49 m. ago Revealed: How Rochdale social services workers failed two teenage girls who were repeatedly raped by Asian men

The case, which concluded on Friday with all seven gang members being convicted of rape, has laid bare the shocking failure of police and social workers to protect their vulnerable young victims.

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3 h. ago Arrest after car hits punters outside Liverpool pub leaving one seriously hurt

Merseyside Police were called to a disturbance outside the Queens Arms pub on Black Brow in Huyton at around 6.20pm today, Sunday, June 15, and a man has been arrested

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4 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing 'signs up' Gladiators star after show controversy

Strictly Come Dancing bosses are said to be 'in talks' with a Gladiators star for the 2025 series

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4 h. ago Love Island fans praise ITV bosses for plot twist 'CHAOS' as dates ruffles feathers between OG girls and trio of new bombshells

Love Island fans have nothing but praise for ITV bosses after the sixth episode of series 12 ruffled feathers between couples.

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4 h. ago Blaise Metreweli named as first woman to lead UK intelligence service MI6

Metreweli, 47, has held series of director-level roles in foreign intelligence service and in domestic agency MI5MI6, the UK’s foreign intelligence service, is to be led by a woman for the first time, Keir Starmer has announced.Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer who joined the service in 1999, will take over from Sir Richard Moore in the autumn, becoming its 18th chief. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Rooted in style: How nature is rewilding our relationship with fashion

As part of our series on Fashion Reimagined, Caroline Garland explores how fashion interacts with nature, from how its textures and patterns are inspired by the wild, to the devastating impact it can have on the environment – and asks how this relationship can be a positive force in the future

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5 h. ago Kris Jenner shares SHOCK Father's Day post praising Kanye West, Caitlyn Jenner, and Tristan Thompson

Kris Jenner honored all the fathers in her life, including her exes Caitlyn Jenner and  Robert Kardashian Sr.

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5 h. ago Shocking moment Gaza aid activists are dragged away by masked men as Egypt deports volunteers attempting to cross border

Footage shows authorities forcibly removing protesters from a sit-down demonstration at the Cairo border.

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6 h. ago Hollywood star Julia Roberts makes unlikely cameo at Soccer Aid as hosts speechless

Hosts of Soccer Aid 2025 Dermot O’Leary and Alex Scott had their jaws on the floor when Hollywood actress Julia Roberts entered the stadium to support UNICEF UK and the celebrities

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6 h. ago Iranian missiles rain down on Israel after 'CAR BOMBS' obliterate nuclear scientists in Tehran during IDF blitz on city... amid claims Trump 'stopped assassination of Supreme Leader'

Israel has killed 14 Iranian nuclear scientists in a series of attacks that reportedly included car bombs, Iran has claimed. 

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7 h. ago Jamie Borthwick makes attempts to 'right wrongs' to 'save EastEnders career' after being suspended for using disabled slur on Strictly set

Jamie Borthwick has made a last-minute attempt to 'save his career' by sincerely apologising for using a shocking slur against disabled people. 

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7 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter fans shocked as they learn of her very famous family member

Sabrina Carpenter's fans were shocked to discover the Espresso singer, 26, has a very famous voice actor as an aunt

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7 h. ago Now 'CAR BOMBS' obliterate Iranian nuclear scientists in Tehran during Israeli blitz on city as residents flee... and Trump claims Israel tried to assassinate Supreme Leader

Israel has killed 14 Iranian nuclear scientists in a series of attacks that reportedly included car bombs, Iran has claimed. 

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7 h. ago Soccer Aid's Sam Thompson speechless as he's given shocking news live on air

Sam Thompson was left speechless as he was given some big news on Soccer Aid tonight after Louis Tomlinson was announced for England's starting 11 this evening

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8 h. ago Soccer Aid thrown into chaos as Tyson Fury swears live on ITV at teatime forcing Alex Scott to apologise to viewers as they brand scenes 'disgraceful'

Soccer Aid has been thrown into chaos after Tyson Fury swore live on air to shocked viewers at home.

Sport

8 h. ago Peter Schmeichel's new Playboy model wife after Man Utd legend's difficult announcement

Peter Schmeichel is back on UK TV screens this weekend as part of Soccer Aid, with the former goalkeeper trading his gloves for a tactics board as manager of the World XI

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9 h. ago 'Only Dave and I knew how much pain he was hiding as he filmed Hairy Bikers one last time...' Wife LILI MYERS recalls the last weeks of her beloved husband's cancer battle

I have still not watched the final series of The Hairy Bikers. I'm not sure I could bear it. Dave, my beloved husband, was far more poorly than he let on publicly at that point.

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9 h. ago The Guardian view on the Letby case: justice cannot be immune from scrutiny or doubt | Editorial

Even in the most harrowing cases, a fair society must allow for review, and the possibility of judicial errorWhen Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies, and attempting to murder seven more, the judge sentenced her to multiple whole-life terms for what he said had been “a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign”. The convictions shook public trust in the NHS and demanded a reckoning with a system and culture that had failed to prevent such horrors. In August 2023, this newspaper urged readers to look beyond individual guilt to the institutional failures that allowed such crimes to go undetected for so long. It remains the case that serious questions must be asked of NHS management and clinical staff in relation to the tragic events at the Countess of Chester hospital.However, justice, like science, should not be afraid to re-examine its conclusions when reasonable doubt or fresh evidence emerge. Since Letby’s conviction, many have questioned the basis of the prose...

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9 h. ago Inside Asa Ellerup and Gilgo Beach suspect husband Rex Heuermann's marriage, and why she still loves him

To Asa Ellerup, her husband Rex Heuermann is her 'tall, dark and handsome' hero and a family man. To authorities, he is a depraved serial killer.

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10 h. ago The astonishing reason why all these men from the same area could have turned into some of the world's worst serial killers

In the early hours of August 31, 1961, an eight-year-old girl named Ann Burr disappeared during a deafening thunderstorm from her family home in Tacoma, Washington state.

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