A girl allegedly used as a "sex slave" by a grooming gang was labelled a "prostitute" from age 10 by social services, a court has heard. The victim, now in her 30s, said she had read the "vile ...

The transformation of a shopping centre into a new neighbourhood and a linear park for Oldham are the key developments tabled ...

Roheez Khan, 39, of Athole Street, Rochdale, is charged with a single count of rape. Mohammed Shahzad, 43, of Beswicke Royds Street, Rochdale, is charged with eight counts of rape; and single ...

The victim, now in her 30s, who had been in care as a youngster, had read her file held by Rochdale social services, she told Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester. In it, the local council ...

A woman allegedly turned into a teenage “sex slave” by a Rochdale grooming gang of Asian men told a jury “everybody knew what was going on”. And the witness said she was regarded as a ...

A woman allegedly turned into a teenage “sex slave” by a Rochdale grooming gang of Asian men told a jury “everybody knew what was going on”. And the witness said she was regarded as a “prostitute” ...

A jury in the trial of eight men accused of historical child sexual exploitation in Rochdale has been discharged for legal reasons. The defendants deny various alleged sexual offences said to have ...