2 h. ago The racial violence in Ballymena repeats a pattern that’s blighted Britain for years. We must wake up to that | Lanre Bakare

History tells us attacks on migrants are a predictable result of political failings, distorted media coverage and far-right opportunismIn early June, the violence began. Rumours of a foreigner assaulting a local woman resulted in groups roaming through a small British town, breaking windows of homes belonging to “outsiders”. A few days later, the police attempted to stop mobs from reaching another nearby multiracial area. Eventually they broke through, ransacking shops and burning down a house, while local media reported that the violence had developed into “something like a fever”.Sound familiar? This isn’t Ballymena, the County Antrim town in Northern Ireland that has seen several nights of unrest in which immigrant homes were attacked after reports of an alleged sexual assault on a local girl by two teenagers, who had a Romanian interpreter read them the charges. These incidents actually took place more than a century ago, during the summer of 1919, as racial violence spread thro...

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43 h. ago Edinburgh crime: Man who dragged schoolgirl, 13, into woods and raped her is jailed for eight years

A man has been jailed for the serious sexual assault of a teenage girl in Edinburgh.

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62 h. ago Horror as teenage girl is 'sexually assaulted' while waiting at a village bus stop as man, 30, is arrested

The girl was allegedly approached by a man while she was waiting for a bus in the village of Longdowns near Penryn, Cornwall.

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67 h. ago Man arrested after Scots teenager dies in horror crash between car and lorry

Emergency crews raced to the scene on the Boghead Roundabout after the horror smash involving a Volkswagen Polo and an HGV.

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5 d. ago The Guardian view on riots in Northern Ireland: racist violence does not express ‘legitimate grievance’ | Editorial

Politicians must analyse the forces behind mob unrest, but not in terms that make excuses for itA reputation for political violence is one reason Northern Ireland has historically attracted fewer immigrants than the rest of the UK. In that context, increasing diversity could be read as a measure of progress; a peace dividend after the Troubles. That isn’t how it has felt to families cowering in fear of racist mobs this week. The riots started in Ballymena, ostensibly triggered by the arrest of two boys, reported to be of Romanian origin, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. A community vigil mutated into a racist rampage. Masked thugs targeted the local migrant population. When police came to quell the pogrom, officers were attacked with bricks, fireworks, petrol bombs. There was contagion. Windows were smashed and a fire started at a leisure centre in nearby Larne that had been used as a temporary refuge for those fleeing the Ballymena violence. There were outbreaks of di...

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5 d. ago Revealed: 'Boastful' Romanian wrongly arrested over 'sexual assault of girl' in Ballymena goes public to protest his innocence and says mob violence has caused his family to flee the country

The 28-year-old father-of-two named Alex said his Antrim home and car were attacked by anti-immigrant rioters while he was in custody and again a second time when he returned home.

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5 d. ago 'Abused, degraded, discarded': The predators who groomed and raped two vulnerable teenage girls

Seven men have been found guilty of a string of historic sexual offences against 'Girl A' and 'Girl B' following a five-month trial

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6 d. ago Riots spread in Northern Ireland with 15 arrested after nights of chaos following 'sexual assault of girl by Romanian teens' in Ballymena

Fifteen rioters have been arrested as 41 police officers were injured amid unrest in Northern Ireland following the alleged sexual assault of a girl by Romanian teens. 

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6 d. ago Family of girl 'sexually assaulted by Romanian teens' plead with Ballymena rioters to end violence as town braces for fourth night of chaos

Northern Ireland 's police chief Jon Boutcher said the young girl who was the victim of an alleged sexual assault in Ballymena had been 'further traumatised' by the rioting since Monday.

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7 d. ago Teenager dies in horror crash soon after wedding as young bride left heartbroken

Jerry Maloney, 19, died while he was a passenger in a pick-up truck involved in a single-vehicle collision on Thursday.

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8 d. ago Man charged with riotous behaviour after 15 police injured in Ballymena

Northern Irish politicians condemn ‘feral’ violence that erupted after vigil for girl allegedly sexually assaultedA 29-year-old man has been charged with riotous behaviour after being arrested during disorder in Ballymena on Monday night.The man, who is due to appear before Ballymena magistrates court on Thursday 3 July, has also been charged with disorderly behaviour, attempted criminal damage and resisting police. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Fifteen police injured amid suspected racially motivated attacks in Ballymena

Northern Irish politicians condemn violence that erupted after vigil for girl who was allegedly sexually assaultedFifteen police officers were injured and several homes attacked during what has been called a “mob fury” of racially motivated disturbances in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena.Members of a crowd threw petrol bombs, fireworks, heavy masonry and bricks at police and tried to burn the homes of a handful of foreign families in the County Antrim town on Monday night. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Wander Franco's attorney to ask court to exonerate his client in sexual abuse case

The attorney for Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco says he will ask the court to exonerate his client of all charges in a sexual abuse case involving a girl who was 14 years old at the time of the alleged crimes

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9 d. ago Doctor text teen patient sexual fantasies after meeting her when she was 13

A doctor has been suspended from practice after engaging in a sexual relationship with a former patient. The girl was just 13 years old when they first met

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1 week ago CBB star Nicola McLean expresses Bonnie Blue fears as 'Page 3 Girls would never say that'

Former Page Three Girl and Celebrity Big Brother contestant said that doing extreme sexual acts like Bonnie Blue's for money will lead to women going beyond their boundaries in the bedroom and for cash

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1 week ago Mum's heartbreaking tribute to teenager who died in bike crash horror

Kailem Robinson's mum Jill has issued a statement following his death

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1 week ago Teen girl testifies behind closed doors in Wander Franco trial in the Dominican Republic

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has appeared in court in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl who testified behind closed doors

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1 week ago Paedophile sexually abused teen girl and tried to bribe her into giving him oral sex

Clayton Kennedy, 30, exposed himself to his victim and messaged her incessantly to pressure her to perform sexual acts on him

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2 w. ago Dark true story behind hit drama What It Feels Like For a Girl: Transgender author Paris Lees endured horrific sexual abuse and was jailed at 16

Critics have commended the BBC 's adaptation of journalist Paris Lees' memoir, What It Feels Like for a Girl, which looks at the British writer's tumultuous history and at times dark journey.

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2 w. ago Paedophile starts crying in court as victim bravely outs him as 'evil monster'

The paedophile filmed himself sexually assaulting a girl while secretly committing an array of crimes over the course of more than a decade

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