3 h. ago First look at Martin Clunes as Huw Edwards in Channel 5 drama about disgraced newsreader

Martin Clunes will portray disgraced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards in a new two-part Channel 5 factual drama exploring the newsreader's conviction for child sexual offences

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32 h. ago Inside Kevin Franke's life now after Ruby Franke arrest from new wife to custody

Kevin Franke has rebuilt his life after ex-wife Ruby Franke's child abuse conviction

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33 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Elizabeth line and Heathrow Express face severe disruption for the rest of the day

Damage to overhead electrical wires west of London Paddington means fewer trains are able to run on all lines including to Heathrow

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34 h. ago Angela Constance expected to remain Justice Secretary after grooming gang probe findings handed to First Minister

Independent advisers have issued a report to the First Minister on whether she misled parliament about an expert’s views on gangs.

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4 d. ago Reform UK pledges mandatory ‘whole life’ sentences for child rapists

Offenders convicted of the crime would never become eligible for parole, according to the plans announced by Zia Yusuf.

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4 d. ago Never a more important time to be a unionist or conservative, says Findlay

The Scottish Conservative leader attacked Reform UK’s unionist credentials.

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5 d. ago Grooming gang members convicted of child rape will be jailed for the rest of their lives under Reform government

Nigel Farage's party has vowed to impose mandatory whole life sentences on adults convicted of child rape if it wins the next election.

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6 d. ago EastEnders Oscar and Lauren's fates 'sealed' as gunman's identity 'revealed'

Max Branning's children ended 2025 proclaiming how much they hated him, but now their lives rest in his hands, as a mystery gunman toys with the groom in the New Year's Day flash forward

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8 d. ago Who Is Ruby Franke? The rise and fall of the family vlogger convicted of child abuse

The former parenting YouTuber admitted to committing several horrific acts against her own children

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8 d. ago Ruby Franke's prison sentence and parole date as Jodi Hildebrandt doc releases

Netflix's new documentary examines the child abuse case that led to the convictions of a therapist and a parenting vlogger

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8 d. ago Ruby Franke now after child abuse conviction explored in tragic Netflix doc

Ruby Franke and business partner Jodi Hildebrandt are featured in Netflix's Evil Influencer documentary after their child abuse convictions

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8 d. ago Netflix's new true crime doc highlights 'terrifying' abuse case

The series tells the story of Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt, who were both convicted of child abuse

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8 d. ago Where is Jodi Hildebrandt from Netflix's Evil Influencer doc now?

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story is a Netflix true crime documentary exploring how Mormon life coach Jodi Hildebrandt influenced YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke, leading to their 2023 child abuse arrests and convictions

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8 d. ago Who is Jodi Hildebrandt from Netflix's Evil Influencer and what happened to her?

Netflix documentary Evil Influencer tells the story of Utah counselor Jodi Hildebrandt, who was convicted of child abuse alongside YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke

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8 d. ago Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story review – shall we all vow not to watch true

This terrifying documentary about the Utah life coach convicted of extreme child abuse feels supremely grubby. How about a new year’s resolution not to watch – or make – anything this grim ever again?We are always aware, I think, of man’s inhumanity to man. The latest true-crime documentary from Netflix is here to remind you that this is an umbrella term. It is undoubtedly rarer, though precisely why is unclear, but women can inflict the most awful suffering too – and here, a pair of them do so on children.Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story is the latest offering from Skye Borgman, who is the undisputed queen of the genre, specialising in high-end takes on the most extreme, the most only-in-America stories of depravity you could (not) hope to find. She made her name with 2017’s Abducted in Plain Sight, about the case of Jan Broberg, who was kidnapped not once but twice by Robert Berchtold, a close friend of the Brobergs and a sexual predator who effectively groomed the whol...

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9 d. ago So, what will 2026 hold for London's homeowners and property investors?

One area where the government has missed a trick is stamp duty where reform is long overdue

Society

1 week ago Starmer’s shift to the right to combat Farage threat is ‘utterly doomed’, union boss warns

Union boss Matt Wrack warned that the PM ‘can never out-Farage Farage’ as the government attempt to win back votes lost to Reform UK

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2 w. ago Epstein files appear to show Andrew asking Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’

Documents give further insight into former royal’s ties to sex offender and raise fresh questions for Donald TrumpUS politics live – latest updatesAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked Jeffrey Epstein’s fixer Ghislaine Maxwell to arrange meetings with “inappropriate friends” while she sought “friendly and discreet and fun” girls on his behalf, the latest documents from the Epstein files appear to show.The largest release yet of files concerning the financier and convicted child sex offender – which also raise fresh questions for the US president, Donald Trump – include emails in the name of “A” exchanging detailed messages with Maxwell that appeared to identify the author as Andrew.Emails recording that Britain’s Metropolitan police contacted the FBI last month to inquire whether there were any ongoing investigations related to the disgraced former prince’s association with Epstein.Emails showing US lawyers claiming “various factual inaccuracies” in a statement provided on Andrew’s behal...

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2 w. ago Newly released Epstein files include references to Donald Trump

Files also include details about Epstein’s relationship with Larry Summers and a letter apparently sent to Larry NassarUS politics live – latest updatesA newly released batch of the so-called Epstein files on Tuesday includes many references to Donald Trump, including a claim by a senior US attorney that the US president was on a flight in the 1990s with the now-deceased convicted child sex offender and a 20-year-old woman.There is no indication of whether the woman was a victim of any crime, and being included in the files does not indicate any criminal wrongdoing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jes Staley and Larry Summers made executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, files reveal

Former Barclays boss and ex-US Treasury secretary named in versions of will of convicted child sex offenderThe former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley and the ex-US Treasury secretary Larry Summers were appointed as executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, according to a newly released tranche of documents linked to the now-deceased child sex offender.Filings published on Tuesday by the US Department of Justice included various versions of Epstein’s last will and testament, which showed the financier intended to hand responsibility of managing his affairs to associates including the two high-profile men in the event of his death. Continue reading...

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