ABUSE: Sexual exploitation of children has become “normal” on some streets and estates in Greater Manchester, according to a new independent report launched in the wake of the Rochdale scandal.

The Stockport Labour MP Ann Coffey, who led the inquiry said: “My observations will make painful reading for those who hoped that Rochdale was an isolated case. This is a real and ongoing problem.”

APPEAL: A major appeal to help tackle the Ebola outbreak, described by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) as the most severe the world has ever seen, will be launched today by 13 charities.

DEC chief executive Saleh Saeed said: “They need your help now, not only to support medical treatment but to bury the dead safely, care for Ebola orphans, help families disinfect their homes, provide food to people in quarantine and, critically, to teach communities how to keep themselves safe and stop the spread of Ebola.”

BANKS: A banking group has been taking hundreds of complaints a day from customers who are upset at being charged high and unexpected fees by payday loan middlemen.

RBS has been receiving as many as 640 calls a day from vulnerable consumers about attempts to charge fees on their accounts.

In one of the most shocking cases seen by RBS, someone looking for a £100 loan ended up being charged £700 because their details were passed around 10 different middlemen.

FISH: Dull Finding Nemo character Dory is not representative of her kind, according to a new study that proves fish are more intelligent than previously thought.

The popular Disney film depicts Dory as a typical fish, forgetting her surroundings and circumstances almost instantly due to a “three-second memory.”

But British researchers have found new levels of “mental sophistication” that will help them develop new cures for human sufferers of strokes and ADHD.