewellers this morning. footage captured the men leaving the shop and escaping on mopeds. scotland yard said nobody was injured in the raid. no arrests have yet been made. a week of national mourning has begun in sierra leone, in the wake of the flooding and mudslides that claimed many hundreds of lives near the capital, freetown. officials say more than 100 children are among the 400 people who are known to have died when part of a mountain collapsed onto a settlement. and at least 600 people are still missing. from freetown, martin patience reports. in freetown the ambulances are rushing not to the hospital but to the main mortuary. they are ferrying the dead — victims b

a charity worker who helped expose the sexual exploitation of vulnerable children in rotherham talksuld be on helping those still suffering. i've had a couple of calls from people in the community who this is still happening to their children and daughters and just reaching out and asking for help and support. we will bring you that full interview after the news. also this morning — prince harry tells the bbc he's very glad he walked behind princess diana's coffin at her funeral 20 years ago, but says he still can't forgive the paparazzi. i think one of the hardest things to come to terms with is the fact that the people that were chasing her into the tunnel, were the same people that were taking photographs

the mp for rotherham today apologised for what she said was an "extremely poor choice of words". her resignation. police are investigating a robbery at the showroom of the london jewellers boodles. in footage of the incident, a number of suspects emerge from the knightsbridge shop and make off carrying bags of stolen goods on mopeds. they used hammers to smash their way through counter displays. boodles, which specialises in diamonds, say no—one was hurt in the robbery. researchers at newcastle university say england will need an extra 71,000 care home places by 2025 — that's less than ten years' time. they say people are living longer, but many of them need substantial care in their last years. here's our health editor, hugh pym. you're never too old to learn. ida, who's 92, is being shown how to text at this it class for older people. she feels she's making progress, though sometimes, it's hard to remember everything she's learned. your memory doesn't retain things. sometimes, it gives you a few minutes, then it comes back and — oh, i remember what it was! so, you know, you jus

it's thought more than 1,400 children in rotherham were groomed and abused by networks of predominantlyn. the town's mp says a fear within the public sector of being branded racist has allowed this to happen. sadly, i think there is political correctness going on. people historically have been more concerned about not being seen to be racist than they have been concerned about protecting children. that has to change right now. in the light of these latest newcastle cases, there are now calls for an inquiry into why groups of men are carrying out this abuse. some warn against stigmatising whole asian communities. others insist that the problem needs to be tackled head—on. amongst these criminals, there is a mindset that white girls are worthless, that white girls can be used and abused and discarded unlike their own daughters and sisters. and i think that's a form of racism. we in the british pakistani community have to confront that. police forces say they have learned from their own failures in tackling grooming gangs, but the northumbria force has been criticised for paying a child ra

are we now in a situation where we have got an mp who we should say is the mp for rotherham, who hasuations and beyond, are we in a situation where she has had to stand down, feel she has to stand down from this post because she herself cannot talk about this, is that not the problem? that we make it quite clear, i have supported sarah champion and voted for sarah champion. do you understand that issue? if i can comment, i voted for her and supported her advocacy work when it comes to this. but what we have to understand is, just to say political correctness is an issue, this is not what the south yorkshire police are saying today. i spoke to the head of south yorkshire police and they are not saying political correctness got in the way and this is why, three years on, there has not been a single failure from the police or the social services that has been challenged. where have the resignations been, where have the people who have supposedly... could you not say this has contributed ? let me finish. we're nearly out of time. it has contributed to a climate of people being scared to

it's thought more than 1,400 children in rotherham were groomed and abused by networks of predominantlyar within the public sector of being branded racist has allowed this to happen. sadly, i think there is political correctness going on. people historically have been more concerned about not being seen to be racist than they have been concerned about protecting children. that has to change right now. in the light of these latest newcastle cases, there are now calls for an inquiry into why groups of men are carrying out this abuse. some warn against stigmatising whole asian communities. 0thers insist that the problem needs to be tackled head—on. amongst these criminals, there is a mindset that white girls are worthless, that white girls can be used and abused and discarded unlike their own daughters and sisters. and i think that's a form of racism. we in the british pakistani community have to confront that. police forces say they have learned from their own failures in tackling grooming gangs, but the northumbria force has been criticised for paying a child rapist for information to he

the mp for rotherham today apologised for what she said was an "extremely poor choice of words".on. with me now is our political correspondent emma va rdy. a slow burn, this one. that is right, after that article came out sarah champion was bent on the receiving end of a number of amounts of criticism on twitter, from other labour party members who began calling for her to be sacked over those comments. she wrote the article in response to a court case in newcastle in which a group of mostly asian men had been convicted of grooming and abusing young girls. that was the latest in a series of court cases that was the latest in a series of court cases where we that was the latest in a series of court cases where we have seen groups of asian men, perpetrators of abuse of young girls, being convicted. and these cases have led to questions not only from sarah champion but from a number of authority figures questioning whether ethnicity has played a role in police and social services claiming to get to the truth quickly enough. that was some of the issues that she was addressing in the

adrian pogmore, who's fifty—one and from rotherham, was sacked by south yorkshire police after he admittedheffield crown court told him he had quite literally considered himself above the law. as the athletics world championships continue in london, another sporting events, bringing together 2500 investors. it is estimated that 1in 1 in sheffield this week there is sport everywhere the national games of the special olympics in sheffield this week there is sport everywhere. the national games of the special olympics, 20 disciplines, 2500 competitors and what links them all is that they love sport. what links them all if they have a learning disability, and that can make life a daily challenge. getting like around, travelling and stuff like that and everybody being nasty to me, bullying me, stuff like that. that happen to you? yes, it does. doesn't happen here, doing the sport? no, everybody is the same. a lot of people with intellectual disabilities, they feel they're being left out from the community and from the exclusion. whereas coming to these games gives them a chance to express thems

