27 h. ago Delivered to a Predator: Al Fayed’s Fixer review – this startling tale urgently needed telling

Dispatches, presented by Cathy Newman, talks to 16 survivors or witnesses of the ex-Harrods boss’s abuse, as well as tracking down his alleged enabler. The result is a raw, horrifying and invaluable watchIt is disturbingly easy to respond with little more than fatigue to reports of powerful men sexually exploiting women, because there have been so many. The part of us that should emit shock, disgust and righteous outrage becomes dulled through overuse. And so, when Mohamed Al Fayed, the billionaire former owner of Harrods, died in 2023 and was then credibly accused of being one of Britain’s worst sex offenders, the collective reaction felt like a shrug.The new Dispatches investigation, Delivered to a Predator: Al Fayed’s Fixer, however, ought to sharpen our revulsion and our resolve to fight for change. Building on the 2017 Dispatches documentary Behind Closed Doors and the 2024 BBC programme Predator at Harrods, it outlines the scale of the tycoon’s wrongdoing: last year, the Metro...

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42 h. ago Britain avoids worst of Trump’s tariffs, but risks remain for Starmer

PM hopes to strike a US trade deal to further cut 10% levy

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48 h. ago Inside the picturesque village in the grip of one of Britain's worst burglary crime waves

But how, in this pocket of rural Hampshire, have we reached the stage where burglars can apparently break into people's properties with impunity?

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58 h. ago Britain's worst motorway: Huge poll of drivers reveals which one is detested most

The one rated worst in the huge survey - receiving a whopping 40% of votes - might not come as a huge surprise to motorists, even those using it on an infrequent basis.

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68 h. ago Last summer was second worst for common UK butterflies since 1976

More than half of Britain’s 59 native species are in long-term decline, UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme findsLast summer was the fifth worst in nearly half a century for butterflies in Britain, according to the biggest scientific survey of insect populations in the world.For the first time since scientific recording began in 1976, more than half of Britain’s 59 native species are in long-term decline. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago One of Britain's worst rapists may have targeted more than 80 victims, police reveal as 23 new victims come forward

A Chinese student unmasked as one of Britain's worst rapists may have targeted more than 80 victims, police have revealed.

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3 d. ago Britain braced for worst from Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ trade war

White House crusade against imports could cost £1.1 trillion worldwide and 25,000 jobs in Britain alone, experts warn

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3 d. ago Mysterious police twist over Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre saying she only has 'four days to live'

Virginia Giuffre announced on Monday that she had just four days left to live after her car collided with a school bus.

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4 d. ago Teacher accused of sex with student exchanged 25,000 texts with victim, police say

Allison Havemann-Niedrach, 44, was ‘obsessed’ with the teen, and would sit with him for lunch on a daily basis at school, according to prosecutors

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5 d. ago Five women plan legal claim against Mohamed Al Fayed’s estate after abuse allegations

More than 100 alleged victims have contacted police to say they were sexually abused by the tycoon

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7 d. ago New London police: DNA shows man accused of sex assault fathered victim's child when she was a minor

New London police: DNA shows man accused of sex assault fathered victim's child when she was a minor  CT Insider

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9 d. ago Evil rapist jailed after police find sick baby monitor footage of attack saved on phone

Connor Pennell, 28, was jailed after police uncovered footage saved on his phone of him attacking the victim.

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1 week ago UK seaside city branded 'worst place on Earth' but scathing review is proven wrong

This popular seaside resort was labelled one of the worst in Britain, however the tide seems to be turning as it offers visitors exciting activities and interesting cultural amenities

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1 week ago ‘More abusers whose victims die by suicide will be charged with manslaughter’

Suicide was the most common cause of death among victims of domestic abuse for the second year running, police figures suggest.

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1 week ago How one of Britain’s ‘worst seaside resorts’ is reinventing itself with a multi

Rhyl – once dubbed ‘Blackpool after a neutron bomb’ – hopes to improve its reputation

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1 week ago Woman receives note while using gas station restroom... and helps save 'kidnap victim'

Suspected kidnapper Epigmenio Bustillos Marquez, 53, has been arrested after a heroic bystander contacted police after his alleged victim bravely slipped her a note in a gas station restroom.

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1 week ago Are these Britain's worst teachers? From smuggling drugs into prisons to joking about sex with mums to keeping slaves... how some of the most trusted in society are being banned from the classroom  

Drug smuggling, outrageously inflated CVs and sexual misconduct towards parents are just a few of the crimes seen in British schools and carried out by teachers in recent years.

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1 week ago Heroic moment Met Police pounce on phone snatcher before returning the mobile handset to the victim

In dramatic footage of the encounter, one of the apprehenders shouts for the thief to put his hands behind his back before handcuffing him on the pavement.

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2 w. ago Police officer who escorted Southport victims to morgue was brutally attacked by rioters just hours later

Sergeant Phillip Sinclair had been standing on the frontline trying to contain the disorder when he was hit by a flying brick and left with serious injuries.

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2 w. ago First picture of man, 34, killed in Brixton stabbing as police launch murder probe

Troy Ramsundar was pronounced dead after a stabbing on Brixton Road

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