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Grooming gangs inquiry expanded to Birmingham and Wales

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Targeted investigations will be carried out as part of a national inquiry into child sexual abuse.

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Both outlets frame the story around the inquiry being expanded to cover Birmingham and Wales. The BBC puts the emphasis on “targeted investigations” within a national child sexual abuse inquiry, while The Guardian US foregrounds “local investigations” alongside the “wider picture” and says the Birmingham and Wales work was announced Wednesday.

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