3 d. ago Diddy’s lawyers want potential jurors to face questions on sex, drugs and violence

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs want a judge to let prospective jurors at his upcoming sex trafficking trial be questioned about sex, drugs and violence

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3 d. ago Lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs want jurors at trial questioned about sex, drugs and violence

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs want a judge to let prospective jurors at his upcoming sex trafficking trial be questioned about sex, drugs and violence

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2 w. ago Are your children texting secret incel emojis? These are what the seemingly

Teachers and police forces have distributed a 'periodic table of sinister emojis' believed to be used by under-18s to conceal disturbing messages about violence, sex, and drugs.

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2 w. ago UK town of iconic TV show where 'a bit of sun comes out and everyone strips naked'

Setting for fictional TV show Byker Grove, the real Byker is a lot tougher and rougher – home to the 'UK's worst high street' where youths face constant exposure to drugs and violence

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3 w. ago Violence and sexist harassment against female MPs ‘rife across Asia

Report reveals scale of abuse faced by women in politics from countries including Australia, China, Japan and IndiaSexism, harassment and violence against women are rife in parliaments across the Asia-Pacific region, according to a damning report published on Tuesday that lays bare the scale of abuse faced by women in politics.Based on interviews with 150 female MPs and parliamentary staff across 33 countries across the region – including Australia, Mongolia, India, Indonesia and Micronesia – the study found that 76% of MPs and 63% of staff had experienced psychological gender-based violence, with 60% of MPs saying they had been targeted online by hate speech, disinformation and image-based abuse. An equal number of women were interviewed from each country. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago French rape victim Gisèle Pelicot's memoir, 'A Hymn to Life,' will be released next year

Gisèle Pelicot, who became a symbol of the fight against sexual violence during the drugging-and-rape trial that riveted France last year and turned her into a global icon, will publish her memoir next year

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4 w. ago Damning report lays bare shocking levels of drugs, violence and self

Inspectors found the prison had the highest rate of positive drugs test among women's jails in the UK and the second highest levels of self-harm

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4 w. ago ‘We grew up among drugs and violence. Dance kept us focused’: Oti Mabuse on Strictly, survival and self

When Mabuse lost her brother, dance helped her grieve. Then it made her a star. She talks about her childhood in South Africa, life in Britain, and the ‘full-on’ training for her new tourIn news that should gladden the nation, Oti Mabuse – beloved dancer, grafter and bringer of joy – has just become a British citizen. My own feeling is that Mabuse should have received instant citizenship along with her national treasure status, thanks to her work on Strictly Come Dancing, on which she competed for seven years. At least, thanks to the Life in the UK test, she knows all about our mountains, parliaments and islands, she says with a laugh.No time to celebrate – Mabuse is in the middle of preparing for her new dance tour, Viva Carnival, which opens this summer. Her previous show, I Am Here, “was very personal, about South Africa and growing up, and everything that happened there, and the reasons why I am the way I am. I wanted a slight continuation of that – not where I come from, but wh...

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