1 hour ago ‘He changed the rules for all of us who came after’: Lee Child remembers Frederick Forsyth

Forsyth did away with the conventions of thriller-writing and still kept readers enthralled. He reset the whole genre, the author of the Jack Reacher novels writes• Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86I remember two things about the first full week of January 1972. I passed my driving test on the Monday, and on the Friday I made my weekly trip to the library and borrowed The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth. I had no idea I would one day be a writer myself – at that point I was merely an insatiable reader – but in retrospect that Friday marked an important way station on the journey from one to the other.I gobbled up the book and thought it was fantastic – fast, pacy, exciting, suspenseful and laced with detail and intrigue. Then I thought, wait, what? How was this book working? It was a twin-track thriller – an assassin hunts his target while law enforcement hunts the assassin. But the intended victim was Charles de Gaulle, a real per...

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31 h. ago Trump’s travel ban could cement racism as his most dangerous legacy

From his so-called ‘Muslim ban’ to slashing DEI measures, the US president has turned taboo behaviour into normsThis month marks exactly 10 years since Donald Trump coasted down an escalator at Trump Tower, declared his run for US president and accused Mexico of sending drugs, criminals and rapists into the homeland. The past decade has been exercise in normalising.When Trump threatened to terminate Elon Musk’s government contracts, and Musk linked Trump to the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, all because of a petty clash of egos, people were riveted but unsurprised. Likewise, when Trump ordered a travel ban on a dozen countries, many reacted with a collective shrug: well, of course he did. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Pregnant Bake Off star Laura Adlington reveals the gender of her 'miracle' baby as she details the 'tears and heartache' of nine

The pregnant TV personality, 36, confirmed the sex of her first child with her husband Matt after a gruelling nine-year fertility battle, involving 'so many tears and so much heartache'.

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62 h. ago Paedo lawyer worked at charity accused of ignoring child sex harassment claims

The Scots lawyer also ran a rugby club near Glasgow.

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3 d. ago More alleged child porn victims of former New Pornographers drummer come forward, authorities say

The New Pornographers say the band cut ties with drummer Joe Seiders immediately after his April 2025 child porn arrest.

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3 d. ago Tennis star Aryna Sabalenka's mega rich new boyfriend after tragic death of famous ex

Aryna Sabalenka is preparing to face Coco Gauff in the French Open final on Saturday, with the Belarusian looking to win her first Grand Slam title in Paris

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3 d. ago Jack Reacher author Lee Child: ‘More sex is medically implausible and I’m as rich and famous as I need to be’

The thriller writer on being a fearless Brummie, how he came to own a Renoir and his six-decade love affair with smokingBorn in the West Midlands, Lee Child, 70, studied law before working in television. After losing his job following a corporate restructuring, he published Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series, in 1997. His novels have been adapted into two films, starring Tom Cruise, and an Amazon Prime series. He now writes with his brother Andrew and they headline Theakston Old Peculier crime writing festival in Harrogate next month. The 30th Reacher thriller, Exit Strategy, is out in November. He is married with a daughter, and lives in the north of England.When were you happiest? In 1993, making love on the beach of a deserted island in the Bahamas. Continue reading...

Culture

4 d. ago Donald Trump says Elon Musk has ‘lost his mind’ and dismisses peace offering

Trump says he’s ‘not particularly’ interested in reconciling with Musk, who reportedly wanted to speak to presidentUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has accused Elon Musk of “losing his mind” as the dramatic breakdown between America’s most powerful person and the world’s richest person escalated into a full-blown feud that could have seismic political and economic consequences.In a series of phone calls to US media on Friday morning, Trump snapped back at Musk, after the tech mogul and Republican financier launched an extraordinary social media attack on the president the day before, which ended with him accusing Trump of being named in the so-called “Epstein files” – documents related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Five arrested in raids after investigation into Oldham historic child sex abuse

Simultaneous warrants were carried out across Oldham, Tameside, and Manchester

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6 d. ago Mum arranged for child sex offender to stay over for a week to rape her own young daughter

'You discussed at length in disgustingly graphic detail what you intended to do'

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6 d. ago BREAKING: Police storm homes in sudden dawn raids on suspected child sex offenders

The arrests relate to alleged grooming in Oldham between 2011 and 2014, the force said

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6 d. ago Police storm homes in sudden dawn raids on suspected child sex offenders

The arrests relate to alleged grooming in Oldham between 2011 and 2014, the force said

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7 d. ago Mayor of small city in Georgia charged over child sex crimes, police say

Joseph Kelly has been the mayor of Climax for five years and is facing child sex charges.

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1 week ago Inside China's disturbing sex doll factories building thousands of hyper

WMDoll, one of China 's biggest sex doll makers, has said it is expecting a record 30 per cent jump in sales this year thanks to its adoption of generative AI tools like ChatGPT .

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1 week ago 'I wish I'd never met Jeffrey Epstein': Lord Peter Mandelson says he 'regrets' association with billionaire paedophile

Britain's new ambassador to the US did not deny he stayed at the paedophile financier's New York home in 2009 after Epstein was jailed for child sex offences.

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1 week ago R&B singer Cassie gives birth to third child as Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial continues

Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer and actor known simply as Cassie, has welcomed her third child

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1 week ago Cassie Ventura gives birth: Diddy's ex welcomes third child days after testifying in sex trafficking trial

TMZ reports the Me and U singer welcomed baby number three on Tuesday at a hospital in New York City.

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1 week ago Vacation hideaway for rich and famous hit by ICE raids as 40 arrested in Nantucket ahead of summer season

ICE officials say 40 arrests occurred during raids on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, including one alleged ‘child predator’

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1 week ago French paedophile surgeon who abused hundreds of children jailed for 20 years

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, has been at the centre of one of France's largest-ever child sex abuse cases having admitted abusing hundreds of children and he has now been sentenced to 20 years in jail

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1 week ago Young Paisley man caught with over 500 sickening child sex abuse images on iPhone

Callum Beith admitted he was in possession of the sickening images of child abuse and "extreme porn".

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