3 d. ago 'He uses sex workers for book research – he swears they're not a threat'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a Daily Star reader who doesn't believe her partner is interviewing sex workers for a literary project

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4 d. ago UNAids is set to close in 2026 – four years early. Are experts right to be alarmed?

The move to shut the agency comes as aid budgets are being slashed, leading to fears that global progress on HIV may be reversedAs executive director of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, Ganna Dovbakh was among the many public health officials and NGO leaders shocked by the UN secretary-general’s proposal to “sunset UNAids by the end of 2026”.In the eastern European and central Asian (EECA) countries where Dovbakh works, research indicates that the epidemic is on the rise. Over the past decade, there has been a 48% increase in new infections, and a 32% rise in Aids-related deaths, predominantly among marginalised and criminalised populations such as sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Man charged with murdering sex worker and raping another while on bail 'for eight Tube attacks on women' refuses to appear in court

Simon Levy (pictured), 40, is accused of carrying out attacks on multiple women which culminated in the murder of sex worker Sheryl Wilkins, 39, on August 24.

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8 d. ago Seattle is going to try to slow down prostitution in one neighborhood

The ‘John Letters’ will be distributed to the registered owners of vehicles that are observed by law enforcement engaging with sex workers on Aurora Avenue North

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8 d. ago 'Serial sex offender' charged with murdering sex worker and strangling another was on bail 'for attacking eight women on the underground'

Simon Levy is accused of carrying out attacks on a total of 11 woman which culminated in the murder of a sex worker and the rape and strangulation of another victim while he was out on bail.

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8 d. ago Sex worker hoping to land racing’s hottest date with runner in £10 million horse race

EXCLUSIVE: Carly Electric is a part-owner in sprinter Iowna Merc who is one of the emergency reserves for Saturday’s Everest, the richest race in the world run on turf

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9 d. ago Death Row inmate's last words after sex workers found dumped in pond

Death Row inmate Samuel Lee Smithers has been executed for the 1996 killings of sex workers Christy Cowan and Denise Roach who he murdered and dumped a nearby pond

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9 d. ago Trans postal worker wins £12,500 from Royal Mail for sex harassment in legal first

Sophie Cole, 46, was able to prove one perpetrator 'deemed' her to be a woman and that Royal Mail had failed to respond appropriately to the claims of bullying.

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1 week ago Chess champion stalks woman and threatens to smear her as a prostitute after she refused to rekindle 'sugar daddy' romance

Chess champion stalked a woman and threatened to smear her as a sex worker

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2 w. ago BBC radio legend David Hamilton details romance with sex worker after cheating on first wife

‘I just looked at her and thought, wow. I think if anything spoils a marriage, it’s children,’ said the 87-year-old Top of the Pops veteran

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2 w. ago Legendary BBC Radio presenter 'Diddy' David Hamilton opens up on his affair with a sex worker behind his first wife's back as he claims 'having children spoils a marriage'

David's presenting career began in 1959 during his national service with the British Forces Network.

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2 w. ago BBC legend admits affair with sex worker and says 'having kids ruins marriage'

David Hamilton, known as Diddy, has opened up about his life in a candid interview and admitted to having an affair with a sex worker while he was married with children

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2 w. ago BBC radio star reveals he had affair with sex worker while married with children

Radio star 'Diddy' David Hamilton revealed his murky past when he cheated on his partner.

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2 w. ago BBC radio legend confesses affair with sex worker while married with children

A BBC radio legend has admitted to having an affair with a sex worker while he was married, saying he found himself 'getting in too deep'

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2 w. ago BBC legend David 'Diddy' Hamilton confesses sex worker affair while married with kids

A BBC radio legend has admitted to having an affair with a sex worker while he was married, saying he found himself 'getting in too deep'

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2 w. ago Gilbert & George review – a pulsating panorama of sex, violence and glorious urban grime

Hayward Gallery, LondonFrom the calling cards of male sex workers to shocking headlines about murder, the octogenarian pair see and incorporate everything, resulting in a show that seethes with lifeThe first picture in Gilbert & George’s retrospective of their art of this century is a portrait of them sitting in a cemetery amid floating drug baggies, their suits bright purple (George) and green (Gilbert) against the grey gravestones. It sums up a stillness, a sadness and a romantic passion that breathes in this show – but you won’t notice it straight away. Instead you’ll be carried along in a rush of cheeky provocations and ludicrous juxtapositions of word and image: a joyous embrace of modern life or even, pardon my French, a jouissance.The pictures tower and expand in this perfect brutalist setting as if you’re walking through a city of art – a dirty, disreputable city. Ages (2001) is a yellow and red slab almost the scale of a cinema screen on which their blandly smiling face...

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4 w. ago New York sex worker accused of killing three clients in ‘callous’ and ‘calculated’ plot

Tabitha Bundrick, 38, accused of drugging victims with fentanyl and stealing their possessions

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