Budget supermarket chain Lidl has been ordered to melt down all their chocolate bunnies for being "too similar" to those sold by Lindt, a top Swiss court has ruled.
10.09.2022 - 15:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Further calls for a public inquiry led by the government into grooming and child sexual exploitation in Oldham have been voted down.
The Failsworth Independent Group (FIP) tabled a motion at full council on Wednesday night calling on the chief executive to write to government ministers requesting a ‘fully independent and broad ranging’ public inquiry ‘as soon as is ‘practically possible’.
It was the same wording the group put forward in a motion in July, which was approved after being amended by the Labour administration to remove the section about a public inquiry.
A town hall rule about not bringing back the same motion within six months was waived so it could be debated for a second time.
The latest motion represents the fourth call that has been formally made for a further wide-reaching investigation into historic sexual abuse in the borough.
A review into allegations of abuse which was published in June found that vulnerable children in Oldham had been failed despite efforts to protect them between 2011 and 2014.
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Moving his party’s motion, Councillor Brian Hobin addressed council leader Amanda Chadderton, saying: “I am aware that one of the survivors she spoke to asked her directly to vote for this because the survivors themselves want a full public independent inquiry into the matter.”
He added: “We’re committed as a team to push for this motion and to push for justice for the survivors for as long as it takes. So even if it does get voted down today, we’ll keep coming back and hopefully once the power has shifted in this chamber we’ll get somewhere.
“It’s not for the opposition to ask for the Home Office to come in, and I’m sure if
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