内容摘要："In recent year many people have felt uncomfortable and even unsafe when supporters have congregated in places like Trongate or George Square to celebrate.

"In recent year many people have felt uncomfortable and even unsafe when supporters have congregated in places like Trongate or George Square to celebrate.

"He wasn't just an incredibly talented reporter, at The Times and elsewhere, he was driven by the desire to call our attention to injustice and protect the most vulnerable," the prime minister said."His passion for supporting the victims of grooming gangs shone through, and he was absolutely integral to making sure we could change the rules to increase convictions of the vile perpetrators."

The prime minister said he hoped "the difference he made to people's lives are a comfort" to his family and loved ones.Tony Gallagher, the editor of The Times, said Norfolk was "without doubt, one of the greatest investigative reporters of our or any age."His tireless work exposing the evils of the predominantly Asian grooming gangs in and around towns in the north of England led to long overdue acknowledgement of the crimes, after the people who had been in a position to put a stop to it for years chose to look the other way."

Norfolk studied English at Durham University, editing the university paper while also playing for the hockey team.After graduating he went on to work as a reporter with the Scarborough Evening News in 1989.

He won the Paul Foot Award and Orwell Prize for his later groundbreaking work with the Times, and was also named 2014 Journalist of the Year.

Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye, which runs the Paul Foot Award, described him as "a terrific journalist", adding Norfolk won the prize in 2012 for "a really important story that is still in the news today."that it centred on a boy called Abdullah who is the son of Hamas's deputy minister of agriculture. Hamas is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK and others.

It also launched a review into the film, and the BBC's Board met earlier on Thursday to discuss it.In the statement, a BBC spokesperson said both the production company and the BBC had made "unacceptable" flaws and that it "takes full responsibility for these and the impact that these have had on the corporation's reputation".

It added the BBC had not been informed of the teenager's family connection in advance by the film's production company.The spokesperson says: "During the production process, the independent production company was asked in writing a number of times by the BBC about any potential connections he and his family might have with Hamas.