6 h. ago Texas flood victim's chilling final text before river washed house away revealed

Joyce Badon, 21, was spending the July 4 holiday with three friends at a house by the Guadalupe River when the horrific storm hit Texas and they were washed away

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6 h. ago The Salt Path author accused of embezzling money before losing house after failing to repay loan

Representatives for the couple at the centre of the story have called the accusations ‘misleading’

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13 h. ago The Salt Path author 'stole £64,000 before losing house after failing to pay off debt'

An investigation by the Observer has raised doubts about the best-selling memoir, which has has spawned a movie adaptation

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3 d. ago Sister fights to save vulnerable British teen accused of smuggling kilo of meth to Japan

Sean Stephenson, 18, has been detained in Japan after allegedly being caught with over a kilo of meth - but his family insist he was groomed and coerced by British gang members

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4 d. ago Greater Manchester police investigating over 1,000 grooming gang suspects

Inspectorate finds force has made ‘significant improvements’ in how it treats victims of sexual exploitationGreater Manchester police are investigating more than 1,000 grooming gang suspects, as a new report found the force was “trying to provide a better service to those who have experienced sexual exploitation”.The force has made “significant improvements” in how it investigates grooming gangs and other types of child sexual abuse offences, according to the report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Andy Burnham issues statement on his grooming gang review after he's forced to miss press conference

The reports found that Greater Manchester Police has made 'significant improvements', but still faces some issues in tackling child sexual exploitation

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4 d. ago Greater Manchester Police investigating 1,000 grooming gang suspects, watchdog says

Andy Burnham said ‘never again will any child here be labelled or dismissed’ after a report found significant improvements in the force’s response to grooming gangs

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4 d. ago Police force investigating more than 1,000 grooming gang suspects

Watchdog says Greater Manchester Police has made ‘significant improvements’ following years of failure.

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4 d. ago Revealed: more than 1,000 grooming gang suspects investigated by one of Britain's largest police forces in 59 separate abuse probes

Over 300 police officers in Greater Manchester alone have been conducting live inquiries into whether 714 victims were preyed upon, it says.

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5 d. ago Mamdani hits back at Trump’s deportation threat: ‘We will not accept this intimidation’

Democratic New York City mayoral nominee blasts president, accusing him of overshadowing democracy and attempting to silence his detractors

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6 d. ago Grooming gangs 'are using a worrying new tactic to target young girls'

Marcus Johnstone, from Warrington, has represented scores of clients accused of involvement in gang-based grooming and has several cases underway.

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6 d. ago Evil mum abused baby so badly he lost both his legs – now she's free to walk the streets

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Jody Simpson, 33, was jailed in February 2018 after inflicting multiple fractures, dislocations and blunt trauma to Tony Hudgell's face

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6 d. ago I've spent my legal career defending grooming gang suspects. Now they are accused of using a different tactic to target young girls

Marcus Johnstone, from Warrington, has represented scores of clients accused of involvement in gang-based grooming and has several cases underway.

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7 d. ago Revealed: Notorious Rochdale grooming gang paedophile builds new house in Pakistan village while getting £285k taxpayer handout to fight deportation battle

Furious neighbours of Abdul Rauf in Rochdale say they are terrified to let their children out of sight after the 55-year-old was released having served just two-and-a-half years in prison.

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9 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing star Michelle Tsiakkas injured in horror London street phone robbery

Strictly Come Dancing star Michelle Tsiakkas has taken to social media to reveal she was the victim of a startling mobile phone robbery while out in London in broad daylight

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1 week ago 'Utter outage' as two Rochdale grooming gang members remain in town 13 years after being told they would be deported

Adil Khan, 54, and Abdul Rauf, 55, are said to remain in the town

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1 week ago Popular crime writer calls on Goodreads to 'protect authors from online abuse'

Authors have called out Goodreads for failing to remove negative reviews of their novels before they've been released yet - with claims that it constitutes "online abuse"

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1 week ago 'Kardashian of Cheshire' scam victim reveals how she turned amateur sleuth to snare conman

Christine Colbert lost thousands of pounds in the luxury handbag scam

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2 w. ago Neighbours' fury as Rochdale grooming gang leader throws parties in house fitted with police panic alarm after using legal loophole to dodge deportation

The convicted paedophile, 55, was one of nine men jailed in 2012 for raping and trafficking vulnerable girls across northern England in a case that shocked the country.

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2 w. ago Steps star Ian H Watkins admits the band were 'exhausted' and 'treated like puppets' at the height of their fame but reveals why the five piece DIDN'T fall victim to the pop band curse

They rose to the top of the charts with their hits Tragedy and Stomp and since forming in 1997 Steps have proved themselves as an unstoppable force. 

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