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  Rotherham police chief: we ignored sex abuse of children Race fears stopped us acting, victim’s father told An inquiry found that between 1997 and 2013 more than 1,400 children in Rotherham were exposed to severe levels of sexual abuse and violence CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/GETTY IMAGES Andrew Norfolk, Chief Investigative Reporter Saturday January 18 2020, 12.00am, The Times Share Save A senior police officer admitted that his force ignored the sexual abuse of girls by Pakistani grooming gangs for decades because it was afraid of increasing “racial tensions”, a watchdog has ruled. After a five-year investigation, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)  upheld a complaint  that the Rotherham officer told a missing child’s distraught father that the town “would erupt” if it was known that Asian men were routinely having sex with under-age white girls. The chief inspector is said to have described the abuse as “P*** shagging” and to have said it had been “going on” for...

  Sajid Javid inquiry into gender treatment for children Health secretary compares political fears over trans issue to silence during Rotherham scandal A review into NHS gender identity services for children found they were being affected by a lack of expert agreement about the nature of problems, a “lottery” of care and long waiting lists BARBARA COOK/ALAMY Chris Smyth , Whitehall Editor Friday April 22 2022, 10.15pm, The Times Vulnerable children are wrongly being given gender hormone treatment by the NHS, Sajid Javid believes, as he prepares to launch an urgent inquiry. The health secretary thinks the system is “failing children” and is planning an overhaul of how health service staff deal with under-18s who question their gender identity. Javid is understood to have likened political sensitivities over gender dysphoria to the fears of racism in Rotherham over grooming gangs. Sajid Javid thinks the system is “failing children” REUTERS Clinics in London, Leeds and Bristol run by...