50 minutes ago Conor McGregor is being sued for alleged sexual battery at 2023 NBA final

Former UFC champion Conor McGregor is being sued by a woman who accused him of sexual assault but was unable to get authorities to file charges in 2023

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7 hours ago England Cricket World Cup winner steps down and flees to Dubai after attacks on family home

James Vince, part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup on home soil, had his house and car attacked last year and said his young family were left fearing for their safety

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8 hours ago Brad Pitt is not messaging fans for money, his spokesman says after woman was duped into handing over £700,000 to 'fund his cancer treatment'

The spokesperson was responding to the story of Anne, a divorcee who shared this week how she parted with a fortune to help a scammer she believed was Brad Pitt

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30 hours ago Football fans only just realising what pint glass in corner of pub TV screen means

A woman was shocked to learn the true meaning of the pint glass symbol in the corner of TV screens whilst watching live football in the pub with her group of friends

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91 minutes ago NY federal judge denies bail for two real estate brokers and their brother in sex trafficking case

A federal judge in New York City says two luxury real estate brokers and their brother accused of raping dozens of women over more than a decade will remain in jail to await their trial on sex trafficking charges

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6 hours ago A woman crammed behind car dashboard and a showdown at Manchester Airport

The gang smuggled people to the UK stashed in dangerous modified vehicles

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36 hours ago Thought UnitedHealthcare couldn’t get more awful? They’ve gone villain mode | Arwa Mahdawi

Killing people with paperwork instead of a gun doesn’t make you any less of a murdererAt this very moment Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last month, is sitting in a federal jail cell in Brooklyn. He’s got a barrage of court appearances scheduled and, once he has wound his way through the criminal justice system, he could be behind bars for the rest of his life.Which, of course, is as it should be. While there are a lot of reasons that many people find the 26-year-old alleged assassin sympathetic, you can’t just gun a CEO down outside a hotel in Manhattan and face no consequences for it. And Mangione, who is, by all accounts, an extremely smart guy with an Ivy League education, should really have known better. He should have known that if he wanted to murder someone – and get away with it – there were far more socially acceptable ways of doing so.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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31 hours ago New car park rule for 2025 is major change every UK driver will want to know

Many motorists will be able to recall a situation where they've paid for parking and done their best to rush back to their car in time only to discover taking a hit for being a few minutes late

Transport

91 minutes ago Texas grandfather sues Porsche after he loses index finger to luxury car’s ‘soft

Exclusive: Sylvester Plumbar Jr. alleges in lawsuit that his daughter’s Panamera car, which start at more than $100,000 new, completely severed his finger at Houston home

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10 hours ago Teacher's assistant accused of raping disabled student, 15, who has a mental age of nine

Christin Coble, 45, was arrested and booked into the Sandusky County Jail in Ohio on charges of rape on January 7, after police responded to a call over an alleged assault at a student's home

Society

8 hours ago 'I've spent £760k on plastic surgery and now I'm most beautiful woman in the world'

Janaina Prazeres, 35, has undergone countless surgical and non-surgical procedures in her quest to become the 'most beautiful woman in the world' - and she's not stopping anytime soon

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34 hours ago Haunting Ring doorbell footage captures final moments of woman found murdered in the woods

Heather Williams was last seen on January 4 leaving her home in Fayetteville sometime after 10pm entering a gray four-door sedan with an unknown person.

Sport

1 hour ago White mother accused of treating Black adopted kids as ‘slaves’ said they liked being kept in barn, trial told

Jeanne Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, are charged with human trafficking, child abuse and forced child labor

Events

12 hours ago Tommy Fury addresses running video which saw him nearly knock over elderly woman

Tommy Fury poked fun at a video showing him almost knocking over an elderly woman while he took part in a charity 10k race.

Culture

3 hours ago The Traitors still has a Welsh contender who's hiding something and it's not who you think

The Traitors series three continues on BBC One this January and fake Welsh woman Charlotte, might think she's the only 'Welsh" contender after Elen's exit in week one. But she's wrong

Politics

11 hours ago Hilarious moment woman has to be cut free from her office chair after getting her NOSE RING stuck in it, forcing colleagues to wheel her to fire crew

The hapless employee in Bandung City, Indonesia , got her piercing stuck in the mesh chair after jokingly sticking her nose through the holes in it, a local fire officer said.

