11 h. ago Summer camp monster admits giving children sweets laced with sedatives and sexually assaulting two boys at Christian group he ran

Jon Ruben, 76, from Ruddington, Nottingham, is accused of the wilful ill-faced a raft of fresh charges when he appeared at Leicester Crown Court today.

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11 h. ago Man drugged boys at summer camp with sweets before assaulting them

Boys, aged between eight and 11, were taken to hospital after police were called

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12 h. ago Summer camp worker pleads guilty to abusing children atfer feeding them laced sweets

Eight boys aged between eight and 11 were taken to hospital after the incident as a precaution

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12 h. ago Summer camp worker pleads guilty to abusing children after feeding them laced sweets

Eight boys aged between eight and 11 were taken to hospital after the incident as a precaution

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12 h. ago Former vet laced sweets with drugs to sexually assault boys at summer camp

Jon Ruben asked the children to play a ‘sweet game’ before drugging them

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12 h. ago Summer camp leader admits ‘sweet game’ child cruelty and sex offences

Jon Ruben, 76, admitted a total of 17 offences during a hearing at Leicester Crown Court.

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12 h. ago OAP gave boys given sweets 'laced with sedatives' at summer camp to abuse them

Jon Ruben, 76, has admitted sexual offences against two boys, aged nine and 10, after kids became unwell during summer camp after allegations that sweets had been spiked with sedatives

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12 h. ago OAP Jon Ruben admits lacing boys' sweets with drugs at summer camp before abusing them

Jon Ruben laced sweets with sedatives at the summer camp, with eight young boys and one adult taken to hospital as a precaution at the time of the incident

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34 h. ago Man accused of verbally abusing council leader pleads not guilty

The incident is alleged to have taken place earlier this year

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4 d. ago America's first trans lawmaker convicted of child sex crime asked accomplice partner if they'd still go to heaven

Disgraced New Hampshire Rep. Stacie-Marie Loughton, who was born Barry Loughton, 41, pleaded guilty to child sex crimes in federal court last week.

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4 d. ago What could go wrong? 'Organic Tamagotchi' toy is filled with BACTERIA which children must feed to keep alive

Kids will need to provide food, oxygen, and constant agitation to stop their bacterial companions dying.

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8 d. ago 22 Kids and Counting's Sue Radford shocks fans with massive weekly food bill for family

22 Kids and Counting star Sue Radford has shared the weekly food shop she does to feed her 22 children and their family, and the amount left fans floored

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1 week ago Paedo found guilty of abusing 'vulnerable children' at Scots care home

Alexander Boyd will be sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow in December.

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1 week ago Met Police PC admits sending Telegram messages about child sex abuse

PC Duncan Bouette now faces the sack after admitting sending the illegal Telegram messages

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2 w. ago Predator cousins guilty of grooming and raping five girls in 'appalling' abuse

Manzorr Hussain and his cousin Imtiaz Ali finally faced justice for crimes committed in Bury in the 1990s

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3 w. ago Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’

Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 NovemberUS politics – follow liveTwo decades ago, Sara Carlson, then a mother of three, was newly single because of a traumatic event, and the US’s food stamp program, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap), helped her feed her children with free food supplies.“I wouldn’t have been able to afford to live,” said Carlson, 45, who lives in Rochester, Minnesota, and now works as an operations manager for a wealth-management firm and serves on the board of Channel One Regional Food Bank, which works to increase food access. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – a brilliant, blunt and beautiful memoir

The actor on being called ugly, telling Johnny Rotten to F-off, and striking gold at CannesKathy Burke’s mother, Bridget, died of stomach cancer when she was 18 months old; she writes that it made her “feel dead famous” in her community. She was raised by her older brothers, John and Barry, who were 10 and eight when it happened, and sometimes by their father Pat, an alcoholic for many years, violent with it, who struggled to care for his family. Pat and Bridget had moved to London from Ireland, and the Burkes lived on an estate in Islington, where the other families played a vital role in raising and feeding the children. On his deathbed, in 1994, Pat asked Kathy to do two things: to give up smoking, and to write more. It has only taken her 30 years, she says, but she’s finally done the latter.The entertainment industry is top-heavy with people from middle-and upper-class backgrounds who have a limited understanding of lives that don’t resemble th...

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3 w. ago Marcus Rashford told condition for permanent Barcelona transfer after ‘fortunate’ move

Michael Owen believes that Marcus Rashford will earn a permanent move to Barcelona, with the former United player enjoying a revival at the Camp Nou since his switch in the summer

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3 w. ago Charity boss blew $10million taxpayer cash meant to feed poor children on mansions for her family and yellow Mercedes for her lover, court hears

Connie Bobo, 46, has been charged with three counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of obstruction of an official proceeding.

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4 w. ago Teacher jailed for 'shocking' sexual assaults on three girls

English and media teacher Leo Normal, 46, has been sentenced after being found guilty of the sexual abuse of children at St Anne's Catholic School and Sixth Form College in Southampton

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