An independent assurance review of the effectiveness of multi-agency responses to child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester released today has exposed serious faults within a system that should have protected children but instead ignored their pleas for help.

A Salford animal charity is trying out a new and easy way for members of the community to donate and support their work – and all it involves is shopping online.

Ten men have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rochdale.

The Right Reverend Libby Lane, the first female Bishop, made one of her first official public appearances in her new role to launch Manchester Airport’s Travel Safe Week.

Child exploitation in Manchester ‘real and ongoing problem’ with victims too often blamed by police, report warns

Salford has become one of only five British cities to back an international campaign aimed at protecting children against sexual violence.

Cornerhouse showing night of 1970s exploitation movies

Christopher Newton of Woodhouse Park was sentenced to 13 years

The arrests were made as part of a crackdown on child sexual exploitation