Society

8 hours ago 'I charge my husband £85 twice a month – it teaches him an important lesson'

A mum-of-two has opened up about how she charges her husband £85 twice a month in order to teach him an important lesson – and to make up for the 'hard times' of being a woman and a mum

Economics

34 hours ago Moment woman crawls past airport security and boards plane without passport or ticket

Shocking video footage has captured a woman crawling beneath airport security gates at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade, Serbia, before managing to board a flight with no ticket or passport

Sport

2 hours ago Family of Scots woman missing for over a week 'just want to know she is safe'

Claire Halliday was last seen on Tuesday, January 7, and it is unusual for her not to be in touch with friends or relatives.

Events

30 hours ago French TV show pulled after ridicule of woman who fell for AI Brad Pitt

Anne, 53, faces wave of online mockery for believing she was in relationship with actor and paying scammer €830kA French woman who believed she was in a long-term romantic relationship with Brad Pitt and was scammed into paying €830,000 (£700,000) to help him with medical treatment faced such a wave of online mockery that a TV programme about her has been withdrawn.The interior designer, named as Anne, 53, has been targeted on social media and even a satirical sketch on France’s biggest radio breakfast show after giving an interview about the case to the Seven to Eight programme on the TF1 channel on Sunday. Continue reading...

Culture

5 hours ago Mystery after human remains are found stuffed in a garbage bag and left under the bed in a Queens apartment

Police interviewed two people who live in the New York apartment, but no charges have been filed

Politics

27 hours ago Adopted Black children to testify against white parents accused of treating them as ‘slaves’, trial told

Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather are on trial for human trafficking, child abuse and forced child labor

Society

9 hours ago Woman's £2,500 grocery haul raises eyebrows with staggering amount of 'favourite' item

The woman had spent over $3,000 (£2,454) on her grocery haul - but it didn't contain much food at all, with many people left concerned about how long it would last her

Economics

2 hours ago Woman charged for performing illegal medical procedures in New London home, police say

Woman charged for performing illegal medical procedures in New London home, police say  Eyewitness News 3

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37 hours ago This is why a Greater Manchester artist is celebrating a Stockport car park

A new exhibition is bringing a piece of Stockport history to the heart of the Manchester

Culture

7 hours ago Heartbreaking moment girl, 11, is reduced to tears as she’s handcuffed after being wrongly accused of car theft

Sheriff’s deputies detain unlucky schoolgirl in Syracuse, New York, after her clothing matches description of suspected joyrider

Politics

32 hours ago Family of woman who died during sex demand law change after partner waited 30 hours to call 999

Emergency services were only called for Kimberley McAssey, 29, 30 hours after she fell unresponsive after a night with Ryan Sheridan as he failed to call the emergency services

Society

10 hours ago Police hunting female shoplifting gang after £5,000 of perfume, jewellery and clothes stolen from posh shops including Jo Malone

The women are said to be operating in two separate groups and are not linked to one another but have made off with hundreds of pounds of luxury items.

Economics

2 hours ago National treasure Betty White was a ‘very passive aggressive woman’ who fat

White died in 2021 just three weeks before her 100th birthday

Events

7 hours ago Colorado Democrat launches lawsuit against Lyft over alleged sexual assault

‘When I tried to get out, he pushed me back down into the car. He touched me inappropriately and went on to sexually assault me’, said Democrat Rep. Jenny Willford

Politics

36 hours ago ‘I’m alive’: man who uses wheelchair tells of New Orleans attack ordeal

Family of Jeremi Sensky, from Pittsburgh, suggests wheelchair may have acted as ‘boulder’ to help stop attackThe family of a man who was left paralyzed from the waist down by a 1999 car accident before being hit and badly wounded in the deadly New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans are reportedly wondering whether the 300lb wheelchair he uses may have had a role in helping halt the terror.Jeremi Sensky of the suburban Pittsburgh community of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, was in New Orleans to ring in 2025 with relatives at the time the attack occurred, he told KDKA’s The Marty Griffin Show. Sensky was on Bourbon Street when he was hit by a US army veteran inspired by Islamic State in an intentional ramming that killed 14 people and wounded about 30 others. Continue reading...

