Another pleasantly sunny day is forecast for Saturday as Greater Manchester continues to enjoy the warmer weather this Easter weekend.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to launch a new taskforce to tackle grooming gangs during visits to Greater Manchester and Leeds today. The PM has pledged 'political correctness' will not get in the way of a crackdown, as ministers promised tougher sentences and new support for local forces to protect children from abuse.
Mr Sunak is poised to announce a new set of measures the Government says will protect young women and girls from sexual abuse, which will also see ethnicity data used to support police investigations.
Part of the plan will see specialist officers assist local police forces to solve child sexual exploitation investigations as part of the new grooming gangs taskforce, as Mr Sunak warned that for too long 'political correctness has stopped us from weeding out vile criminals who prey on children and young women'.
He vowed: "We will stop at nothing to stamp out these dangerous gangs."
In Rochdale, nine gang members were jailed in 2012 for a catalogue of child sex offences on vulnerable youngsters.
The new taskforce, the Government said, would be led by police and supported by the National Crime Agency, with membership made up of officers with 'extensive experience' of undertaking investigations into grooming gangs.
The plan will also see ethnicity data used to assist the police in investigating grooming gangs, something ministers will argue is necessary to ensure “cultural sensitivities” are not used to prevent criminals being caught.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Sunday singled out British Pakistani men over concerns about grooming gangs as she accused authorities of turning a “blind eye” to signs of abuse over fears of being labelled “racist” or “bigoted”.
Ms Braverman, who alluded to high-profile
Another pleasantly sunny day is forecast for Saturday as Greater Manchester continues to enjoy the warmer weather this Easter weekend.
It’s Good Friday, the start of the Easter weekend.
The Easter weekend is off to a bright start in Greater Manchester with glorious sunshine forecast on Good Friday.
The fight to combat students using artificial intelligence (AI) to cheat at Greater Manchester’s universities has become ‘divisive’, as new software is introduced to curb the practice.
Good Friday is here - and for many Mancunians that means a chippy tea is in order.
A dog which has been missing from Tameside for months has been found malnourished and wrapped in a duvet near a Yorkshire reservoir. Eight-year-old retriever Brodie was found dead on a footpath near to Agden Reservoir, in Sheffield.
Hundreds of would-be councillors will be battling it out for your votes ahead of elections in Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs next month.
Keeping kids occupied over the Easter Holidays can be a tricky challenge for parents. Luckily there are plenty of fun activities and attractions to do across Greater Manchester during the break.
When criminals are jailed, they are handed a minimum number of years they must spend behind bars at sentencing.
A woman has been taken to hospital following a crash involving two cars near to an iconic Greater Manchester factory. Officers closed off Barton Dock Road, in Trafford Park, for around two hours following a crash near to the Kellogg's site.
Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic has confirmed that the Bundesliga giants will be looking at three targets on Manchester United's radar in the summer.
Millions of pounds are to be invested to improve the 'most dangerous roads' in the north west - including a busy main road in Salford, near Manchester city centre.
Greater Manchester is home to a wide range of museums, covering everything from football to science and industry. Yet there’s probably one you’ve walked past dozens of times without even realising, and it’s certainly worth a visit during the Easter Holidays.
The MP of the Greater Manchester town rocked by a child abuse scandal says he wants 'some action, not just more words' after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak launched a new grooming gangs taskforce to root out and jail paedophiles preying on vulnerable youngsters.
This Greater Manchester farm shop has more than most to keep both adults and children entertained - whatever the weather over the school holidays.
A terraced house has come on the market in Greater Manchester and there is much more to it than first meets the eye. With most properties, what you see on the outside is often a reflection of what you'll find inside, but there are some that are the exception.
Nigel Lawson has sadly died at the age of 91.Tributes have started to pour in for the Conservative former chancellor, who was also the father of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, 63. Following a report in the Telegraph, former prime minister Boris Johnson, Tory chairman Greg hands and ex-chancellor Sajid Javid were among those marking his death. “Nigel Lawson was a fearless and original flame of free market Conservatism," Johnson said.
Former Conservative Party MP, Chancellor and journalist Nigel Lawson has died at the age of 91.
More than a decade on, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the Rochdale child grooming scandal 'remains one of the greatest failures of our society'.
A debate has erupted in a Greater Manchester borough - over the location of the border between two areas.