38 h. ago Trafficking victims rescued from brothels 'forced to have sex with 13 men per day'

The women, who were trafficked from their home country, also told how they were only given one day off per month.

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49 h. ago Retired senior police officer quizzed by her former force over social media posts calling transgender woman 'Fred'

An award-winning police officer (Cathy Larkman, left) told of her fury today after a force spent 10 months investigating her for calling a transgender activist 'Fred' instead of 'Freda' on social media.

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4 d. ago Putin says western troops in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate targets’ as European countries pledge security support – Europe live

Macron says 26 nations have offered security guarantees for Ukraine as Zelenskyy meets Slovakia’s Fico amid tension over Russian energy suppliesMacron says 26 countries ready to supply postwar military backing for UkraineHere is the full quote from the Kremlin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, via Reuters.“I have no doubt that if the presidents consider it necessary, their meeting can be organised very quickly. Just as the meeting in Alaska was quickly organised,” Peskov told the Russian news outlet Argumenty i Fakty, referring to last month’s Trump-Putin summit. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Tantrum transfers, hysteria and endless cash – but who won the transfer window? | Barney Ronay

The juggernaut was captured in one three-month tracking shot, but this summer market told us something deeper – about football and the nationBy the time the clock hit 7.30pm the main presenter on Monday’s Sky Sports Window Slam Countdown looked not just frazzled, but oddly heroic, like a man who has ingested a potentially fatal overdose of late-breaking excitement and is now being encouraged to keep talking in a low, dogged voice about massive deals and unexpected snags just to keep himself awake until the paramedics arrive.There was something of the Situation Room about the whole tableau, five nobly dishevelled talking heads leaning in around the curved tables, lists of names earnestly reeled off. Eberechi Eze. Randal Kolo Muani. We’re hearing that Coventry has fallen. In the bottom corner of the screen a picture of Marc Guéhi would flash up now and then reproachfully, Guéhi wearing a strange, lost smile as though he has in fact died. And below it all the countdown clock replaced w...

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8 d. ago Will hot weather make a return to the UK? Met Office verdict on September temperatures

The Met Office has told Brits to expect 'changeable weather conditions' this month

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8 d. ago Welsh woman told 'do something about weight now' looks so different 12 months on

Monde, 24, never thought she had a problem with her weight until a friend told her she needs to 'do something now before its too late'. Nowadays, she looks so different

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1 week ago Teenage girl and her boyfriend tormented for months by horrific catfish who told her to kill herself... only to discover the perpetrator was her 'obsessed' mother

Lauryn and her ex were 13-year-old school students in Michigan when they became the targets of harassment, according to Unknown Number: The High School Catfish

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1 week ago 'For months we were told we had nothing to worry about. The truth was devastating'

'I remember feeling numb and after that it is a bit of a blur'

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2 w. ago 'My wedding is in two months and my man just told me he's already married'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a Daily Star reader who can't believe her bloke is already spoken for

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2 w. ago UK households told to close windows from 7pm for the next month

Households in the UK should close their windows from 7pm in the evening as a simple preventative measure, experts have said, as the temperature drops this weekend

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2 w. ago Decomposing baby found in box by cops as mother claims she 'had no control over how she died'

A Wisconsin mother was found to be living with the decomposing corpse of her 10-month-old daughter in a cardboard box and told police that she "had no control over how she died"

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3 w. ago Mum, 34, told she had 'blocked duct' left 'numb' after being given six months to live

Barbara Jeffery said she could be in 'a very different position' had it been picked up earlier

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3 w. ago Benidorm rental car warning as Brit tourists told 'avoid it' during one month

A Brit who lives in Benidorm revealed why tourists should avoid renting a car during one specific month of the year – and people were shocked to learn the reason why

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3 w. ago Radio station suddenly axed after 21 years with host who 'didn't even get to say goodbye'

Time 107.5FM stopped broadcasting earlier this month, with host Neil Andrews only being told his show was cancelled after he came off air

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3 w. ago Dad told he will die within six months after noticing issue while eating sandwich

Des Longstaff, 40, was being treated for an aggressive stage four oesophageal adenocarcinoma, which spread from his windpipe to his liver, but he now wants to 'die with dignity'

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4 w. ago WWE legend slams company and claims he 'doesn't feel appreciated' after SummerSlam snub

Bret Hart said he was invited to be in the crowd for the two-night event in New Jersey earlier this month, only to be told they didn't have any seats for him when he arrived at the Met Life Stadium

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4 w. ago Mum 'given chance after chance' finally gets put in jail after McDonald's row

Kayleigh Bradley had been given four suspended prison sentences over a 12 month period, but she was finally locked up after she was told she had been given 'chance after chance'

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