15 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces growing wave of civil suits as criminal trial ends

Combs remains jailed awaiting sentencing as more than 50 civil cases alleging abuse and assault move forwardAfter two months, the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs came to a close on Wednesday with a mixed verdict. The jury acquitted the 55-year-old music mogul of the most serious charges – racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking – but found him guilty on the two lesser counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.Still, this verdict marks only one chapter in Combs’s mounting legal battles. Combs, who remains incarcerated at the Metropolitan detention center in Brooklyn, is now awaiting sentencing and faces a growing number of civil lawsuits against him alleging sexual assault and abuse. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago 'He's a despicable man': Peadophile jailed for sexually abusing young children

Steven Westlake groomed then assaulted his victims, police said

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19 h. ago Rachel Reeves’s brave face cannot mask the challenges she now faces

The chancellor has come out fighting after her teary PMQs moment... but much tougher challenges now await

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23 h. ago Politics latest: Reeves is ‘fine’ and ‘very resilient’ after fighting back tears at PMQs, says Starmer

Starmers says Chancellor’s tears were ‘nothing to do with politics... it’s purely personal’

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43 h. ago Katy Perry breaks down crying during final Australia show after Orlando Bloom split

Katy Perry fights back tears during her final Australian show following her reported split from Orlando Bloom.

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60 h. ago Emotional Jodie Burrage ponders trip to see Scots boyfriend play for the Lions after distressing Wimbledon exit

British hopeful fights back tears after first round defeat at SW19

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61 h. ago Katy Perry fights back tears as she ends Australian leg of tour amid Orlando Bloom breakup

The ‘Firework’ singer and Bloom were together for nearly nine years

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63 h. ago Brit fights back tears after Wimbledon first round exit and admits to 'shocking' level

Jodie Burrage was beaten in the first round of Wimbledon as she was downed by Caty McNally as the Brit cut an emotional figure afterwards as she opened up on her disappointment

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65 h. ago 'Jesus of Siberia' jailed for abusing followers at isolated mountain

After losing his job as a traffic officer in 1990, Sergei Torop, 64, claimed to have been reborn as Vissarion and went on to form a cult that replaces Christmas with a feast on his birthday

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67 h. ago Denise Welch 'fights tears' on Loose Women in 'emotional and overwhelming' admission

The presenter was among the famous faces spotted at Glastonbury

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67 h. ago Katy Perry fights tears on stage after Orlando Bloom split as 'history repeats itself'

Katy Perry has been soldiering on with her world tour in the wake of her split from partner Orlando Bloom and was visibly emotional as she thanked fans for their support

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2 d. ago Glasgow rapist jailed for 13 years after abusing eight vulnerable young girls

Serial offender who abused young girls sentenced to 13 years in prison.

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2 d. ago Vile predator jailed following years of sexual abuse in Paisley

Gary MacPherson committed the crimes between 2005 and 2022 in Paisley, Glasgow and Orlando.

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2 d. ago 'Heartbroken' Zara McDermott fights back tears hearing harrowing account of woman's stalking at hands of her ex in new BBC documentary

The first episode of the former Love Island star's latest project, To Catch A Stalker, airs on BBC Three on Tuesday evening at 9pm.

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3 d. ago Former Scottish private school teacher jailed for nine years for abuse of 11 boys

The former physics teacher was sentenced to nine years in jail.

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4 d. ago Ian McKellen fights back tears during touching moment with Glastonbury crowd

Sir Ian McKellen fought back tears during a touching moment with the Glastonbury crowd.

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6 d. ago Men who lured schoolgirl, 15, into van and live streamed sick footage of her being sexually abused while one orally raped her are spared jail

Michael Linfoot, 24, Callum Hesketh, 24, and Thomas Rae, 24, all of Chorley in Greater Manchester, were all convicted of offences in 2018 on Thursday.

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6 d. ago Men avoid jail for luring schoolgirl, 15, into van before sexually abusing her and broadcasting mobile phone footage to friends who turned up to join

Michael Linfoot, 24, Callum Hesketh, 24, and Thomas Rae, 24, all of Chorley in Greater Manchester, were all convicted of offences in 2018 on Thursday.

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7 d. ago Coronation Street star Alan Halsall 'fights tears' in 'last' update with daughter

The actor, who is famed for playing Tyrone Dobbs in the ITV soap, was seen with his daughter Sienna during a big day

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7 d. ago 'Pimp' nicknamed 'Nails' jailed for 13 years for horrific abuse of two teenagers

'The shame is not theirs - it's yours'

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