Society

11 hours ago US woman who relocated to Edinburgh left 'blindsided' after paying £1,300 for a flat that didn't exist

Olivia Ellen Homer, 29, from Chicago, travelled to Edinburgh in January to begin her studies at Napier University - but, after she arrived, she discovered her rental property belonged to a family.

Economics

2 hours ago Disgraced doctor caused boy's penis to 'explode' in slew of horror backstreet circumcisions

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: The former paediatrician was caught with bloodied scissors that had traces of human skin on them and rusty equipment after cops probed the unregulated circumcision service he ran

Events

7 hours ago Director Audrey Diwan: ‘I understand why remaking Emmanuelle is dangerous... but let them shout, I don’t care’

The award-winning director on taking on the X-rated film that still carries cultural baggage and making the film ‘I probably needed as a woman’

Politics

12 hours ago Woman scammed by Brad Pitt AI handed over £700k and divorced husband in romance con

Anne was waiting for a divorce settlement with her millionaire husband when she was targetted by a romance scammer.

Economics

3 hours ago Two football yobs spared jail after sickening attack on disabled Raith Rovers fan

The pair were part of a mob that set upon the teen after Dunfermline played Raith Rovers last year.

Events

8 hours ago Fury that 'no one will come' to seaside town due to new car parking charges

Vale of Glamorgan Council plans to introduce charges for certain car parks in and around Barry and Penarth and to new charges for on-street car parking at Barry Island and Penarth seafront

Politics

12 hours ago Woman pays £8k a month for giant billboard of herself and reckons drivers love it

Influencer Chloe Amour, who earns £30,00 a month from sugar daddies, always dreamed of being up in lights on a billboard in 'sin city' – and she believes drivers will 'appreciate' seeing her face

Economics

8 hours ago UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong civil war, now that former leader Bashar Assad has been ousted and sent into exile

Politics

14 hours ago Urine trouble: Horrifying moment valet relieves himself on man's £30,000 Mercedes

Car onwer - Michael Hinsley from Shropshire - was left horrified after dashcam caught a garage worker urinating on the front of his Mercedes while it was in the car wash.

Economics

3 hours ago Conor McGregor accused of sexually assaulting a woman in bathroom of NBA arena

An anonymous woman has filed a lawsuit in Florida, alleging that UFC star Conor McGregor assaulted her in a VIP toilet during a Miami Heat basketball game in June 2023

Events

9 hours ago Teacher drank half a bottle of wine in Morrisons car park and returned to teach science lesson

She has now been banned from the classroom following the incident

Politics

16 hours ago How an AI Brad Pitt fraudster convinced woman to split with millionaire husband and fund ‘cancer treatment’

Computer-generated fake of the Fight Club star tricked the victim into thinking he was hospitalised with kidney cancer and Angelina Jolie was blocking access to his fortune

Economics

3 hours ago Twisted paedophile who stabbed nan while trying to abduct kids dies in prison

Paedophile Ryan Yates attacked the 60-year-old woman in Westfield Park, Aberdeen, later telling officers he was trying to 'get to the kids' - he was jailed for life in 2010 after claiming he agreed to be 'chemically castrated'

Events

9 hours ago The real Brad Pitt issues statement after AI fake scams woman who thought she was dating him out of €800,000

The Hollywood star has responded after a woman in France explained how she was tricked into thinking she was in a relationship with the A-lister

Politics

19 hours ago Aston Martin unveils new £175k 202mph Vantage Roadster with fastest ever operating soft

Is Aston Martin's hot new two-door two-seater Vantage Roadster - the ultimate soft top sports car? With a hefty £175k price tag the performance needs to speak for itself.

