2 h. ago Five members of Gateshead grooming gang guilty of sexual exploitation of teen girls

Northumbria Police launched a wide-ranging inquiry into reports of offending against six victims between 2014 and 2019 in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

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4 h. ago Eastern European grooming gang raped vulnerable teenage girls they met in a park

Codrin Dura, 27, Leonard Paun, 23, Stefan Ciuraru, 22, Bogdan Gugiuman, 44, and Klaudio Aleksiu, 28, have all been found guilty of committing serious sex offences against a total of six teenagers.

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7 h. ago Labour minister criticises ban on women and teenage girls taking part in London mosque charity fun run

The housing secretary said the decision by the East London Mosque was ‘inappropriate’

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23 h. ago EastEnders fans 'work out' what happens next to Joel Marshall as Vicki Fowler's fate revealed

It was an eventful night for the teenager on the BBC soap after he attacked his dad's girlfriend

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31 h. ago Married man booked hotel for 'teenage girl' and turned up with single rose and bar of chocolate

The 49-year-old defendant arranged to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl in a bowling alley but was confronted when he got there

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32 h. ago Heartbroken tributes paid to teenage girl who died suddenly in cinema

Kasey-Lei Greene had been living with her family in Abu Dhabi for 14 months when she tragically collapsed and died at the Vox Cinema at Yas Mall in the United Arab Emirates capital

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3 d. ago Killer Fred Singleton who raped and murdered pensioner dies in prison

Fred Singleton has spent 42 years on death row since his conviction of the rape and murder of vulnerable widow Elizabeth Lominick, crimes which happened in her own home

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4 d. ago Man jailed for at least 23 years for murdering Syrian boy in Huddersfield

Alfie Franco, 20, stabbed Ahmad Al Ibrahim after taking ‘petty exception’ to teenager brushing past his girlfriend A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years for murdering a teenage Syrian refugee after he brushed past his girlfriend in Huddersfield town centre.Leeds crown court heard how Alfie Franco, 20, stabbed Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, shortly after Ibrahim brushed past Franco’s girlfriend in April. He was found guilty of murder on Thursday. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Indiana man convicted in 2001 rape and murder of teenager to be executed by lethal injection

An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl is set to die by lethal injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year

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5 d. ago British Transport Police officer convicted after putting teenage girl in a headlock

Pc Adrian Young, 48, was convicted following a trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court

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6 d. ago Indiana set to execute man convicted of 2001 rape and murder of small

Indiana will put to death a man who was convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl, the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year

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6 d. ago Police officer denies "stranglehold" on teenage girl he accosted for fare dodging

PC Adrian Young is accused of grabbing a teenage fare dodger around the neck at a London train station

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6 d. ago Bloodcurdling videos shows girl aged 12 subway surfing days before she and friend, 13, died during 3.10am stunt

Zemfira Mukhtarov, 12, was recorded walking precariously while a train whizzed below her (right). Ebba Morina, 13, (left) also showed an eerie obsession with subway surfing online.

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6 d. ago Uncomfortable questions about the British teen who was freed from Dubai jail only to die in police chase... and his disturbing links to deadly gang

Three months after being pardoned by the ruler of Dubai for having sex with a teenage girl during a holiday romance, Marcus Fakana found himself in a BMW in the early hours of Friday morning.

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7 d. ago Teenage girl suspended from school for four days after breach of 'ridiculous' uniform rule

"If I can't explain the rule to her and the teacher can't explain the rule to me, then the rule's not right."

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7 d. ago Teenage girl suspended from school after breaking 'ridiculous' uniform rule

Izobella Dawson, 13, was suspended from school after she refused to remove her 'invisible' earrings that were hiding her piercings

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7 d. ago Pair admit horror sex attack on woman they'd never met in underground car park

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Luis Dos Martins Mariano, 19, and co-accused 20-year-old Alcino Soares, were jointly charged with rape following the horror attack

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8 d. ago Teenage girl, 17, is 'raped by stranger in broad daylight horror': Police hunting for attacker

Detectives have asked local residents to share CCTV following the alleged attack on Thursday evening in Hassocks, West Sussex.

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9 d. ago Rochdale grooming gang among those locked up this week in Greater Manchester

The Manchester Evening News has looked back on the cases before our courts this week

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9 d. ago Amanda Holden reveals the perils of parenting teenage girls as youngest daughter Hollie, 14, 'won't speak to her'

Amanda Holden has revealed the perils of parenting teen girls and says her youngest daughter 'won't speak to her.'

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