2 h. ago Top English cricket figure investigated by police over sexual assault and spiking claims at a London pub

English cricket is reeling after it emerged that a well-known figure in the game, in his forties, is being investigated over allegations of spiking and sexual assault.

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46 h. ago Suspect arrested after printing his ‘How to Kill a Federal Judge’ manifesto at a local library, cops say

Federal prosecutors charged a Minnesota man Tuesday with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after he allegedly printed and distributed a 236-page manifesto titled How to Kill a Federal Judge at a local library.

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47 h. ago Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Ambika Mod among Harry Potter audiobook cast

Following the first edition, each following audiobook will be released on Audible on a monthly basis.

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50 h. ago James McAvoy allegedly assaulted in Toronto bar after promoting directorial debut

Actor was in city for its annual film festival when he was reportedly attacked

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51 h. ago James McAvoy assaulted in Toronto bar after promoting directorial debut

Actor was in city for its annual film festival when he was reportedly attacked

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54 h. ago James McAvoy 'attacked by stranger' in bar with wife while in Canada for film premiere

James McAvoy was reportedly attacked by a stranger in a bar in Toronto, Canada, while in the city for the premiere of his directorial debut film California Schemin'

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56 h. ago Woman escapes hell as man 'sexually assaulted her and held her hostage in a tent'

A woman managed to escape after a man allegedly held her captive in a tent while sexually assaulting her. The alleged abuser is said to have used a weapon to threaten her

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56 h. ago James McAvoy 'punched by stranger' during Toronto Film Festival appearance

The Scottish actor had been socialising with producers of his new film at Charlotte’s Room when the incident occurred shortly before midnight on Monday

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57 h. ago James McAvoy 'attacked by stranger' while in Canadian pub with wife

James McAvoy has reportedly been attacked while visiting Toronto for the premiere of his directorial debut California Schemin'.

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64 h. ago James McAvoy 'punched by man in Toronto bar as security intervene to help him'

The actor, 46, was in Canada for the premiere of his directorial debut California Schemin' at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday.

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4 d. ago Donald Trump ordered to pay £61m to writer after sexual assault allegations

Trump had argued that he should not have to pay the sum as a result of a Supreme Court decision expanding presidential immunity, while his lawyers had asked for a new trial

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4 d. ago Death of care home resident after third attack by fellow dementia patient was 'avoidable', says coroner

Neil Sweetmore, 86, had allegedly already been attacked twice by John Edgar before a third assault which led to his death

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4 d. ago Premier League star's father charged with sex attack while 'on a night out with his family at a Wetherspoons'

A Premier League footballer's father has reportedly been charged with sexual assault following an alleged incident in a Wetherspoon's pub.

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5 d. ago California Schemin’ review – James McAvoy’s directorial debut is an unlikely rap tale

Toronto film festival: the actor makes for a hit-and-miss first time film-maker with the undeniably involving true story of Scottish rappers who pretended to be AmericanAt the start of the century, a struggling Scottish rap duo decided to overhaul their image in extreme fashion: they began posing as two Americans from California, and managed to secure themselves a record deal with a label in London. Eventually the hoax was revealed, and one of them released a memoir about the charade. That wild story has now been adapted into a film, California Schemin’, which marks the alternately confident and unsteady directorial debut of actor James McAvoy.McAvoy is a son of Scotland himself, and perhaps feels some kinship with rappers Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, who found the cultural tastemakers of the south to be indifferent or even hostile to Scottish artists. Though McAvoy has fared just fine as an actor, Bain and Boyd – who would come to be known as Silibil N’ Brains – had a much tougher go...

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7 d. ago Manchester Airport flight to Turkey makes emergency landing after 'man punched fellow passenger'

The British passenger alleged assaulted the victim and was arrested and charged with dangerous bodily harm and disturbing the peace after the pilot made the emergency landing in Greece

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9 d. ago Voices: Cracking down on transphobic hate speech doesn’t make the UK a police state

Graham Linehan's arrest for allegedly suggesting that people assault trans women is not an assault on free speech, writes Marc Burrows. The scandal is that we live in a society where some people think the language he reportedly used is acceptable

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9 d. ago Cardi B is CLEARED in civil assault trial after epic MELTDOWN outside court over pregnancy rumor

Cardi B has been cleared of assault after she was sued for $24million over an alleged 2018 altercation.

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1 week ago Depardieu to stand trial over alleged rape and sexual assault of fellow actor

Judge orders case to be heard against French film star after allegations made by Charlotte Arnould about 2018 incidentsThe French actor Gérard Depardieu has been ordered to stand trial on charges of raping and sexually assaulting the actor Charlotte Arnould at his Paris home in 2018.Depardieu, France’s biggest film star, has been under investigation in the case since 2020. A trial date has not yet been set. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Gérard Depardieu to face trial in Paris over rape and sexual assault allegations

French actor Gérard Depardieu has been summoned to trial in Paris over allegations of rape and sexual assault against actor Charlotte Arnould

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1 week ago Man arrested after boy, 8, 'sexually assaulted in his tent' at Loch Ness

Police Scotland have arrested a 44-year-old man after an eight-year-old boy, who was visiting the Highlands with his family, was allegedly sexually assaulted in his tent at Loch Ness

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