Economics

3 hours ago Conor McGregor, Miami Heat sued over alleged sexual assault at 2023 NBA finals

McGregor faces civil suit stemming from 2023 allegationUFC fighter’s lawyer says lawsuit is a ‘shakedown’Conor McGregor is facing a new civil lawsuit filed by a woman accusing him of sexual assault during the 2023 NBA finals in Miami.The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in the US district court for the southern district of Florida, also names the Miami Heat and Basketball Properties LLC, which operates the Kaseya Center, as defendants. The woman alleges that McGregor sexually assaulted her in a bathroom at the arena after Game 4 between the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets on 9 June 2023. Continue reading...

Events

9 hours ago The kindness of strangers: I had a fear of flying – and as the plane shook and plummeted, she held my hand

We gripped each other tightly for 75 minutes, her lost in anguish, me in a state of panicRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesI will never forget the face of the woman who sat next to me on that flight from Sydney to Melbourne; pale, frantic, crestfallen. Her hands were shaking and her breath kept sticking in her throat. As a fear-of-flying veteran I thought I recognised the symptoms. I’d come prepared with remedies chemical and naturopathic. I offered her my goods.But her anguish, it turned out, had another cause. While boarding the plane, she had received a phone call: her sister in Sydney had died suddenly in her sleep, and her sister’s wife had woken up next to the body. My seatmate was due in Melbourne to pick up her kids and in that moment – as the final boarding call sounded – she had no ability to process the news, let alone work out who to call for help. So she boarded the plane and had to turn off her phone. I hope to never know what that would have felt like: trap...

Politics

25 hours ago 'Heartbroken' woman divorced husband and sent £700,000 to 'AI Brad Pitt' in brutal scam

A heartbroken interior designer was crushed when she realised the person she realised she'd been scammed by someone claiming to be Brad Pitt, but only after she'd sent over thousands

Economics

3 hours ago South Carolina jail plagued by rapes, assaults and security shortfalls, a federal report says

Federal investigators have found in a report that a large South Carolina jail vastly underreports the violence behind its walls, lets dozens of inmates go unsupervised for long periods and lets crimes against prisoners go unpunished

Events

10 hours ago 'My sister just gave birth to my husband's baby – now she has outrageous demand'

A woman who divorced her husband after she found out he got her sister pregnant has been left gobsmacked after the new mum approached her with a shocking demand

Politics

27 hours ago How an AI Brad Pitt fraudster convinced a woman to split with her millionaire husband and fund star’s ‘cancer treatment’

Computer-generated fake of the Fight Club star tricked the victim into thinking he was hospitalised with kidney cancer and Angelina Jolie was blocking access to his fortune

Economics

4 hours ago Police officer wishes she'd 'done things differently' before 'dumping' tragic dad at Metrolink stop

On the morning of December 28, 2021, Benjamin Connor was hit by a car on the M602

Events

11 hours ago Woman suddenly loses hearing in one ear – then doctors discover living nightmare

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: A 21-year-old woman had complained of a 'piercing' pain in her right ear, coupled with progressive hearing loss, vertigo, nausea and tinnitus. Then medics found the grim cause

Politics

31 hours ago Fraudster posing as 'sick Brad Pitt' scams French woman out of £700,000

Scammer used faked Brad Pitt images to persuade French woman he needed thousands for cancer treatment

Economics

5 hours ago Eight facing jail over people smuggling after woman discovered in car glove box

Border Force officers found a Vietnamese woman hidden in a cramped compartment concealed behind the dashboard of a car in June 2022.

Events

11 hours ago ‘The fight is existential’: Cameroon’s anglophone leaders lead a revolution from behind bars

Julius Ayuk Tabe and other ‘Ambazonian’ activists speak from a prison where they still call for an independent stateSisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe has already served seven years of his life sentence at the Yaoundé principal prison in Cameroon, but he is not ready to budge an inch in the political beliefs that landed him there. “The fight for homeland is existential and non-negotiable – being part of the struggle is a calling and not a vocation,” he tells the Guardian.The 59-year-old computer engineer and former president of a breakaway state is still fighting his revolution from jail. As Cameroon’s civil conflict festers, his quest remains the freeing of his anglophone community from what he sees as the shackles of a francophone Cameroonian state. Continue reading...

