a colleague based in salford went and he heard the man from black than deny the charges, saying that—— blackburn. luckily, magistrates found him guilty. finally, after more than two yes, i got a conviction. he will be sentenced in a couple of months. that will take more time. unbelievably, when i was researching the story this week to write it for the bbc website, i discovered an article from the lancashire telegraph, nearly a decade ago, that reported that this man had been found guilty nearly a decade ago of more than 15,000 obscene calls over a three—month period. so it was clear this man was a prolific offender and it even had a quote from their time from a lancashire police officer. so the whole experience just felt that it was a struggle for the police to take it seriously, a struggle to get the conviction. i don�*t feel that getting justice should be the victim�*s struggle. we put all of this to the met, to lancashire, and the met admitted their investigation clearly fell short. lancashire police said initially it didn�*t meet the standards expected. since it has gone on the w

and angus crawford joins us live from salford. is this problem of sextortion rings coming out of nigeria, and what do you think the reaction will be of those calls from murray dowey�*s parents? calls from murray dowey's parents?— parents? that is a difficult question _ parents? that is a difficult question to _ parents? that is a difficult question to answer. - parents? that is a difficult question to answer. such | parents? that is a difficult. question to answer. such is parents? that is a difficult - question to answer. such is the stigma, the embarrassment, the fear of those who fall victim, it is hugely underreported. but there is an organisation, the national organisation for missing and exploited children, based in the us, they say in 2022, there were 10,000 reports of sextortion that came to them from children. a year later, that had risen to 25,000. that gives you a sense of the huge scale of the problem. figures i have seen suggest something like a0 self—inflicted deaths and suicides among young people in the uk, us, can

live from soho... —— live from salford... this is children in need 202a.uti gatwa was back as the doctor, introducing a world exclusive preview from the upcoming doctor who christmas special. i'm going to bring you christmas in november. this week, paddy mcguinness has been on an epic cycle ride, riding almost 300 miles from wales to scotland, all on a children's bike. 8,850,000. there was a special performance by the children in need choir, featuring kids who have themselves been supported by the charity. it was a big night for girls aloud too. they've released a new version of their single i'll stand by you for the charity, with the lead vocals sung entirely by their late band—mate sarah harding. behind all the fun and games, there's an important message. children need is the bbc�*s charity for disadvantaged young people, with the money raised going a long way to helping families across the uk. this year's children in need appeal has raised more than £39 million for good causes, with the final total likely to rise further. hopefully you had a chance to l

in media city in salford, the final preparations are under way for tonight's annual televised appeal.bove. i've got a lot of energy, and it's all about pacing yourself and controlling that energy, getting yourself in the right mindset. we'll have a live audience in the studio and millions of people at home watching. # we've come so far...# at the heart of it all, it's the children, and tonight's show will include a special performance by the bbc children in need choir featuring kids who have themselves been supported by the charity. with the money raised tonight going a long way towards helping children and families across the uk who need it most. # will be someone else's dream...# l they were the first jazz act to win the mercury prize, and tonight, ezra collective become the first british jazz band to headline wembley arena. the group first met at a youth club set up to teach young people jazz for free. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson caught up with them. ezra collective at their sound check, hours before becoming the first british jazz act to headline wembley arena.

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speaking at hulton, salford.ing at a press conference in the last half, an hour, greater manchester police chief superintendent neil blackwood said a cordon would remain in place while officers carried out enquiries into who this baby could be, how long they had been there and how they had died. elsewhere this afternoon there have been unconfirmed reports that ukraine has fired long—range british storm shadow missiles into russian territory for the first time. a spokesperson for prime minister keir starmer said his office would not be commenting on reports or operational matters. britain has previously said ukraine could use storm shadow missiles within ukrainian territory, but the government has been pressing the us to allow their use to strike targets inside russia for several months . at pmqs today, several months. at pmqs today, the government declined to rule out further increases on inheritance tax or changes to agricultural agricultural property relief. speaking earlier, deputy pm angela rayner defended th

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