24 h. ago Prince Andrew sex accuser ridiculed by bus driver in crash as he laughs at 'bruises'

Bus driver of 16 years Ross Munns said his vehicle had not been damaged in the crash and said pictures of Virginia Giuffre's injuries were 'laughable' as she spoke out on the incident

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4 d. ago Our Beautiful Boys by Sameer Pandya review – teenage lives at the crossroads

A night of violence exposes the dynamics of race, masculinity and privilege at play in America’s schools The Marabar caves in A Passage to India represent the breakdown of order and communication as well as provoking the terrible accusation that drives EM Forster’s story. Sameer Pandya plays with a similar plot device in his compelling US-based novel, including an epigraph from Forster’s classic.It is set in southern California, where three teenage boys on the brink of adulthood – stars of their high school American football team with promising college careers ahead of them – attend a party at an abandoned house in the hills. Vikram is an Indian American, while Diego, who is Latino, lives with his academic mother. MJ is white with wealthy parents. Part of the pleasure of Pandya’s writing lies in his unravelling of identity politics – a theme explored in his debut, Members Only.Our Beautiful Boys by Sameer Pandya is published by Bloomsbury (£16.99). To support the Guardian and Observ...

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7 d. ago Driver in court accused of killing girl, 3, in Manchester city centre crash

Police said Louisa Palmisano was hit by a van on Mosley Street

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9 d. ago Sadistic dog abuser took revenge on accuser by driving BMW over child's bike

Steven Brown was caught on CCTV committing terrible crimes against dogs. And he was later caught again on CCTV taking revenge on the neighbour who turned him in, crushing his daughter's bike

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1 week ago Police search for boy, 12, accused of using BMW to drive off with holiday caravan

The youngster, who is a member of the travelling community, was due to appear before magistrates court last week

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1 week ago Sadistic dog abuser run out of town by neighbours who heard animals screaming inside "house of horrors"

Steven Brown - who also uses the name Seb Rozental after Rangers’ former Chilean striker - was seen handling several dogs that appeared to be dead or dying.

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2 w. ago Driver accused of killing motorist in 'dangerous' manoeuvre denies telling 'bare

Dale Groves, 29, was driving a white Ford Ka which drove into the side of a black Renault Clio driven by Gareth Davies in Fochriw Road, Merthyr Tydfil

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2 w. ago Scots woman 'repeatedly raped by Paris taxi driver' before fighting her way free

A Scots woman who has accused a Paris taxi driver of 'raping her repeatedly' fought her way free

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2 w. ago Lando Norris hits out at ‘fabricated nonsense’ in Netflix’s Drive to Survive

McClaren driver criticises ‘lying’ in popular seriesProducers say they have corrected ‘unintentional errors’Lando Norris has issued a scathing critique of the new season of the Netflix series Drive to Survive, accusing the producers of falsely portraying drivers for dramatic effect and with “lying” and “fabricated nonsense” to better serve their narrative.Drive to Survive has been a huge success since it was first aired on the streaming service in 2019 and told the story of each Formula One season since. It has been credited with inspiring the recent rise in popularity of the sport and been welcomed by F1’s owners and, for the most part, by teams and drivers. But questions have been repeatedly raised over the way stories are told and edited by its production company, Box to Box Films. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Amazon driver accused of sexually assaulting victims as he delivered orders

Detectives have asked for any other potential victims to come forward

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4 w. ago Kendal car horror: Child killed when car drove onto sports pitch was 10

Two children were hit by a black BMW i40 after it drove onto a football pitch in the town of Kendal, with police yet to share an update on the condition of the second

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4 w. ago Broken fence shows where BMW ploughed onto Kendall rugby pitch and hit child who died

Photos have shown the remains of a protective fence which lay in tatters down a four foot drop at Kendal Rugby Union Football Club, where children were playing football as a car burst through

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4 w. ago Child killed after 'car drove on to football pitch' as BMW driver arrested

Another child was also injured in the tragic incident this afternoon.

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4 w. ago One child killed and another injured after BMW crash on sports pitch

Driver arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after the incident at Kendal Rugby Union Football Club in Cumbria

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4 w. ago One child killed and another injured after BMW driven on sports pitch

Driver arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after the incident at Kendal Rugby Union Football Club in Cumbria

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4 w. ago Child dies and another injured after being hit by BMW on sports pitch

A child has died and another has been hurt after a BMW drove on to a rugby pitch and collided with the two children. One man has been arrested in connection with the incident

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