Politics

33 hours ago Prolific shoplifter told 'don't come to our supermarkets' or go back to jail

Jason Wadsworth has been jailed

Economics

5 hours ago Conor McGregor and Miami Heat sued over claims he tried to rape woman in VIP bathroom as security stood watch

Conor McGregor and the Miami Heat are facing a federal lawsuit over claims the UFC legend sexually assaulted a woman in a bathroom at the Kaseya Center while security stood guard by the stall.

Events

12 hours ago Woman who gouged her eyes out on meth sees the light after swapping meth for God

Kaylee Muthart made headlines for all the wrong reasons seven years ago but has turned her life around after ditching all substances and learning to live as a blind person

Politics

33 hours ago Cop shouts 'Bingo' after finding massive £750k cocaine stash in middle

Linda Lawrence, 58, had more than 9kg of cocaine stashed in a cardboard box as she drove up the M6 - the force estimates over £750,000 worth of cocaine was seized from the car

Economics

6 hours ago Teenager stabbed in transphobic attack by gang of youths outside Harrow roller blades disco

The victim suffered nine knife wounds and was subjected to transphobic slurs

Events

12 hours ago Woman's grief as Evri loses precious package containing her dog's ashes

A mother-of-two has seen the grief of her dog's passing compounded by a delivery company losing his ashes and collar. Courier service Evri now say the ashes are 'unaccounted for'.

Politics

33 hours ago These 'lazy' weight loss tips helped a woman lose 15lbs in just three weeks

Could these simple tips be something you could add to your diet?

Economics

6 hours ago French investigate woman’s death in ‘extremely fast and violent’ collision between two British skiers in Alps

The 62-year-old reportedly died on a black slope in Les Arcs resort after a horror collision with another British national

Events

13 hours ago 'Woman at the gym did grim act in changing rooms for 10 minutes – I'm mortified'

A woman was left horrified after a woman, who she estimated to be in her 70s, did something unforgivable while in the gym changing rooms – but some defended her

Politics

33 hours ago PA who led on her wealthy older boss while he funded her 'lady of leisure' lifestyle by buying Botox, bags, shoes and two cars is ordered to pay £15k after losing sex harassment lawsuit

A woman who tried to sue her boss for harassment after allowing him to believe she was interested in pursuing a romance in return for lavish gifts, has been ordered to pay £15,000 in legal costs.

Economics

6 hours ago Woman allegedly 'spiked' in Parliament bar as police launch investigation

Police have launched a probe after a female parliamentary researcher reported having her drink tampered with in Stranger's bar, which is frequented by MPs, journalists and staffers

Events

14 hours ago Girl, 11, is grabbed by man and woman in attempted abduction while she was on her way to school

An eleven-year-old girl was grabbed by a man and a woman in an attempted abduction while she was on her way to school.

Politics

37 hours ago Scammer dupes woman into thinking she is dating Brad Pitt, divorcing her millionaire husband and sending £697,000 to pay for 'kidney cancer treatment' by sending her AI

The 53-year-old victim, who gave her name as Anne, shelled out 830,000 euros (£697,000) to help with what she believed was cancer treatment for the film star.

Economics

6 hours ago Police investigate alleged spiking at bar in Parliament after 'woman reported her drink being tampered with'

Officers launched a probe after receiving reports of an incident at around 6.30pm on Tuesday 7 January - just a day after MPs returned from their Christmas recess.

Events

17 hours ago Husband of woman 'poisoned by Christmas cake' noticed something 'bad' when he had slice

Maida Bernice Flores da Silva, 58, Neuza Denize Silva Dos Anjos, 65 and Neuza’s daughter Tatiana Silvia Dos Santos, 43, died after eating the cake, laced with arsenic, before Christmas

Politics

41 hours ago Mum, 33, defrauds her employer out of more than £10,000 but avoids going to jail

Rachel Vickers, 33, from Stockport, abused a 'position of trust' at Practical Publishing Ltd by dispatching 'circuit machines' to a fake customer

Economics

6 hours ago Footage shows tense 100mph police chase before 'stolen vehicle' is trapped in dead end

The car was dumped before a man was seen fleeing the scene

Events