64 m. ago Wrexham star channels Brooklyn Beckham as teary dad makes desperate public plea

Dean Windass has issued a fresh heartbreaking public appeal to his estranged son Josh, who plays for Wrexham

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74 m. ago London's Burning actor John Alford jailed for sexual abuse of two underage girls at party

Alford, 54, was sentenced to eight and a half years after being found guilty at St Albans Crown Court

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79 m. ago Woman to deny making false sexual abuse allegations against two former politicians

Esther Baker indicated not guilty pleas to four charges of perverting the course of justice when she made a brief appearance at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on Wednesday

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83 m. ago Hunt for aliens narrowed down to 100 'signals of interest' due to James Bond telescope

Alien-hunters have whittled down a staggering 12 billion potential signals to just 100 promising candidates, after a decades-long global effort using a now-collapsed telescope

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89 m. ago Musk claims he was unaware of Grok generating explicit images of minors

AI tool faces growing global scrutiny over the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on XElon Musk said on Wednesday he was not aware of any “naked underage images” generated by xAI’s Grok, as scrutiny of the AI tool intensifies worldwide.“I not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero,” Musk said in an X post. Musk’s comment comes as xAI and X face growing global scrutiny, including calls by lawmakers and advocacy groups for Apple and Google to drop Grok from app stores, an investigation by UK regulators, and bans or legal action in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago John Alford's dark spiral from 90s heartthrob to paedophile on benefits

John Alford was a massive star in the '90s, appearing in famous shows including Grange Hill and London's Burning. In a horrifying fall from grace, he has now been jailed for sexually assaulting two teenage girls during a "sleepover"

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2 h. ago Niall Horan says his girlfriend hears all his music first and gives honest feedback

Niall Horan runs his unreleased music past girlfriend Amelia Woolley insisting she knows what makes a good hit and will be the first to tell him when it's not

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2 h. ago Hearts 'relaxed' over Rogers Mato situation as $1m transfer claim addressed by Sporting Kansas City

Mato subject of bizarre statement on FK Vardar website

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2 h. ago Haunting final execution insult to family of Iran clothes shop owner aged 26

The world has reacted with outrage over the planned execution of Iran shop owner, Erfan Sultani, 26, who has been given just 10 minutes to bid a haunting farewell to his heartbroken family

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2 h. ago London's Burning and Grange Hill star John Alford is jailed for eight

The 'predatory' actor, who appeared in court under his real name of Shannon, had sex with the younger girl in a garden and again in a toilet after she got drunk at a house party.

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2 h. ago Football mascot, 60, stitched up by mates as striker 'refuses to hold his hand'

A 60-year-old magistrates' court supervisor was the victim of a hilarious stitch up by his mates who signed him up to be the mascot of a non-league club for his birthday

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2 h. ago Sunday school teacher who had husband murdered so she could be with lover WILL be executed, Oklahoma appeals court rules

Brenda Andrew, 62, was found guilty of capital murder for having her husband Robert killed in November 2001.

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2 h. ago Rangers v Annan: Splashing £4m on Tochi Chukwuani drives home huge gulf for Scottish Cup tie, says Wullie Gibson

The Galabankies head to Govan on Friday night dreaming of a huge upset

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2 h. ago Teacher who refused to 'call a boy a girl' in trans row is freed from jail and vows to return to school despite warning he will be sent straight back to prison

Enoch Burke was jailed for contempt of court after repeatedly breaching an order banning him from entering his former workplace.

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2 h. ago Sting has paid £600,000 to Police bandmates after they started suing him, court hears in row over streaming royalties

The bassist, along with his company Magnetic Publishing, are said to owe more than £1.49 million in 'arranger's fees' to drummer Stewart Copeland, and guitarist Andrew Summers.

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2 h. ago Alleged fantasist appears in court charged with perverting the course of justice ten years after accusing politicians of raping her as part of Scotland Yard's disastrous VIP child abuse probe

Esther Baker, 43, alleged that she was the victim of sexual offences by former Lib Dem MP John Hemming, the late Roy Jenkins and ex-Chief Constable of Leicestershire Simon Cole.

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2 h. ago Hearts answer wild Rogers Mato transfer claim as MLS deal 'agreed' hours after pre

It was announced on Tuesday the Uganda international would link up with Tynecastle squad in the summer

Economics

2 h. ago Gaza war leads to 41% fall in births prompting allegations of reproductive violence

Israel’s war in Gaza has caused high numbers of maternal and neonatal deaths, say two reportsIsrael’s war in Gaza has led to a 41% fall in births in the territory, and high numbers of maternal deaths, miscarriages, newborn mortality and premature births, two reports into the impact of the conflict on pregnant women, babies and maternity care reveal.Two reports by Physicians for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Global Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School, and Physicians for Human Rights–Israel document how the war has led to high figures for maternal and neonatal mortality and forced births in dangerous conditions and systematically dismantled health services – consequences of “a deliberate intention of preventing births among Palestinians, meeting the legal criteria of the Genocide Convention,” researchers said. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Dutch court hears arguments in Nexperia mismanagement case that upset the global auto industry

Lawyers for Nexperia and its Chinese owners have faced off in an Amsterdam courtroom over alleged corporate mismanagement

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3 h. ago Teenagers 'planned deliberate attack' on man, 49, who was beaten to death with rocks after branding him a 'paedophile', court told

A 16-year-old girl and two boys, aged 15 and 16, are accused of murdering Alexander Cashford, 49, in Leysdown-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent on August 10 last year.

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