33 h. ago Glasgow grooming gang victim to meet with John Swinney amid calls for inquiry

EXCLUSIVE: John Swinney will meet 'Taylor' after praising her courage in talking about the abuse she faced.

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33 h. ago The lack of a national review of grooming gangs in Scotland puts us out of step

Record View says there can and should be an inquiry into the grooming gang scandal in Scotland that gets answers for victims quickly.

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59 h. ago Anger after ICE agents seize high school intern, 16, at Rhode Island court in mistaken identity error

An ICE agent was seen in the courthouse photographing the teen before the incident

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4 d. ago Pope Leo accepts resignation of bishop accused of abuse in first known case for new pontiff

The diocese of Cádiz denied accusations against Zornoza but confirmed the investigation was being carried out

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4 d. ago Teacher avoids £1m payout as she was 'unaware sexual abuse harmed students'

Helga Lam has denied accusing boys at a Sydney school between 1978 and 1979, with a judge finding the school was responsible for their negligence when they were aged 13 and 16

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5 d. ago 'Smirking pimp' ringleader of Romanian grooming gang was allowed to apply for £1500 Home Office deportation scheme while in prison awaiting trial for 10 rapes

Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, led a group that groomed, drugged and raped vulnerable women in Dundee.

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6 d. ago 'Smirking pimp' ringleader of Romanian grooming gang 'was offered £1500 by the Home Office to be deported while in prison awaiting trial for 10 rapes'

Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, led a group that groomed, drugged and raped vulnerable women in Dundee.

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6 d. ago Romanian grooming gang boss offered £1,500 to leave UK while in prison awaiting trial for 10 rapes

A ROMANIAN grooming gang boss was offered £1,500 to leave the UK while in prison waiting to go on trial for raping and drugging women. Mircea Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, was locked up in HMP Perth awaiting trial when officials offered him a 'voluntary return' form in 2024. He led an Eastern European group that exploited vulnerable women...

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6 d. ago Liverpool and Hungary star Szoboszlai breaks silence after being accused of ‘taunting’ Ireland before crushing defeat

LIVERPOOL midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has firmly denied accusations he antagonised Ireland during Hungary's last-gasp loss in the World Cup qualifiers. Hungary's captain appeared to celebrate Barnabás Varga making it 2–1 in the 37th minute by turning towards the touchline and placing his thumb on his nose and waggling his fingers in a mocking gesture. He...

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7 d. ago SNP Justice Secretary urged to issue public apology after 'misrepresenting' grooming gang expert

EXCLUSIVE: A Government group had to clarify comments by Angela Constance about Professor Alexis Jay

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7 d. ago Man accused of raping girl 20 years ago claims mistaken identity

Arshad Mohammed is one of a number of men on trial accused of historic abuse

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7 d. ago North by Northwest: Hitchcock’s funniest, most ambitious film

Every scene in Cary Grant’s mistaken identity caper is pure absurdity – including that famous cornfield chase. You can’t look awayImagine: you’re a handsome and relatively successful ad man in idyllic 50s New York. You’re having a delicious mid-afternoon snack in the lobby of the Plaza hotel, which presumably cost all of $2.50, when suddenly you are abducted in broad daylight at gunpoint by two polite and well-dressed men. You don’t put up a fight. You merely walk with them to their car, trying to object in the only way you know how: asking nicely for them to stop. The kidnappers are gleeful; they’ve finally captured you, George Kaplan. That’s not your name, you exclaim, you’re Roger Thornhill! They must have the wrong man!Thus begins Hitchcock’s funniest, most ridiculous and visually ambitious film, North by Northwest. All the hallmarks of a Hitchcock classic are here: Cary Grant as the leading man, a completely inexplicable MacGuffin (who is George Kaplan anyway? And more importan...

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8 d. ago Mum and three kids killed in house fire 'by sister's jealous booze

Sharaz Ali, 40 and Calum Sunderland, 26, are accused of murdering Bryonie Gawith, 29, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle and attempting to murder Antonia Gawith

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8 d. ago Philippine president Marcos denies estranged sister’s claim he is a cocaine addict

Communications undersecretary Claire Castro says claims from the president’s sister may be an attempt to distract from investigations into a corruption scandal Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr has denied accusations made by his estranged sister that he is longtime drug addict, whose alleged cocaine dependence has led to governance issues, including corruption, a spokesperson for the president has said.Communications undersecretary Claire Castro described the comments by the president’s sister, senator Imee Marcos’, as baseless, and suggested they may have been a desperate attempt to distract ongoing investigations into a corruption scandal involving flood control projects that may implicate her allies in the Senate. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Labour has entered its musical chairs era. Don’t fall for another pointless death spiral | Nesrine Malik

Briefing wars, toxic infighting, paranoid office politics: we’ve seen it all before. And once again, the drama at No 10 has absolutely nothing to do with us Sorry, what just happened? Before we hurtle on to the next instalment of Labour government drama, let’s pause for a second to recap. So Keir Starmer’s allies briefed against Wes Streeting accusing him of plotting a leadership challenge, then Streeting denied the claims, and Starmer apologised for them, before belatedly claiming the briefing had not come from Downing Street at all. A claim so implausible that a government source said journalists “must have all been tricked by several impostors posing as No 10 staff”.If this sounds farcical, vaguely embarrassing for all concerned and massively irrelevant to your life, you would be right. But in between the first chapter and the last (or perhaps the penultimate, given the aftershocks still reverberating through No 10), the episode acted as a masterclass in the patterns that define ...

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9 d. ago Labour has entered its musical chairs era – and we’re sucked into another pointless death spiral | Nesrine Malik

Briefing wars, toxic infighting, paranoid office politics: we’ve seen it all before. And once again, the drama at No 10 has absolutely nothing to do with us Sorry, what just happened? Before we hurtle on to the next instalment of Labour government drama, let’s pause for a second to recap. So Keir Starmer’s allies briefed against Wes Streeting accusing him of plotting a leadership challenge, then Streeting denied the claims, and Starmer apologised for them, before belatedly claiming the briefing had not come from Downing Street at all. A claim so implausible that a government source said journalists “must have all been tricked by several impostors posing as No 10 staff”.If this sounds farcical, vaguely embarrassing for all concerned and massively irrelevant to your life, you would be right. But in between the first chapter and the last (or perhaps the penultimate, given the aftershocks still reverberating through No 10), the episode acted as a masterclass in the patterns that define ...

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1 week ago Gino D'Acampo sucks spaghetti from a female fan's mouth before being slapped during comeback show in Canada

The TV chef, 48, has seen his shows pulled from the UK schedules following accusations of inappropriate behaviour towards women, which he has denied.

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1 week ago Murder victim was run over in ‘mistaken identity’ before machete attack

Two men had earlier admitted the murder of Michael Beaton, 35, in Greenock.

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1 week ago Greenock dad murdered by pal in bizarre case of 'mistaken identity'

Michael Beaton was run over by his pal Richard Mullan, before the man they had been trying to target that night caught up with him.

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1 week ago Michael Beaton murder: Greenock man murdered in 'grotesque' case of mistaken identity, court told

Michael Beaton was murdered in Greenock

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