3 d. ago Dita Von Teese, 52, steals the show in a glitzy silver bejewelled gown for the world premiere of her Diamonds and Dust burlesque show

The burlesque star, 52, is bringing a new theatrical experience featuring 'high glamour, bold women, and dangerous games' to the Emerald Theatre in London.

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6 d. ago Rapists snared by 'gamechanging' new police tech to record bruising on darker skin

Officers have previously faced challenges trying to gather evidence of some injuries, which limit chances of successful prosecutions

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8 d. ago Wimbledon 2025 women’s singles preview, prediction: Sabalenka, Gauff — or will London deliver another surprise?

Wimbledon 2025 women’s singles preview, prediction: Sabalenka, Gauff — or will London deliver another surprise?  Hindustan Times

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9 d. ago How an 'AI bodyguard' could help to keep women safe on the streets of London

Ina Jovicic, 26, was inspired to design the device after she was attacked by four men while walking home at night in London

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1 week ago Brad Spencer reveals the Falkirk title message from Brian Graham moments after Patrick Thistle heartbreak

The then-Thistle striker had dealt a hammerblow to the Bairns title hopes - before joining them in the Premiership for the new season

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1 week ago More than half of women don't feel safe on the streets of London, shock poll reveals

Capital has become less safe in last five years, say half of respondents, in blow to efforts to tackle violence against women and girls

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1 week ago No Fireworks, but Women Artists Ensure Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Sale in London Takes in Respectable $84 M.

No Fireworks, but Women Artists Ensure Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Sale in London Takes in Respectable $84 M.  ARTnews.com

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2 w. ago Serial rapist Zhenhao Zou facing second trial as more women come forward

Prosecutors weigh possibility that the Chinese student, who treated his victims as ‘sex toys’, could face further action Serial rapist Zhenhao Zou is facing a second trial with police and prosecutors preparing to charge the Chinese student with a second round of offences.Zou, 28, is already serving a minimum 24 years for attacking 10 young women in London and China. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Should men give up their seats on public transport for women? Battle of the sexes breaks out over Londoner's divisive clip of her Tube journey

London's public transport network is usually a thing of beauty, but increasing numbers of women are reporting on how hard it is to get a seat on an Underground train these days because of men.

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2 w. ago London PhD student drugged, filmed and raped dozens of women; gets life term

London PhD student drugged, filmed and raped dozens of women; gets life term  The Indian Express

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2 w. ago Zhenhao Zou: Inside dark twisted life of perverted student jailed for raping 10 women

Chinese PhD student Zhenhao Zou, 28, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years for the rape of 10 women in London and China

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2 w. ago Serial rapist who drugged and filmed 10 women in London and China jailed for life

Zhenhao Zou, who kept a trophy box full of possessions he had taken from his victims, will serve a minimum of 24 years

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2 w. ago Chilling moment serial rapist PhD student Zhenhao Zou calmly watches video of sex attack

Zhenhao Zou drugged women then filmed as he raped them both in London and in his native China. Jurors were made to watch the horrific videos and were visibly upset, he remained motionless

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2 w. ago Zhenhao Zou: Student who drugged and raped 10 women in London and China jailed for life

Zhenhao Zou: Student who drugged and raped 10 women in London and China jailed for life  Sky News

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2 w. ago Student Who Filmed Himself Raping at Least 10 Women to Be Sentenced in London

Student Who Filmed Himself Raping at Least 10 Women to Be Sentenced in London  The New York Times

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2 w. ago Former PhD student is jailed for at least 24 years for raping 10 women in London and China

Former PhD student is jailed for at least 24 years for raping 10 women in London and China  BBC

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2 w. ago Moment ‘paedophile’ calls a child safety hotline as charity warns women now one in 10 offenders

Standard hears simulated call from ‘disgusted’ 23-year-old on visit to Lucy Faithfull Foundation’s headquarters in south London

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2 w. ago Holloway review – brave women go back to prison to unlock their stories

In this powerful documentary, six former inmates revisit their old cells to reflect on the childhood trauma and domestic abuse that led them to prisonYou can be told the statistics: 30% of women in prison spent time in care as children, and 70% have been the victim of domestic abuse. But what this powerful documentary from Sophie Compton and Daisy-May Hudson (the latter of whom is the director of just-released film Lollipop) does is to demonstrate the cruelty and injustice of a system that incarcerates the vulnerable.Shot in 2021, it follows six women returning to HMP Holloway in London before demolition began a year later. In the first scenes, they walk back into the prison, some into their old cells. The building is abandoned, ivy creeps up through the floorboards, but it’s still Holloway: “Fuck, I remember this smell,” says one. During a week-long workshop the women – brave and unfailingly articulate – share their stories. All of them experienced trauma in childhood, most masked ...

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2 w. ago New London tower block 'UK first' is being built for women only

Brook House has offered housing in Acton, west London, for more than 90 years but a fresh rebuild has created 102 'genuinely affordable' social rented flats in the block.

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3 w. ago MP to face trial over claims he groped women at London’s Groucho Club

Patrick Spencer has exercised right to be tried by jury in crown court over allegationsAn MP faces trial over allegations he groped two women in one night while drunk at the Groucho Club in London.Patrick Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault at Westminster magistrates court on Monday morning. Continue reading...

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