20 h. ago Man who filmed children at Barshaw Park walks free after sheriff ruling

Sheriff Sukhwinder Gill ruled there was no criminal intent, describing the incident as a case of "naivety" and granting an absolute discharge.

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5 d. ago Al Djanat: The Original Paradise review – striking account of Burkina Faso homecoming

Chloé Aïcha Boro’s watchful documentary charts the disharmony and legal wrangling caused by a dispute in her family over sacred burial landEconomic and financial woes cast a dark shadow over family bonds in Chloé Aïcha Boro’s contemplative, searching documentary. Returning to her Burkina Faso village after decades of living in France, Boro experiences an emotional paradox intimately known by all immigrants. Once-familiar places turn foreign, since the migrator has undergone huge internal changes of their own. And with the recent passing of her uncle Ousmane Coulibaly, the head of her extended Muslim family, Boro’s homecoming is marred by disharmony. Between Coulibaly’s brothers and his 19 children, warring interests over inherited land rage on.The film returns time and again to a sacred courtyard where, for centuries, the umbilical cords of Coulibaly newborns have been buried to ensure their ascendence to heaven in the afterlife. More than a ritual, the tradition concretises the lin...

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6 d. ago Emma Watson's dad warns parents of new Harry, Ron and Hermione of 'impact of fame on children' as HBO TV series begins filming

The latest leading trio were finally announced this week - with Dominic McLaughlin landing the title role, with Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout will portray Ron Weasley.

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6 d. ago Emma Watson's dad warns parents of new Harry, Ron and Hermione of 'impact of fame on children' as HBO TV series begins filming

The latest leading trio were finally announced this week - with Dominic McLaughlin landing the title role, with Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout will portray Ron Weasley.

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1 week ago Ellie Simmonds breaks down in tears over her birth mother's confession as her moving documentary leaves viewers 'broken

In the film, titled Should I Have Children, the Paralympian explores her fears around becoming a parent, and what it would mean if she were to have a child who inherits the genes for dwarfism.

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1 week ago Nurse struck off after being caught filming adults and children in supermarket toilet

Pheddie Delos Reyes spent nearly three hours inside the store's toilets.

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2 w. ago Peter Andre is supported by children Princess and Junior at screening of controversial film Jafaican after accusations of 'modern blackface'

The singer has been accused of 'posing in modern blackface,' after wearing dreadlocks and adopting Jamaican accent for his role as con artist Gary Buckle.

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