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Wikipedia June 25, 2026 at 05:36 PM

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham

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In 2013, Professor Alexis Jay published a report
Correction

Alexis Jay was commissioned in 2013, but her Rotherham report was published in August 2014, not 2013.

Full reasoning

The article mixes up the commissioning year with the publication year.

Professor Alexis Jay's inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham was commissioned in October 2013, but official government and parliamentary sources state that the report was published on 26 August 2014. So saying she "published" it in 2013 is incorrect.

This matters because 2013 and 2014 refer to different stages of the inquiry: 2013 = inquiry commissioned, 2014 = report published.

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Following the 2016 child sexual exploitation scandal
Correction

Rotherham’s child sexual exploitation scandal was exposed in 2014, not 2016.

Full reasoning

This dates the scandal incorrectly.

Parliamentary and government sources describe the key Rotherham child sexual exploitation findings as the Jay Report, which was published on 26 August 2014 and triggered the subsequent government intervention. A later 2016 council election happened in the aftermath, but the scandal itself was not a "2016" scandal.

So the wording should point to the 2014 scandal/report and its aftermath, not to a scandal in 2016.

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There are generally three South Yorkshire Supertram services per hour from Rotherham Central in each direction between Parkgate and Sheffield Cathedral.
Correction

The official timetable shows the Parkgate–Cathedral tram-train usually runs twice an hour, not three times an hour.

Full reasoning

The current official Travel South Yorkshire timetable does not show a 3-per-hour service from Rotherham Central/Parkgate to Sheffield Cathedral.

In the published timetable valid from 14 December 2025, weekday TT tram-trains from Rotherham Station depart at :02 and :35 past the hour, and services from Cathedral depart at :00 and :27 past the hour for most of the day. That is generally 2 services per hour each way, not 3.

So the article overstates the normal frequency of the tram-train service.

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