4 h. ago Man to appear in court charged with arson after major fire guts MP’s office

Joshua Oliver was charged with arson on Friday after the blaze at the offices of Sharon Hodgson, Labour MP for Washington and Gateshead South.

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10 h. ago Man charged with arson after major fire guts MP Sharon Hodgson’s office in Tyne and Wear

Offices used by a charity and an NHS mental health unit were also wrecked by the blaze in Washington, Tyne and Wear

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17 h. ago Woman convicted for 'reckless damage' at 'nationally important' Ayrshire site

Dagmara Lesiow Lasczcewski was found guilty of three charges of causing reckless damage to two SSSIs at Paisley Sheriff Court on 28 July 2025.

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38 h. ago Former referee David Coote pleads not guilty to making indecent image of child

Coote appears at Nottingham magistrates courtHe has been charged with a category A offenceThe former Premier League referee David Coote has pleaded not guilty to making an indecent image of a child.Coote appeared in Nottingham magistrates court on Thursday, having been charged on 12 August in relation to a video recovered by police officers in February. The charge of making an indecent image of a child refers to activities such as downloading, sharing or saving abuse photos or videos. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Sacked Premier League referee David Coote pleads not guilty to sex offence that carries a year

MIKE KEEGAN: Disgraced ex-Premier League referee David Coote has pleaded not guilty to making an indecent video of a child.

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40 h. ago Sacked Premier League referee David Coote pleads NOT guilty to charge of making 'category A' indecent video of a child

MIKE KEEGAN: Disgraced ex-Premier League referee David Coote has pleaded not guilty to making an indecent video of a child.

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42 h. ago Sacked Premier League referee David Coote arrives at court, charged with making 'category A' indecent video of a child

David Coote has arrived at Nottingham Magistrates Court for a hearing after being charged with making a 'category A' indecent video of a child.

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51 h. ago Brazil Supreme Court justice breaks with 2 peers, votes to absolve Bolsonaro as trial continues

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was given some respite on Wednesday after a Supreme Court justice voted to acquit him from all charges in his alleged coup trial

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59 h. ago Man in court charged with murder after Scott Boyd found dead near Lanark

Sean McIntyre, 35, was arrested and charged on Tuesday after an incident took place on a street in Kirkmuirhill on August 17.

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62 h. ago Former Premier League referee David Coote charged with making indecent image of child

Former official due to appear in court on ThursdayAllegation refers to video recovered by police in FebruaryThe former Premier League referee David Coote has been charged with making an indecent image of a child. The 43-year-old is due to appear at Nottingham magistrates court on Thursday.The charge of making an indecent image of a child refers to activities such as downloading, sharing or saving abuse photos or videos. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago BREAKING Former Premier League referee David Coote charged with having indecent child video

Ex-Premier League referee David Coote is due to appeared at Nottingham Magistrates Court on Thursday after he was charged with making an indecent video of a child

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65 h. ago BBC Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades pleads not guilty to rape charges

The 55-year-old stepped back from presenting The Repair Shop last year

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65 h. ago BBC The Repair Shop's Jay Blades denies rape charges in latest court appearance

Jay Blades, 55, was charged last month with two counts of rape

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67 h. ago Former Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades due to enter pleas to rape charges

Blades, 55, will face a hearing at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Wednesday

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2 d. ago New Orleans mayor to appear in court on corruption charges tied to alleged affair

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is set to make her first appearance in federal court to face conspiracy, fraud and obstruction charges tied to what prosecutors have described as a yearslong scheme to conceal a romantic relationship with her bodyguard as the two traveled, wined and dined together on taxpayers’ dime

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3 d. ago Man charged in connection with Scott Boyd death after incident in Lanark

The 35-year-old charged in connection with his death will appear at Airdrie Sheriff Court on September 10.

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3 d. ago Joseph Kony case in The Hague begins with accounts of alleged atrocities

ICC hearing takes place in absence of Ugandan rebel leader accused of murder, rape, torture and sexual slaveryAn international criminal court hearing into charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Ugandan fugitive rebel leader Joseph Kony has begun with accounts of atrocities allegedly committed by his Lord’s Resistance Army.The ICC’s first in-absentia hearing will confirm charges but cannot progress to a trial in Kony’s absence. The warlord faces 39 counts, including murder, rape, sexual slavery, enslavement and torture, allegedly committed in northern Uganda between July 2002 and December 2005.Reuters and Agence France-Presse contributed to this report Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Man appears in court charged over the death of Ed Sheeran dancer killed in horror bike crash

Lousha Liddell, 25, was killed when she was thrown from the back seat of Jordan Spartan’s bike in Earlsfield, south west London

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3 d. ago Scots predator jailed for sexually abusing two young boys and vulnerable man

James Grieve Donaldson was found guilty of four charges following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

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3 d. ago ICC opening its war crimes case against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony

International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence to back up charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first in absentia hearing

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