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When Hollywood actor-director Hopwood DePree was growing up in the US state of Michigan, his exotic name was the source of a good deal of grief. “Kids would beat me up when they found out my real name,” he says. “They said I should have been named Bob. Or Steve.” Things got so bad that […]
Tottenham booked their place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after a resounding 6-1 win over Rochdale at Wembley. VAR came into sharp focus once again as Spurs had two goals chalked off – one for Erik Lamela and the other a penalty after Heung Son-Min was penalised for illegal feinting in his run-up. […]
Spurs thought they had won it when Dele Alli had controversially earned a penalty and Harry Kane put it away. But 30-year-old Steve Davies popped up with the leveller two minutes into stoppage time. Lucas Moura had earlier cancelled out Ian Henderson’s opener in this tight battle at Spotland. Spurs thought they had won it […]
Earlier this year the BBC aired Three Girls, an account of the Rochdale scandal which horrified the nation in May 2012. Tonight, a new documentary turns the focus to the real people at the heart of the story. It features interviews with Sara Rowbotham, a sexual health worker who helped expose the abuse, and former […]
The tragic scandal inspired the BBC’s controversial drama Three Girls, which has moved audiences to tears and seen thousands call for its real-life subjects to be awarded OBEs. Though, the trauma lives on for the 47 known victims of the Rochdale sex ring, while one, who went under the false moniker of “Lily” on the […]
The BBC drama is based on the harrowing true story of the Rochdale grooming scandal. At least 47 young and vulnerable girls were raped, trafficked and abused by a gang of predominantly Pakistani men – nine of whom were jailed in 2012 for a range of child sex offences. Tonight’s episode introduces Margaret Oliver (Lesley […]
The three-part series is based on the harrowing experiences of child abuse victims in Rochdale. Created by the team behind the 2010 real-crime series Five Daughters, it is the result of years worth of research and stars Maxine Peake, Lesley Sharpe and Molly Windsor. The BBC’s director of content Charlotte Moore said: “The team has […]
A human rights charity has hit out at Rochdale Council after the local authority imposed a ban on swearing, calling it a curb on residents’ rights. Under the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), Rochdale Council could set a fine of up to £100 (US$ 122) on people caught using “foul and abusive language.” The PSPO, […]
