59 h. ago Bend It Like Beckham was a classic soccer movie – with one very worrying relationship

The celebrated film largely still holds up and inspires, But, with a sequel in the works, its handling of a player/coach dynamic shows how times have changed In the proposed upcoming sequel to the “feel good”, “uplifting” film Bend It Like Beckham (one of the Guardian’s best movies about football), a leading character has been banned from the game for life. At least that’s what could, and probably should be revealed, preferably as early as possible.Seem dramatic? It isn’t. Though Bend It Like Beckham brilliantly tackles issues around racism, gender norms, homophobia, culture, immigration, and feminism with an endearing comedic twist, a core point of the plot rests on an adult coach pursuing a romantic relationship with a teenage player. In 2025, after multiple high-profile instances of inappropriate player/coach relationships have been reported in women’s soccer, and after the harm inherent in those relationships has been exposed, the normalization of one in a celebrated film is har...

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3 d. ago Shocking Prince Andrew lie that tipped Charles over the edge as Palace makes new move

The monarch took decisive action after it was discovered that his younger brother had told a major lie in relation to his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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5 d. ago Revealed: Jeffrey Epstein introduced Prince Andrew to a second woman who the convicted paedophile had sexually abused and trafficked for years and tried to set them up for a dinner date

The woman, who the MoS has chosen not to name as she is a victim of sexual abuse, was introduced to Andrew by Epstein via email on August 11, 2010 and may have met the prince later that month.

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6 d. ago ‘Andrew is a disaster – he’s attracted to seedy billionaires & destroyed his future but here’s what he needs to do now’

DISGRACED Prince Andrew is a "complete disaster" and his attraction to "seedy billionaires" has led to his own downfall, a royal expert has claimed. Andrew gave up using his royal titles in disgrace after he was engulfed in the sex abuse case with Virginia Giuffre and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew made the announcement in a statement...

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6 d. ago The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon star exposes huge filming misconception ahead of new series

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is set to return to screens with its third season, which will see the characters reach London, where they meet Stephen Merchant's character

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9 d. ago Convicted paedophile exposed and filmed himself in the street while intoxicated

Aaron Stenning, 37, had previously been given a suspended sentence for possessing indecent images of children and extreme pornography

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1 week ago Paedophiles to be chemically castrated six months before their prison release

New laws which come into force this month will see convicted paedophiles who are eligible for parole undergoing chemical castration injections six months before they are released from prison

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1 week ago Lostprophets bandmate of convicted paedophile Ian Watkins reacts to murder

Lee Gaze and his fellow bandmates condemned Watkins upon his arrest and conviction

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1 week ago Ian Watkins' Lostprophets bandmate says he'll 'rot for eternity after ruining everything'

Disgraced Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins, who was a convicted paedophile, was killed by two men in prison this weekend while carrying out his prison sentence

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1 week ago Lostprophets star condemned paedo frontman Ian Watkins to 'rot for eternity'

Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins, who was a convicted paedophile, was murdered in prison on 11 October 2025 and his former bandmate has said he "ruined everything"

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1 week ago Murdered Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins 'had target on his back', says ex

Watkins’ ex-girlfriend says the convicted paedophile ‘was walking around with a target on his back from the first day he entered prison’

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1 week ago Paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison knife attack as police make two arrests

The convicted paedophile was attacked with a knife while serving a 29-year sentence

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1 week ago Two arrests after former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison knife attack

The convicted paedophile was attacked with a knife while serving a 29-year sentence

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1 week ago Two arrests after former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins 'stabbed to death' in prison

The convicted paedophile was attacked with a knife while serving a 29-year sentence, according to sources

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1 week ago Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins 'stabbed to death' in prison

The convicted paedophile was attacked with a knife while serving a 29-year sentence, according to sources

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1 week ago Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dead after being attacked in Wakefield prison

The convicted paedophile was attacked while serving a 29-year sentence, according to sources

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1 week ago Man convicted of 38 paedophile offences revealed as police informer who spied on UK activists

Trial of Nick Gratwick, 68, who schemed to rape children as young as six, exposes previous role among green protestersA man who schemed to rape children as young as six was revealed at his trial to have been a police informer who spied on environmental activists.Nick Gratwick, 68, was found guilty on Friday of 38 “abhorrent” paedophile offences, including plans over the last two years to pay to rape or sexually assault children in the UK and abroad. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A Want in Her review – daughter’s searing portrait of family addiction and mental illness

Film-maker Myrid Carten exposes her relationship with her mother – who has both bipolar disorder and alcoholism – in this painful but powerful documentaryFor anyone who has been close to an alcoholic, or someone with mental-health issues or, as is the case here, both at once, this is a hard watch. Film-maker Myrid Carten, who holds the camera much of the time as well as directing, exposes here the open wound that is her relationship with her mother Nuala, who has both bipolar disorder and alcoholism. Nuala often goes missing on binges, and as the film opens we hear Myrid telling someone on the phone how she just spotted her mother on a Belfast street in a total state, but recognisable because of the glamorous high-heeled shoes she was wearing.You’d struggle to realise this is the same woman we see in news footage from years earlier: soignée, composed and described as a social worker who has written a guidance paper for police on how to handle victims of domestic abuse. The Nuala of ...

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3 w. ago Prince Andrew MUST have known about Fergie’s grovelling email to paedo Jeffrey Epstein, says royal expert

PRINCE Andrew must have known about Sarah Ferguson’s grovelling apology to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to a royal expert. The Duchess of York hailed the disgraced financier as a “supreme friend” in a gushing email sent after his release from jail for child sex offences. She pledged to have no further contact with Epstein...

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner moved from safe house

Three police vans swept into a sleepy suburb in northern Germany and led the convicted paedophile from the ground floor apartment where he had been staying.

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