1 hour ago Dutch Olympian convicted of child rape banned from world championships

Steven van de Velde has been denied a visa by Australia, with the world championships set to take place in Adelaide next month

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2 h. ago Dutch athlete and convicted child rapist denied visa to compete in Australia

Steven van de Velde was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to raping a 12-year-old British girl he had met on social media

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2 h. ago 'I was friends with woman who offered baby to peado Ian Watkins – she was so nice'

A female accomplice of sick Ian Watkins lied about her conviction and befriended a fellow probationer before posing for pictures with her new friend's son at before her horror crimes were revealed

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2 h. ago 'I was friends with mum who offered her baby to paedo Ian Watkins – she was so nice'

Sick Ian Watkins female accomplice of lied about her conviction and befriended a fellow probationer before posing for pictures with her new friend's son at before her horror crimes were revealed

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2 h. ago 'Incredible' young mum dies suddenly after dropping daughter off at dance class

Emily Moss, who has been described as a "very giving person", died from sudden heart failure after dropping off her then four-year-old daughter at a dancing lesson.

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2 h. ago Baby dies hours after birth in 'unexpected' tragedy after mum uses cocaine

The baby died only a few hours after he was born through an 'unexpected' delivery and 'following his delivery, emergency services were called and attended swiftly'

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3 h. ago Cyclone Montha mapped: 50,000 evacuated as severe cyclonic storm nears landfall in India

Red alert for heavy rains issued for Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu as Cyclone Montha lashes India’s eastern coast

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3 h. ago Elizabeth Warren urges US regulators to investigate Jes Staley ties to Epstein

Exclusive: Senator asks watchdogs to look at whether US bankers, including ex-Barclays boss, aided late sex offenderThe Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren is calling for an investigation into bankers including Jes Staley over their alleged support for the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a move that could leave the former Barclays boss banned from working in the US financial sector.In a letter privately filed with regulators, and seen by the Guardian, Warren called for investigations into “all current and former US banking executives who may have facilitated Jeffrey Epstein’s illicit conduct”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago "My brother died during a routine operation that went wrong"

Keith Williamson died due to miscommunication in the operating theatre

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4 h. ago London Bagel Museum employee dies after working 80 hours a week, Justice Party reports

London Bagel Museum employee dies after working 80 hours a week, Justice Party reports  Korea JoongAng Daily

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4 h. ago Turkey Earthquake: CCTV shows buildings shaking as residents rush for cover

Turkey's Health Minister Memisoglu says situation being closely monitored in coordination with all relevant institutions

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4 h. ago Yes, Keir Starmer is Britain’s most unpopular PM ever. That could liberate him | Polly Toynbee

Forget the public vitriol and use the next four years to get things done – first and foremost, whatever it takes to stop ReformWhat hell is the life of politics. Look around that cabinet table: each person is confronted with near impossible-portfolios without the means to do what they know is needed. After another nightmare week, many in the dark watches must ask themselves why the hell they gave their lives to this brutally thankless task.Their inheritance was even more ruinous than feared: they were bequeathed landmines, dishonest traps and gaping holes. Brexit is emerging as even more economically crippling than expected, now losing the exchequer £80bn a year. They are blighted by bad luck: the Trump destroyer landed on their watch. What worse mishap than a prison officer setting free a refused asylum-seeker sex offender? Small boat arrivals feel unstoppable. An unfortunate deputy leadership election right now was bound to give Keir Starmer a bruising. The 11% vote share at the C...

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4 h. ago My daughter masked her delusional beliefs before tragic death, mum tells inquest

‘Emily died too young and there was no easy way to say it'

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4 h. ago Tragedy of woman, 21, found dead next to Greater Manchester canal

‘Emily died too young and there was no easy way to say it'

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5 h. ago TV comic bursts into tears after finding teenager's remains in new show

Sandi Toksvig embarks on a journey across the nation as she digs out the history buried beneath our feet. But one discovery pushed her over the edge, leaving her in tears.

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5 h. ago TV star bursts into tears as she discovers teenager's remains in new show

Sandi Toksvig is no stranger to digging deep, but her new series sees the presenter and author embark on a nationwide adventure and one moment leaves her in tears.

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5 h. ago Only Murders in the Building heads to London for Season 6, trio leaves New York

Only Murders in the Building heads to London for Season 6, trio leaves New York  Red94

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5 h. 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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5 h. ago Woman dies on remote Lizard island after 'failing to board' cruise ship

The woman, aged in her 80s, left the vessel to go onshore and visit the island but reportedly failed to board the boat in time before it departed the popular tourist island

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6 h. ago Former sheriff’s deputy charged with murder of Sonya Massey testifies his ‘actions matched threat level’

Sean Grayson claims he shot Massey in self-defense after she told him she would ‘rebuke him in the name of Jesus’

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