4 h. ago Three women charged over newborn’s death in female genital mutilation case

The UN estimates that about 75 per cent of women in Gambia have been subjected to the procedure known as FGM

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6 d. ago Gladiator star Steel says medical procedure contributed to death of newborn son

Gladiator Steel - real name Zack George - and his wife Samantha give their first joint interview about the sad passing of their beloved son Leo who died after 13 days

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7 d. ago Villarreal confirm Partey signing and address sexual offence charges in statement

Midfielder signs in week when he appeared in courtClub says it ‘firmly condemns gender-based violence’Villarreal have confirmed the signing of Thomas Partey on a free transfer after the expiry of his contract with Arsenal. The move was announced two days after the 32-year-old appeared in court charged with six sexual offences.Partey was bailed to appear at the Old Bailey for trial later this year, charged with five counts of rape relating to two women and a charge of sexual assault against a third woman. The alleged offences are said to have taken place in 2021 and 2022 when Partey was playing for Arsenal. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Villarreal fans decry Thomas Partey’s proposed signing as club’s ‘darkest day’

Midfielder has denied rape and sexual assault chargesHundreds sign petition urging club to halt transferNews that the former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey is poised to join Villarreal has upset fans of the club, with hundreds signing a petition urging a halt to what has been described as the “darkest day in the club’s history”.Partey appeared in a London court on Tuesday, charged with five counts of rape relating to two women, and a charge of sexual assault against a third woman. The alleged offences are said to have taken place in 2021 and 2022 when Partey was playing for Arsenal. Partey’s lawyer has said he denies all the charges. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Oregon man accused of killing 3 women and dumping their bodies is indicted on fourth murder charge

A man accused of killing three women in the Portland, Oregon, area and dumping their bodies has been indicted on a fourth murder charge

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9 d. ago Health officials tell UK to brace for surge of virus that is the leading cause of death in newborns

Data shows Australia has already logged a record number of cases this year. NHS chiefs believe the Australian winter is a good predictor of how viruses will spread in the UK.

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9 d. ago Former Arsenal star Thomas Partey is allowed to move to Spain and sign for Villarreal after being granted bail at court hearing over five rape charges against two women

The 32-year-old midfielder, who was charged four days after leaving the north London club when his contract expired back in June, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court this morning.

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1 week ago Former Arsenal star Thomas Partey granted bail on rape charges

Thomas Partey is charged with five counts of rape against two women and sexual assault against a third

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1 week ago Former Arsenal star Thomas Partey is granted bail with Old Bailey trial date set after being met by protests at court hearing over five rape charges against two women

The 32-year-old, who was charged four days after leaving the north London club when his contract expired back in June, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court this morning.

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1 week ago Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey granted conditional bail

The Ghanaian has been charged with five counts of rape against two women, as well as a charge of sexual assault against a third woman.

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1 week ago Former Arsenal player Thomas Partey granted conditional bail

The Ghanaian midfielder, 32, has been charged with five counts of rape against two women as well as a charge of sexual assault against a third woman.

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1 week ago Former Arsenal star Thomas Partey is granted bail after being met by protests at court hearing over five rape charges against two women

Partey, 32, faces five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault after alleged offences between 2021 and 2022, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

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1 week ago Charley Hull charges into Women's Open contention at Royal Porthcawl

England’s Hull represented Team GB at Paris 2024 Olympics

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3 w. ago Terror charges brought against three women after van is driven into the fence of a defence factory in Edinburgh in pro

The incident (pictured) happened at the site run by global security company Leonardo in the Pilton area of the Scottish capital on Tuesday morning.

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3 w. ago Three women charged under terror law after van driven into defence factory fence

The incident happened at the Leonardo facility in Edinburgh.

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3 w. ago Three women charged under Terrorism Act after protest at Edinburgh defence factory

Officers are appealing for information to trace the movements of a blue Ford Transit van prior to the incident

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3 w. ago Three women charged under Terrorism Act after van ploughed into Edinburgh factory fence

Police had been occupying a Morrisons supermarket car park in the capital next to the Leonardo factory site when the incident happened on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Goethe immortalised the shaming of German women 200 years ago – we’re still at it | Fatma Aydemir

Abortion is criminalised and stigmatised – and now the right has found a new female scapegoat in its US-style war on bodily autonomyEvery nation has literary classics that shape its cultural identity. Germans have Faust, Goethe’s play about the successful but dissatisfied scientist Dr Heinrich Faust, who makes a deal with the devil. Faust has been performed, referenced and read in schools for more than two centuries now. Interestingly, the most tragic character in this tragedy is not the protagonist, but his “love interest”, Gretchen – a teenage girl groomed by the old man, impregnated and socially ostracised. Her solution? She drowns her “illegitimate” newborn child, accepts her death penalty and rejects Faust’s offer to save her from prison. In God’s mercy, the Christian girl seeks salvation and off goes Faust with the devil to new adventures in Faust, Part Two.What would Gretchen do today, I wonder. Her fate is not only a result of sexual abuse and an inherently misogynistic mora...

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3 w. ago Newborn's cause of death revealed after 'boy, 6, killed baby while roaming ward'

Police have announced the results of an autopsy after a newborn baby died days after being dropped on the head by a six-year-old boy wandering around Jeanne de Flandre hospital in Lille, France

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4 w. ago Parents deny killing newborn baby found beaten to death on hospital ward

Brendon Staddon suffered injuries to his head, neck, legs and jaw on March 5 last year.

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