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In 2013, Professor Alexis Jay published a report
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.
2 sources
- Report of inspection of Rotherham metropolitan borough council
Professor Alexis Jay’s Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham was commissioned ... in October 2013 and published on 26th August 2014.
- Governance in local government - GOV.UK
Published 10 September 2014 ... Following the publication of the Jay report, my Rt Hon Friend the Home Secretary announced to the House on 2 September 2014...
Following the 2016 child sexual exploitation scandal
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.
2 sources
- Child sexual exploitation in Rotherham: Ofsted and further government issues - Communities and Local Government Committee
Our report followed the publication of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham: 1997-2013 by Professor Alexis Jay OBE ... on 26 August 2014.
- Governance in local government - GOV.UK
Published 10 September 2014 ... Following the publication of the Jay report, my Rt Hon Friend the Home Secretary announced ... an independent inspection of the council.
There are generally three South Yorkshire Supertram services per hour from Rotherham Central in each direction between Parkgate and Sheffield Cathedral.
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.
1 source
- Tram & Tram Train Guide (valid from 14 December 2025) - Travel South Yorkshire
TT Monday to Friday: Rotherham Station 0602 0635 0702 then at 35 and 02 until 2202; Cathedral 0527 0600 0628 0700 0727 then at 00 and 27 until 2227.