Five retired Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers have been arrested on suspicion of raping a vulnerable teenage girl in the 1960s.

A number of allegations of assault and mistreatment have been made against staff at three homes operated by Hesley Group.

Amy Clowrey speaks out about child grooming in a Channel 4 production being aired tonight (April 30) at 9pm. Amy hopes leaders are listening and it sparks meaningful change.

Our client, referred to as YZ, was involved in child sexual exploitation and grooming in Rotherham. Her sister was also murdered in an honour killing making this particular case incredibly sensitive and harrowing and our client very vulnerable.

Further arrests have been made in Bradford in connection with an investigation into the historical child sexual exploitation.

This is the case of AB, who was involved in child sexual exploitation and grooming in Rotherham, from approximately 11 years of age.  

It's estimated that over 3,000 children could have been conceived from rape in 2021, in England and Wales.

The ringleader of a gang of men who groomed teenagers in the Bolton area pleaded guilty on 31st March 2025 to a string of sexual offences against teenage girls.