Rotherham in the news: asylum hotel shelters fall under 190 nationwide as UK tightens intake. A historic minster town in South Yorkshire, pop ~257k (2011).
The Statutory Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs has confirmed its phased hearings, with London and several local areas including Oldham, Bradford and Keighley set to be investigated. Baroness Anne Longfield leads the probe, which will compel institutions to explain what they did to protect children and to review past safeguarding failures.