Victims of a child sex ring may take legal action against the authorities for failing to protect them after a damning report laid bare the extent of their failings.
Social workers, police and prosecutors "missed opportunities" to stop a child exploitation ring abusing young girls, a report into the scandal has revealed.
"Deficiencies" in the way children's social care responded to the victims' needs in Rochdale, Lancashire, were caused by "patchy" training of frontline staff, the Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board said in its report.
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