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The Latest Breaking News from Rotherham

Asylum seekers ‘glad to be alive’ after Rotherham hotel attack, says activist who guarded entrance

Far-right rioters tried to set fire to a hotel with asylum seekers inside on Sunday

The Independent UK

Family of ex-Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq fears leaving home due to Rotherham violence

Former cricketer Azeem Rafiq reveals his family are unable to go out amid anti-immigration riots

The Independent UK

‘A dark day’: anger in Rotherham after riot at hotel housing asylum seekers

Residents attempt clean-up after far-right mob attacked police, smashed windows and tried to set building on fire

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‘We were in fear’: Rotherham residents after horror of far-right asylum hotel attack

Families describe fleeing the area as rioters took over the streets

The Independent UK

No plans to deploy army to quell rioters on UK streets, defence secretary says

Prime minister Keir Starmer is holding an emergency Cobra meeting as the violence enters its second week

The Independent UK

UK PM Starmer promises 'swift criminal sanctions' after more anti-immigrant violence

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with ministers and police chiefs on Monday in an emergency meeting aimed at finding a way to quell the unrest that has swept across various English cities this past week. Vowing to impose "swift criminal sanctions", he said a standing army would be deployed…

France 24

Monday briefing: After 250 arrests in two days, why the UK still isn’t under control

In today’s newsletter: What next after a weekend of ‘far right thuggery’

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Rioters try to torch Rotherham asylum seeker hotel amid far-right violence

Home secretary condemns ‘utterly appalling’ scenes as bottles and chairs thrown outside Holiday Inn Express

The Guardian - UK

Far-right rioters attack asylum seeker hotels in UK’s Rotherham, Tamworth

Days of unrest continue in UK as prime minister says rioters will be ‘brought to justice’.

Al Jazeera

Joe Kent-Walters Is Frankie Monroe: Live!!! review – one hell of a host

The BBC New Comedy award-winner resurrects a cadaver of an idea as a Rotherham working men’s club MC with a devilish twist

The Guardian - UK

Far-right mob storms Rotherham hotel housing asylum seekers and starts fire with people inside

Violent thugs in balaclavas have hurled chairs and wood at police at the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, South Yorkshire

The Independent UK

Tory commissioner who appeared to justify far-right riots puts Tommy Robinson-backed statement back online

As rioters occupied migrant hotel in Rotherham, Hampshire Tory police and crime commissioner Donna Jones put a statement on far-right riots supported by Tommy Robinson back on her official website

The Independent UK

Far-right rioters set fire to hotel hosting asylum seekers in Rotherham

FAR-RIGHT rioters have set fire to hotel in Rotherham which is being used to house asylum seekers.

The National (Scotland)

Police name victim of alleged murder in Rotherham as Joanne Ward, 53

South Yorkshire police appeal for information after Laurence Ward, 57, arrested and charged over her death

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Rotherham child abuse gang leader handed 12-year sentence for rape of another girl

Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, 42, sexually abused girl in early 2000s when she was 13-14 years old

The Guardian - UK

Police still victim blaming in grooming gang cases, watchdog finds

Inspection in England and Wales criticises pace of change since child abuse scandals in Rotherham and Rochdale came to light

The Guardian - UK

Residents rise up against damp homes in Little London, Rotherham

Residents who had feared eviction if they complained are uniting to force improvements to estate’s porous concrete housing

The Independent UK

Family rejects report into death of boy days after he was sent home from A&E

A report into the treatment of five-year-old Yusuf Mahmud Nazir has found an admission to Rotherham Hospital ‘was not clinically required’.

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The Guardian - UK

Rotherham honours Arthur Wharton, England’s first black professional footballer

Plaque unveiled 134 years after footballer, runner and cricketer first played for Rotherham Town

The Independent UK

Union tells KP Snacks before walkout: If you pay peanuts, expect strike action

Members of Unite at the KP Snacks site in Rotherham will walk out on September 5 after voting by 83% in favour of industrial action.

The Independent UK

Yorkshire Day celebrations span from the Humber to the Pennines

Rotherham was the centre of the 2023 festivities, hosting the traditional parade of civic dignitaries.

The Independent UK

Gang jailed for torturing father to death in cellar over £300 debt

Adam Clapham died after he was subjected to sadistic abuse in a basement in Rotherham

Birmingham Post

Yorkshire's Marsden Group swoops for Manchester medical specialist Bailey

Rotherham based Marsden Group is set to invest in Bailey to aid global growth

Daily Mirror

Strict village where residents forced to have green doors and can't buy their own homes

Wentworth, located in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, is home to 1,400 people and residents are forced to confirm to a number of strict rules to protect the village's heritage

The Independent UK

Five guilty of ‘utterly horrific’ torture and murder of man in cellar over £300 debt

Adam Clapham, 31, was tied to a chair and tortured for five hours in a Rotherham basement

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