2 h. ago Abuse by UK’s ‘most prolific sex offender’ was ignored at Medomsley detention centre, report finds

Neville Husband committed hundreds of offences while working at facility in County Durham from 1969 to 1985A man who worked as a prison officer and caterer in a youth detention centre was able to rape and torture boys for three decades while the abuse was “ignored and dismissed”, according to a report labelling him as possibly Britain’s worst ever sex offender.Neville Husband carried out at least 368 sexual offences against young men and boys between 1969 and 1985 while working at Medomsley detention centre in County Durham, but is believed have committed hundreds more crimes, taking the total past the 450 committed by Jimmy Savile. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Met Police Chief Inspector 'plotted bogus racial abuse complaint against senior colleague'

Chief Inspector Zahir Asghar denies allegations he concocted a false racial abuse complaint against a colleague

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12 h. ago ‘Atrocious on every level’: sex case findings shame New Zealand’s senior police culture

Inspector general will be inaugurated to oversee service after report on how top officers steered investigation of Jevon McSkimming, who went on to become deputy commissionerNew Zealand’s government will take the unprecedented move of appointing an inspector general of police after a damning report found “significant failings” in the way senior police officers handled serious sexual complaints against a former high-ranking officer.The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) released a 135-page report on Tuesday detailing allegations made against the former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming and the police’s response to them. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago ‘So weird and so awkward’: Florence Pugh says intimacy coordinator is ‘a job that’s still figuring itself out’

Pugh says she also has worked with ‘fantastic’ people who helped her ‘find the story’ of sex scenesFlorence Pugh has had both positive and negative experiences with intimacy coordinators, saying some were “fantastic” and “effective”, while others were “shit” and “weird”.Pugh was speaking on the Louis Theroux Podcast and was asked by Theroux what she felt about their role. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Met Police chief accused of making ‘thinly veiled threat’ to senior officers over job cuts

Sir Mark Rowley faces backlash over a proposed pay-off scheme for senior ranks, with union leaders accusing him of pressuring loyal officers to leave

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5 d. ago Senior police officer investigated after drone crash injures child

Drone fell on child while in operation searching for assault suspect, police say

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9 d. ago "I feel so lucky": Vicky Pattison on Strictly nerves, finding peace and THOSE sex ban rumours

TV personality and podcaster Vicky Pattison has been conquering her fears every Saturday night on Strictly Come Dancing since September, and has even been tipped for the final. Hannah Britt sits down with her for a natter

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1 week ago Prostitute 'scared of men' reveals which women are most successful in the industry

Middle-aged women are finding new motivation from viral sex worker Kayla Jade, who told her 2.3 million TikTok followers that women in their 40s and 50s are often the most successful in the industry

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2 w. ago Forget diplomatic niceties: it's beyond time Europe denounced Trump's trashing of democracy in the US | Paul Taylor

The convention to stay out of allies’ internal affairs does not apply. What happens in America does not stay in AmericaWhat do you do when you discover your best friend is abusive to their partner at home? That question, or something similar, should be addressed to European leaders – and indeed to all of us in the European public space, who are watching, often speechless, as Donald Trump takes a cudgel to the institutions of American democracy.For the last nine months, European leaders have bitten their tongues, looked the other way and engaged in flattery, appeasement and wild promises to keep the US president sweet and engaged in European security. The overwhelming imperative for Trump to stand with Europe against Russia over its war on Ukraine – or at least not against us and alongside Vladimir Putin – has led them to swallow unrealistic defence spending targets and unbalanced trade terms. For what gain?Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre Continu...

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2 w. ago Wes Streeting forced into humiliating plea for public to help find fugitive migrant sex offender as manhunt continues in east London  

Kebatu was set free from HMP Chelmsford in error on Friday four weeks after being sentenced for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping,

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2 w. ago Prison guards told fugitive sex offender to find his own way to deportation centre... then gave him directions to train station

Hadush Kebatu, jailed for sexually assaulting a teenage girl, should have been transferred from HMP Chelmsford to an immigration removal centre on Friday ahead of his deportation.

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2 w. ago Manhunt continues to find migrant sex offender freed from prison by mistake

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre

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3 w. ago Former police chief charged with fraud over 'lying about military service on CV'

Nick Adderley, who was once the most senior office in the Northamptonshire Police, is accused of claiming he served in the Falklands War even though he was 15 at the time

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3 w. ago People who follow the Mediterranean diet have better sex lives, major review finds

Eating a Mediterranean-style diet could help slash the risk of urinary incontinence and improve sexual function, new research has suggested.

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3 w. ago Prince Andrew 'told Met Police to dig up dirt on sex victim Virginia Giuffre'

A bombshell email is said to have revealed Prince Andrew asking for his Met Police bodyguard to find out damaging information against sex attack victim Virginia Giuffre

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3 w. ago DAN HODGES: This is who Cabinet ministers have told me is REALLY to blame for Labour's China crisis... and some Foreign Office officials are even calling her the 'Dragon Lady'

'If you want to understand the Government's policy on China, you have to understand one thing,' a senior adviser told me.

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3 w. ago Three senior police officers suspended after 'jokes overheard in video call'

Inappropriate comments were allegedly made earlier this week in a Microsoft Teams group call to welcome a new employee

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3 w. ago Three senior police officers moved from roles after 'jokes overheard in video call'

Inappropriate comments were allegedly made earlier this week in a Microsoft Teams group call to welcome a new employee

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3 w. ago Beauty queen Kada Scott vanished after leaving her shift at a senior home. Police have suspect in custody but no body

Kada Scott, 23, was last seen at a Philadelphia nursing home on October 4. She had told family and friends she’d been receiving harassing phone calls

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4 w. ago Gay senior police officer slams ‘vile’ ableist and homophobic attack on comedian Rosie Jones

Ch Supt Chris Casey says ‘utterly abhorrent’ hate-filled intimidation and violence will not be tolerated on transport network

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