All news on the topic: Rotherham

18 Jul 2026 809

Ann Widdecombe murder suspect pictured as police probe possible terror motive

Ann Widdecombe’s alleged murderer has been pictured for the first time after the politician was killed in a suspected targeted attack.

Crime

13 Jul 2026 738

Ann Widdecombe "murder" suspect caught on CCTV before driving nearly 300 miles to ex-MP’s home with "foot-long pole"

This is the moment the prime suspect in Ann Widdecombe’s murder climbed into his car with what appears to be a large baton bulging from the pocket of his shorts.

Crime

13 Jul 2026 746

Ann Widdecombe murder suspect seen leaving home with "wooden stick" before attack

A man put a “wooden stick” in a car outside an address linked to the Ann Widdecombe murder suspect before driving off on the morning she is believed to have been attacked, it has been reported.

Crime

24 Jun 2026 846

Outrage as video shows officers striking girls — police say force justified

A police force has insisted its officers were ’justified’ after footage emerged online of them lashing out at a group of young girls with a baton and Tasers in Rotherham.

Crime

23 Jun 2026 614

Shocking footage shows police using taser and batons on teenage girls in Rotherham street clash

This is the shocking moment cops point a taser and brandish batons at a gaggle of teenage girls as a pavement clash gets out of hand.

Investigation

15 Jun 2026 573

OnlyFans models expose threats, abuse and control by unregulated management agencies

Having read about how much easy money can be made as an OnlyFans model, Rebecca was excited when she joined and got off to a good start.

News

12 Apr 2026 578

Costly asylum hotel scheme scaled back as UK seeks long-term overhaul

The Home Office is set to announce the closure of 11 asylum hotels this week as part of its pledge to close all such facilities by the end of this parliament.

Crime

16 Oct 2025 834

South Yorkshire Police faces new investigations over Rotherham child abuse scandal

The South Yorkshire Police (SYP) force is facing 10 new investigations over its handling of historic sexual abuse reports in Rotherham.

Crime

07 Sep 2025 744

Man jailed after stabbing police officer in neck during Rotherham attack

This is the shocking moment a knifeman, just in his underwear, stabbed a cop in the neck in a "vicious" attack, after he had threatened a woman.

Finance

21 Aug 2025 1004

UK’s third-largest steelworks falls under government control

The UK’s third-largest steelworks has been placed under government control, creating an uncertain future for nearly 1,500 workers in Rotherham and Sheffield.

Investigation

29 Jul 2025 1054

Hundreds raped, zero accountability: how South Yorkshire Police ignored and covered up child sexual abuse for years

Survivors of sexual exploitation in Rotherham have "no faith" in a police force investigating allegations its own officers took part in abuse in the town, according to solicitors.

Politics

15 Jun 2025 1022

Tories demand an apology after Keir Starmer reverses stance on grooming gangs

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of a U-turn after committing to a statutory inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.

News

12 Dec 2024 718

Rioter at asylum hotel sentenced to nine years in prison

A man who tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years, the joint-longest prison sentence in connection with the UK’s summer of riots.

News

21 Oct 2024 824

Grandfather Peter Lynch jailed over riot outside Rotherham hotel dies in prison

Peter Lynch was serving a prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to being part of a mob which gathered outside a Holiday Inn Express housing asylum seekers in August.

News

06 Sep 2024 774

Thomas Birley, the arsonist responsible for a fire outside a migrant hotel, has received the longest sentence yet for the UK riots

Thomas Birley, 27, has been sentenced to nine years over his role in the riots at the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, a hotel housing asylum seekers who were targeted by "racist mob violence".

News

16 Aug 2024 731

Police searching for these men in connection with disgraceful riots at migrant hotel in Rotherham

Crime

16 Aug 2024 802

‘Depraved’ stretch limo driver who raped and abused UK schoolgirls jailed

David Saynor, who picked up girls from school and gave them alcohol and cigarettes, jailed for 24 years

News

07 Aug 2024 882

Tory councillor’s wife arrested over ’racial hatred’ ’telling rioters to set fire to migrant hotels’

Rioters have thrown parts of England and Northern Ireland into chaos with far-right thugs targeting and setting fire to hotels housing migrants in Rotherham and Tamworth

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