12 h. ago New Pornographers drummer arrested over child sexual abuse images

Musician Joe Seiders is in custody after reports of a man behaving suspiciously around underage boys at a restaurant in Palm Desert, California

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15 h. ago Black barrister is hit with £20,000 legal bill after losing race claim against her employer who said her work was 'not vanilla enough'

Jeniffer Campbell had alleged her manager Alexandra Jacobs racially discriminated against her by using the phrase to refer to her writing, suggesting that it be 'safer and blander'.

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17 h. ago Drummer for indie rockers the New Pornographers arrested over child sexual abuse images

Joe Seiders in custody following search of home, vehicle and phone, after allegedly attempting to film child in California restaurant restroomJoe Seiders, the American drummer with Canadian indie rockers the New Pornographers, has been arrested for possession of child sexual abuse imagery.A statement made by the sheriff’s office of Riverside county, California, alleged that evidence has implicated Seiders in two incidents. On Monday 7 April, an 11-year-old boy reported that a man attempted to film him in a restroom of a fast food restaurant, and on Wednesday 9 April, police officers received another report from the restaurant, that a man was “entering and exiting the restroom with juvenile males at the business”. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Woman who accused Jesse Lingard's grandfather of historic child sex abuse is 'making him out to be an ogre', he tells court

Kenneth Lingard, 86, denied the complainant's allegation that he had conducted a 15 year campaign of abuse when she was between five and 19 years old.

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59 h. ago Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott in court over child sex abuse charges

Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has appeared in court over allegations of child sex abuse, with the 47-year-old accused of two charges

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59 h. ago What does the UK Supreme Court ruling mean for transgender women?

The ruling from the UK Supreme Court follows a series of legal challenges brought by the campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS), backed by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, over the definition of a ‘woman’

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64 h. ago Graeme Dott appears in court over child sex abuse allegations

The 47-year-old, who won the world title in 2006, is accused of charges involving two children dating between 1993 and 2010.

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66 h. ago Calls grow in Japan to scrap time limit on civil suits over childhood sexual abuse

Survivors and lawyers seek legal reform as thousands sign petition against statute of limitations

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3 d. ago Sydney author loses bid to conceal identity amid charges erotica novel contains child abuse material

Woman has pleaded not guilty to all charges as News Corp lawyer argues ‘horse has bolted’ when it comes to suppressing her identityGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAn erotica author charged with child abuse offences over content in an unreleased book has had a bid to conceal her identity rejected, despite her lawyer arguing “all she has done is written a fictional novel”.Sydney woman Lauren Tesolin-Mastrosa, 33, who works as a marketing executive at a charity and writes under the pen names Lauren Ashley and Tori Woods, has pleaded not guilty to the three charges: one count of producing, one count of possessing, and another of disseminating child abuse material.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Supreme Court to issue ruling in dispute over definition of a woman

The judgment follows a series of legal challenges brought by the campaign group For Women Scotland.

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4 d. ago Work experience student who secretly filmed nursery staff smashing child's head against a wall reveals full extent of abuse she saw

Four employees at a Spanish nursery who were arrested over alleged child abuse after shocking footage emerged forced victims to eat and choked them, a whistleblower has revealed.

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5 d. ago Campaigners launch legal action bid against those who failed to tackle grooming gangs

Maggie Oliver, a former police detective turned whistleblower, launched the campaign on Monday

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5 d. ago GMP whistleblower Maggie Oliver and child abuse survivors launch legal campaign

The #TheyKnew campaign has been launched

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6 d. ago The NHS nurses branded bigots for refusing to share a changing room with a 'big burly bloke': As they launch a landmark legal case, these warrior women reveal why their fight is NOT a trans issue

'Say one of us changed our name, and without any other evidence that we were transitioning, walked into the male changing room, believing we had every right to be in there, in our bra and knickers.'

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6 d. ago Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle is accused of 'acting outrageously' over legal challenge to report on special educational needs pupils affected by Labour government's private schools VAT hike

The Government launched an 'opportunistic' 11th hour bid to rule out key evidence at the end of the recent landmark judicial review into the controversial tax.

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6 d. ago Moment nursery worker filmed slamming toddler against wall moans about losing her job in foul

Four employees at the Casanueces nursery in Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid province, were released yesterday as Spanish authorities opened an investigation into a case of alleged child abuse.

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7 d. ago Jailed child sex abuse offender Ghislaine Maxwell asks US Supreme Court to hear appeal against her conviction

Maxwell's lawyers filed a 159-page Petition to the highest court in the country on Thursday asking the Supreme Court Justices to throw out her 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.

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7 d. ago US law firms quietly scrub DEI references from websites to appease Trump

Changes at two dozen prestigious firms underscore Trump’s successful intimidation campaign against legal professionNearly two dozen US law firms have quietly scrubbed references to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from their website and revised descriptions of pro-bono work to more closely align with Donald Trump’s priorities, a Guardian review has found, underscoring the Trump administration’s successful campaign of intimidation against the legal profession.The changes, which have occurred at some of the nation’s most prestigious firms, include eliminating mention of pro-bono immigration work from firm websites and deleting sections entirely related to DEI. In some cases, firms appear to have dropped the word “diversity” from descriptions of their work. In at least one case, a change included revising a quote from firm partners to eliminate mention of diversity and inclusion. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Blake Lively accuses Justin Baldoni of using 'scorched earth' tactics amid actress' 'regrets' over legal war

Blake Lively is continuing to slam It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni amid their raging legal war.

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8 d. ago Taylor Swift's bombshell legal action against Kanye after shocking sex smear about star and two A

Taylor Swift has filed a cease and desist against Kanye West after he posted a series of sexually explicit messages about the pop star and two of the entertainment industry's most famous men.

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