adrian pogmore, who's fifty—one and from rotherham, was sacked by south yorkshire police after he admitted crown court told him he had quite literally considered himself above the law. a software engineer working for google says he's been sacked for questioning the company's diversity policy. james danmore says he'd suggested there might be "biological causes" for men and women having different interests and abilities. google itself says that it can't comment on individual cases, but in an email to employers it said that: portions of the memo violated its code of conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in its workplace. it went on to say that to suggest that a group of colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not ok. the chief executive, broke off his holiday, wrote that memo which said it is fine for people to express themselves, but there are limits, and this particular software engineer had gone beyond those limits, by basically saying to women that you are not on the same level as men. you have got these bio

been backed by sarah champion, the labourmpfor been backed by sarah champion, the labour mp for rotherhamsearch needs to be done about why people from these communities are carrying out these types of crimes. thank you. we will continue the story throughout the morning. in half an hour, i will speak to the man who led the prosecution of the rochdale sex gang in 2012. he also has some criticisms of the police in northumbria and the tactics they used to. the war of words between the us and north korea is intensifying, as pyongyang says a plan to fire missiles overjapan to land in the sea near the us territory guam will soon be ready. state media denounced donald trump's warnings of "fire and fury", saying the us leader was "bereft of reason". the us has warned north korea's actions could mean the "end of its regime". yogita limaye reports from seoul. a show of strength in pyongyang. north korean state television showed a mass of people marching in support of the leadership in the country, even as the government made more threats. these are details of its plan to attack guam. four rockets wi

this is one of scores of woman abused by men in a grooming gang in rotherham.e forces on how to tackle the problem. it'sjust so insulting. they clearly thought no one was great to know about it and they thought they would get away with it. xy's activities became public when he fell out with his handler and threatened to go to be press, claiming the police enquiry was cropped and braces. this was dismissed as my splayed out. bat the police enquiry was cropped and racist. but a man from the government's task force to combat child sexual petition questions the police ‘s's decision. child sexual petition questions the police 's's decision. i can't envision circumstances were i would have authorised payment to someone convicted of rape. i can't imagine how you would have control mechanisms in place with an informant that type that you were going to task that we give you reassurance that they didn't still represent a risk to young and vulnerable women, given what i know about this particular person'shistory. prime contender we have not only brought dangerous men toju

the common link before all four of these cases, the first involving a woman sunbathing naked in rotherham naturist is in their caravan at a site near doncaster. the third incident involved a couple having sex on the patio outside their home and the final incident involved the couple sunbathing in their garden, and one of the women involved says she feels sick when she thinks about it. the other crew members who the helicopter with parkmore during those incidents were charged with misconduct in a public office. they've been on trial for the last few weeks and in the last hour or so they were cleared of all the charges, so they were found not guilty, unanimously, by thejury charges, so they were found not guilty, unanimously, by the jury who heard all the evidence evidence and watched the evidence. and they found those men not guilty. there were shouts of relief and joy from the public gallery here adds sheffield crown court as the verdicts were read out. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: ireland's prime minister says the clock is ticking on brexit and challenges britain to fi

premier league huddersfield are 1—0 down to yorkshire rivals rotherham.. there is full commentary of cheltenham against west ham on 5live — that one is currently goalless. britain's chris froome has extended his vuelta a espana lead after today's racing. the fifth stage was won by kazakhstan‘s alexy lutsenko, after be broke clear on the uphill finish. froome's aiming to become the third man to win the a vuelta and the tour de france in the same year. he now has a 10—second advantage over his nearest rival. england's men have reached the semi—finals of the eurohockey championships in amsterdam. they beat ireland 2—1 to progress to the last four as runners—up in pool b behind germany. the men follow in the footsteps of england's women, who face the netherlands in their semi—final tomorrow. in so many ways, it was probably our best performance of this group. how the game went, we dominated for long periods in the first quarter and then we end up a goal down and to reflect on it, when the pressure builds and having to stick at it, some of the quality they pla

biggest cases, the first big one to become public knowledge, the case of abuse in her constituency of rotherhamr mp for keighley and cry of the labour party used to talk about these issues regularly. why is it talked about something not compatible on the front bench, or is this ajeremy compatible on the front bench, or is this a jeremy corbyn thing, that for him it's not acceptable, and that's why, although he says it was her decision, that's why she had to go. i think it was sarah champion's language that tarred many men with the same brush, and it would be deeply offensive to many british pakistani men who would find the kind of behaviour of these perpetrators absolutely abhorrent. but the way the sun newspaper headline was written was something that caused deep offence. sarah champion argued to some degree that she was a politician saying the things other people were afraid of. and there will be some people who might agree with her. but in this situation, that offence was so deeply felt that this position for her became untenable. jeremy corbyn has accepted her resignation forced up has acce

staff saying to front—line workers take out the word asian when identifying people —— the city of rotherhamlexandra shulman has been praised for that selfie, is she an inspiration or a hypocrite? should never put that on the front of herformer magazine, should never put that on the front of her former magazine, would she? —— she would never put that on the front of herformer —— she would never put that on the front of her former magazine. school children in some of the most deprived parts of wales are getting free school meals these summer holidays paid for by the welsh government. £500,000 has been allocated which still means only a small number of schools are covered. a report earlier this year said that up to three million children across the uk risked going hungry in the holidays. we played you catrin nye's full report earlier — here's a short extract before we have conversation about this. can you tell me what your favourite foods are? i love chicken nuggets with beans! chicken nuggets with beans? school holidays equals hungry kids. what did you have for lunch yesterday? bolognese! and