3 h. ago Jack Reacher author Lee Child: ‘More sex is medically implausible and I’m as rich and famous as I need to be’

The thriller writer on being a fearless Brummie, how he came to own a Renoir and his six-decade love affair with smokingBorn in the West Midlands, Lee Child, 70, studied law before working in television. After losing his job following a corporate restructuring, he published Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series, in 1997. His novels have been adapted into two films, starring Tom Cruise, and an Amazon Prime series. He now writes with his brother Andrew and they headline Theakston Old Peculier crime writing festival in Harrogate next month. The 30th Reacher thriller, Exit Strategy, is out in November. He is married with a daughter, and lives in the north of England.When were you happiest? In 1993, making love on the beach of a deserted island in the Bahamas. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Donald Trump says Elon Musk has ‘lost his mind’ and dismisses peace offering

Trump says he’s ‘not particularly’ interested in reconciling with Musk, who reportedly wanted to speak to presidentUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has accused Elon Musk of “losing his mind” as the dramatic breakdown between America’s most powerful person and the world’s richest person escalated into a full-blown feud that could have seismic political and economic consequences.In a series of phone calls to US media on Friday morning, Trump snapped back at Musk, after the tech mogul and Republican financier launched an extraordinary social media attack on the president the day before, which ended with him accusing Trump of being named in the so-called “Epstein files” – documents related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Five arrested in raids after investigation into Oldham historic child sex abuse

Simultaneous warrants were carried out across Oldham, Tameside, and Manchester

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3 d. ago Mum arranged for child sex offender to stay over for a week to rape her own young daughter

'You discussed at length in disgustingly graphic detail what you intended to do'

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3 d. ago BREAKING: Police storm homes in sudden dawn raids on suspected child sex offenders

The arrests relate to alleged grooming in Oldham between 2011 and 2014, the force said

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3 d. ago Police storm homes in sudden dawn raids on suspected child sex offenders

The arrests relate to alleged grooming in Oldham between 2011 and 2014, the force said

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4 d. ago Mayor of small city in Georgia charged over child sex crimes, police say

Joseph Kelly has been the mayor of Climax for five years and is facing child sex charges.

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7 d. ago Inside China's disturbing sex doll factories building thousands of hyper

WMDoll, one of China 's biggest sex doll makers, has said it is expecting a record 30 per cent jump in sales this year thanks to its adoption of generative AI tools like ChatGPT .

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9 d. ago 'I wish I'd never met Jeffrey Epstein': Lord Peter Mandelson says he 'regrets' association with billionaire paedophile

Britain's new ambassador to the US did not deny he stayed at the paedophile financier's New York home in 2009 after Epstein was jailed for child sex offences.

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9 d. ago Evil mum arranged for child rapist to sleep over and rape her 12

John Davies, 45, was jailed after he discussed in graphic detail with a mum how he would sexually abuse her 12-year-old daughter - telling her she would be 'sore by the end of the week'

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9 d. ago Sick mum arranged for sex offender to stay at her home to abuse daughter

The woman planned for him to stay for a week while her husband was away, a court was told.

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9 d. ago 'Twisted mum' arranged for child rapist stay over to rape daughter, 12

The parent arranged for John Davies, 45, to come to her home while her husband was away so he could abuse the child

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9 d. ago R&B singer Cassie gives birth to third child as Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial continues

Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer and actor known simply as Cassie, has welcomed her third child

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9 d. ago Cassie Ventura gives birth: Diddy's ex welcomes third child days after testifying in sex trafficking trial

TMZ reports the Me and U singer welcomed baby number three on Tuesday at a hospital in New York City.

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9 d. ago French paedophile surgeon who abused hundreds of children jailed for 20 years

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, has been at the centre of one of France's largest-ever child sex abuse cases having admitted abusing hundreds of children and he has now been sentenced to 20 years in jail

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1 week ago Young Paisley man caught with over 500 sickening child sex abuse images on iPhone

Callum Beith admitted he was in possession of the sickening images of child abuse and "extreme porn".

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1 week ago French court to deliver verdict in landmark child sex abuse case involving 299 victims

A verdict is expected in one of France's largest-ever child sex abuse cases

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1 week ago Pastor and his wife on the run from sex abuse allegations nabbed weeks later at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry

The child sex abuse case involved the couple’s biological and adoptive children

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1 week ago P Diddy's ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura 'goes into labour' just days after testifying in rapper's trial

P Diddy's ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura has reportedly gone into labour with her third child, just days after taking the stand at the rapper's sex abuse trial

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1 week ago East Kilbride man had over 800 child sex abuse photos and videos found on his laptop

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that Andrew Dobbin, 25, was on a camping trip when police officers turned up to search his home.

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