34 h. ago Fake baker, 47, who pretended he worked at Greggs and swindled £700,000 in grants from his council is jailed

Aftab Baig, 47, of Glasgow, made fraudulent claims to Leeds City Council against thirty-two properties and arranged for the money to go into his business account.

Economics

4 d. ago Police arrest man, 57, after woman found dead at home in Croydon

Female victim, 58, discovered unresponsive at residential property in Towpath Way at 5am on Saturday

Events

6 d. ago Tinder user 'hired hitman to kill police officer ex and his daughter' after split

Jaclyn Diiorio is charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder, alongside other charges, after she offered a Tinder match $12,000 to kill her ex-boyfriend

Events

2 w. ago Women behind the lens: ‘Through needle and thread, a quiet defiance of patriarchy’

One of a series of photographs taken across India in which women, many of them abuse survivors, use traditional needlework to embellish portraits of themselvesThis is a portrait of Praween Devi, a woman I met in 2019 through a local organisation while working on my project Nā́rī. I met her alongside other women who gather in their back yards to embroider together, sharing stories over cups of chai.When I asked to take her photograph, she suggested the main hall of her home, mentioning its lack of decoration and how the walls were bare except for a framed image of flowers and, notably, a photograph of all the men in the house. Before we began, she brought in a rug from another room, subtly curating the space. As I composed the shot, I included the photograph of the men, wondering how she would choose to alter the image through embroidery. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Zhenhao Zou: More than 20 women come forward with allegations against jailed serial rapist PhD student

Zhenhao Zou is believed to be one of the UK’s most prolific sex offenders

Events

2 w. ago Cyprus court acquits five Israeli men accused of raping British woman

Woman’s lawyer says verdict proof of ‘patriarchal’ justice system and does not rule out taking case to European court of human rightsA Cyprus court’s acquittal of five men accused of abducting and raping a British woman in the resort of Ayia Napa has been met with outrage as calls mount for the verdict to be challenged.Dismissing the charges on Monday, the three-member district court in Paralimni ruled the testimony of the 20-year-old had not been credible because it “lacked coherence and contained numerous substantial contradictions”. The defendants, Israelis aged between 19 and 20, claimed sexual contact with the woman had been consensual. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Family of 'recluse', 82, win court battle to reclaim £650,000 home he left to cafe waitress, 38, before death

Richard Joy’s family argued he was too mentally frail to understand what he was doing when he handed over deeds to woman he met in local cafe

Events

2 w. ago Man, 19, is arrested after teenage girl was raped in park after a night out

A woman in her late teens was raped after she met a man while on a night out in Banbury, the man took her to a park in the town where he raped her in the early hours of this morning.

Events

2 w. ago EasyJet flight forced into emergency landing as pilot pleads for help

An easyJet flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a woman slipped out of consciousness – once the flight landed the woman was met by paramedics and 'requiring urgent medical attention'

Politics

3 w. ago Woman dead after being hit by 'car being pursued by police' outside school: Met launches hunt for driver

The crash, which occurred shortly after 3pm outside a school in Edgware, northwest London, was witnessed by parents and children.

Events

3 w. ago Nigerian romeo conman who duped women out of £200,000 online avoids deportation as judge rules his wife and children need NHS care

A romance fraudster who tricked women into paying him almost £200,000 has been allowed to stay in the UK after judges said Nigeria's healthcare system could not meet his family's medical needs.

Economics

4 w. ago Tinder fraudster, 35, who was jailed after swindling women he met online out of £80,000 fleeced ANOTHER woman out of £50,000

Peter Gray, 35, was jailed for 56 months last year for defrauding four women out of about £80,000 by making loan applications in their names.

Economics

4 w. ago Romance fraudster jailed after swindling woman he met on Tinder out of £50,000

A judge said Peter Gray had duped the victim into believing they were in a loving relationship before she was fleeced to the tune of £50,000.

Economics