6 h. ago Married headmaster 'exposed himself to teacher' and said 'inspect this miss'

Married father of two, then-headteacher James Richards, is accused of exposing himself to a number of colleagues.

Politics

27 h. ago Married man accused of raping runaway girl said she was 'obviously interested' in him

A married man accused of exploiting and raping a 16-year-old runaway claimed it was 'obvious' she was interested in him after a flirty exchange, a court has heard

Politics

30 h. ago Penniless beautician sues secret wife of her dead accountant husband who married them both in Las Vegas after accusing her of 'plundering' his £1.8m estate

Millionaire bigamist accountant James Dinsdale died of cancer in October 2020, leaving behind a vast fortune which is now at the centre of a bitter inheritance row

Economics

32 h. ago Monkey soulmates and extraordinary talent: the man Charlie Chaplin called ‘the greatest actor in the world’

Michel Simon, who steals the show in Jean Vigo’s 1934 masterpiece L’Atalante, was a soft-faced, gravelly voiced clown capable of tremendous pathos – and total chaosJean Vigo’s L’Atalante, his poetic and surreal 1934 romance about a young couple living on a canal barge, is one of the most beautiful, sensual films of all time. Dita Parlo and Jean Dasté play the newlyweds getting awkwardly accustomed to married life in close quarters, and their love story shapes the film. But it’s their bargemate, the uncouth Père Jules, played by Michel Simon, who steals the show: a well-travelled sailor speckled with tattoos, standing guard over a cabinet of risque and macabre curiosities, whose cabin teems with cats every bit as unruly as he is.The Swiss actor Michel Simon was one of the most distinctive presences in 20th-century French cinema: a soft-faced, gravelly voiced clown capable of tremendous pathos, and true chaos. Charlie Chaplin called him “the greatest actor in the world”. He worked wit...

Politics

3 d. ago Married British soldier accused of stabbing young mother to death in Kenya breaks his silence from behind bars as he fights extradition to Africa

An ex-soldier facing extradition over the 'murder' of a Kenyan mother has insisted he is innocent. Robert Purkiss, 38, has never spoken publicly. He is being held on remand.

Events

1 week ago Runaway teen girl 'raped in hotel room full of men' including one with 'rat

Arqash Zaffar, nicknamed 'Mikey', has been accused of picking up the girl in his car in Birmingham and exploiting her over a number of days during the summer of 2019

Events

1 week ago Bataclan ISIS mastermind's ex girlfriend is charged with planning atrocities of her own

Maeva B, 27, who was once 'married' to Salah Abdeslam is accused of trying to smuggle extremist material to him in prison.

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