23 h. ago Frail Katie Price shocks fans with unbelievable tiny waist pics as weight plummets

WARNING: This story contains images some people may find distressing – Katie Price has shocked fans with her slimmed down waist while undergoing another tweakment

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4 d. ago Vile paedophile friend of Charlene Downes's father was probed 'for abusing' the missing schoolgirl

Police investigated Ray Munro and passed a file to prosecutors about his alleged abuse of Charlene and another girl, two years after she disappeared.

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5 d. ago Grim urban myth derails search for missing Blackpool teenager Charlene Downes

Nicola Thorp has put to rest the baseless tale - even amplified by Elon Musk - surrounding Charlene Downes' disappearance in Blackpool more than 20 years ago

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5 d. ago The truth behind the disappearance of Charlene Downes: ‘She was reduced to this salacious, shocking story’

When Nicola Thorp was growing up in Blackpool, the ‘kebab girl’ who had gone missing less than a mile away, aged 14, was spoken of as a cautionary tale. But what really happened to her? For the last three years, Thorp has been finding outIt has been more than 20 years since 14-year-old Charlene Downes went missing in Blackpool. Last captured on CCTV on a Saturday night in November 2003, Charlene still hasn’t been found, and the truth of what happened to her remains unsolved. Nicola Thorp, an actor, writer and broadcaster, who grew up in the town, describes Charlene’s disappearance, considered to be murder, as “a wound for Blackpool”. Over the last couple of decades, the case has been clouded by rumour, far-right rhetoric and police failures. In a new podcast, she has set out to clear up some of the speculation, and expose how Charlene was repeatedly failed by those around her.Many in the town, she says, still believe the two men who were first tried in 2007 – a retrial was ordered, ...

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5 d. ago How a gruesome urban myth derailed the search for missing Blackpool schoolgirl Charlene Downes

Charlene Downes, 14, vanished without a trace from her home town of Blackpool more than two decades ago.

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4 w. ago Gisele Pelicot returns to court to face rapist appealing his conviction

The 72-year-old, whose story shocked France, was surrounded by police, her lawyers and her son Florian as she arrived at the courthouse. But her daughter, Caroline Darian, did not attend.

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