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| Mayor refuses to quit over deaths | Mayor refuses to quit over deaths |
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| The elected mayor of Doncaster has refused to step down at a heated emergency meeting to discuss child protection issues in the town. | |
| An inquiry into children's services was launched after serious case reviews were ordered into the deaths of seven children in Doncaster. | An inquiry into children's services was launched after serious case reviews were ordered into the deaths of seven children in Doncaster. |
| Council members had called for Mayor Martin Winter to resign over the case. | Council members had called for Mayor Martin Winter to resign over the case. |
| At one stage the chairman of the committee responsible for children's services wept as he spoke. | |
| Councillor Allan Jones broke down as he was speaking during the extraordinary session of the town's council. | |
| During the fractious meeting some councillors shouted "rubbish" as the mayor Martin Winter accused them of being too quick to blame him. | |
| Last month Ofsted was highly critical of children's services in the town, rating them as among the UK's worst. | Last month Ofsted was highly critical of children's services in the town, rating them as among the UK's worst. |
| Of the seven deaths being examined in serious case reviews, two of the children were murdered by their fathers and four were under the age of one at the time of their deaths. | Of the seven deaths being examined in serious case reviews, two of the children were murdered by their fathers and four were under the age of one at the time of their deaths. |