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 Tues sday may 17 2022 UK NEWS JK Rowling defends girl ‘driven out of school for questioning trans ideology’ JK Rowling said: “The girl’s crime? Saying ‘sex exists’ ” DAVE BENETT/GETTY IMAGES Nicola Woolcock , Education Editor | Laurence Sleator Tuesday May 17 2022, 4.25pm, The Times JK Rowling has condemned the “utterly shameful” treatment of a teenage girl who felt forced to leave her school after pupils hounded her for challenging the views of a visiting speaker. The author waded into the row after a teacher at the school claimed the unnamed girl was treated like a heretic for questioning a politician’s assertions about sex. After debating with the speaker, a female member of the House of Lords, the sixth form student at the private girl’s school said she was surrounded by up to 60 pupils who shouted, screamed and spat at her. She escaped and said she collapsed, unable to breathe properly. The girl has been studying at home after fellow sixth formers accused her of transphobia A...

  Sturgeon stands firm in row over trans rights The first minister has been campaigning in Edinburgh LESLEY MARTIN/GETTY IMAGES Kieran Andrews , Scottish Political Editor Monday May 02 2022, 12.01am, The Times Nicola Sturgeon has declined to define the characteristics of a woman, insisting that oversimplifying the gender debate risks harming trans people who are the “most stigmatised and discriminated against minorities in our society”. The first minister said she would argue “until my dying breath” that there was no conflict between women’s rights and trans rights as new reforms making it easier for people to change their sex go through Holyrood. Sir Keir Starmer, the UK Labour leader, has struggled to say whether a woman can have a penis as he argued that debates on trans rights need to be done differently. Boris Johnson, the prime minister, has said “biology” is a fundamental factor when distinguishing between a man and woman. Editor’s Choice – Scotland The biggest stories of th...

  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...