53 h. ago Wander Franco's attorney to ask court to exonerate his client in sexual abuse case

The attorney for Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco says he will ask the court to exonerate his client of all charges in a sexual abuse case involving a girl who was 14 years old at the time of the alleged crimes

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2 d. ago Wander Franco charged with gun possession as his trial on child sexual abuse charges continues

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been charged with illegal possession of a handgun

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4 d. ago TUI holiday from hell as couple 'see dead body, public sex and guest defecating in pool'

A couple were left reeling after being offered £200 and some counselling sessions in response to their complaints about what should have been a luxury five-star getaway in the Dominican Republic

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6 d. ago Teen girl testifies behind closed doors in Wander Franco trial in the Dominican Republic

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has appeared in court in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl who testified behind closed doors

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6 d. ago Family of teenage girl allegedly tortured and murdered by man she met on Grindr sues app

‘Without Grindr, we believe that Miranda would have never met this Steven Gress character, and she’d still be alive,’ the lawsuit states

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6 d. ago Paedophile sexually abused teen girl and tried to bribe her into giving him oral sex

Clayton Kennedy, 30, exposed himself to his victim and messaged her incessantly to pressure her to perform sexual acts on him

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8 d. ago Turkey earthquake kills teen girl as 69 people forced to jump from buildings

The earthquake was also felt in neighbouring regions popular with holidaymakers.

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9 d. ago Wander Franco trial: Rays star faces sexual abuse, human trafficking charges in Dominican Republic

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is scheduled to go to trial Monday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl

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1 week ago Tributes to teen girl who 'toppled into reservoir in front of her dad while taking photo'

The teenager fell from a dam into Baitings Dam on Wednesday

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1 week ago Body found in hunt for missing teen girl who fell in reservoir on 'half

The child fell into the reservoir while taking photos with her dad when on a half-term walk, sparking an extensive search with emergency services and an underwater search team

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2 w. ago Teen knifeman 'killed four and burned down home after girl, 14, refused sex'

Knifeman Mikhail Paramonov reportedly slew five people while staying at a Russian country house in Baikalsk, Irkutsk, before burning down the property and killing himself

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2 w. ago Teen learning how to drive accidentally kills relative by plunging off cliff in California during lesson

The teen girl accidentally drove a car off a 40-foot cliff while receiving the lesson from a male relative. He died at the scene, but she survived with serious injuries.

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3 w. ago Chaos erupts at boxing match as referee is swarmed by attackers after announcing winner

The beatdown unfolded just after the ref raised the hand of the fight's winner.

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3 w. ago ‘Greatest teen movie ever’: why Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is my feelgood movie

The latest in an ongoing series of writers highlighting their go-to mood-lifting movies looks back at the 2008 Eastbourne-set teen comedy Last year, it took me a grand total of three weeks to make the olive costume, Georgia Nicolson’s papier-mache creation from Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. Night and day, I slaved away, dipping strips of newspaper into a mix of flour and water, then patting it onto a giant-sized balloon. Never have I defined myself as anything close to arty. So why did I decide to dedicate a significant portion of my life to an elaborate craft project? The answer, of course, is simple. The olive costume is iconic, as the signature feature of the greatest teen movie ever made.Just ask any girl who grew up in Britain in the noughties, and they’ll recognise the image: Georgia Nicholson, played by Georgia Groome, frantically running through the streets of Eastbourne dressed as a mammoth green hors d’oeuvre. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, the film based on the...

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