9 h. ago Two sex offenders and 300 staff with a record are STILL on the Met Police payroll

It comes despite Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley's pledge to crack down on 'bad apples' - which has seen 1,500 rogue officers kicked out over the past three years.

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47 h. ago Hundreds of jobs lost as energy firm collapses into administration

Almost 300 staff at Consumer Energy Solutions in south Wales have been impacted by the news

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61 h. ago Algerian migrant sex offender who was wrongly released from prison admits burglary and carrying a knife

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was at the centre of a manhunt in November after he was mistakenly set free from HMP Wandsworth while he was supposed to be held in custody awaiting trial.

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63 h. ago Wrongly released sex offender who sparked nationwide manhunt pleads guilty to knife crime

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif appeared in court twice this week, pleading guilty to burglary after he broke into a garage to steal bikes and to carrying a knife in a separate incident

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63 h. ago Wrongly released sex offender pleads guilty to burglary and knife offence

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif had been convicted in 2024 for exposing himself in a London park.

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3 d. ago US congressmen ask judge to appoint official to force release of all Epstein files

Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie seek to compel justice department to release full set of filesTwo US House of Representatives members have asked a federal judge to appoint a special master to compel the justice department to release all files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender.On Thursday, Democratic representative Ro Khanna of California and Republican representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky asked US district judge Paul Engelmayer to release the full Epstein files, as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sex offender had sex with underage girl on day his wife gave birth

David Peers would have sexual encounters with the victim in his car and his house

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3 d. ago Shocking actor transformations as Martin Clunes seen as disgraced Huw Edwards

Martin Clunes has been cast as convicted sex offender and former BBC presenter Huw Edwards, and he joins a long list of stars playing criminals and controversial figures

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4 d. ago Met Police diversity push let sex predators & violent offenders serve in force after overturning vetting failures

A POLICE diversity drive let sexual predators and violent offenders serve as officers or support staff, a review reveals. The Metropolitan Police approved applicants from minority groups who failed vetting, just to boost its recruitment targets under former PM Boris Johnson. They included rapist Cliff Mitchell, who is now serving 17 and a half years...

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4 d. ago Martin Clunes pictured as Huw Edwards in new drama about disgraced BBC anchor

The Channel 5 series will recount how Edwards found himself at the centre of the sex offender scandal for possessing indecent images of children

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4 d. ago Just Eat delivery driver performed sex act in car while delivering teen girls' McDonald's

Muhammad Sajawal, 31, has been added to the sex offenders register.

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8 d. ago Tennessee actually just did something amazing for women | Arwa Mahdawi

The state has created the first registry in the US to track repeat domestic violence offendersLet’s say you’re going on a first date and you want to make sure the person you’re meeting up with isn’t a registered sex offender. If you live in the US, you can find this out very quickly: there’s a centralized website provided by the US Department of Justice that lets you search a name or location in seconds.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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1 week ago Iceland has hottest Christmas Eve ever with temperature of 19.8C recorded

Meteorological office reports high temperatures across country and record measured at Seyðisfjörður in eastRecord temperatures of almost 20C were reached in Iceland on Christmas Eve, the local meteorological office has confirmed.Seyðisfjörður, a small town in the east of Iceland, hit 19.8C on 24 December. Average December temperatures in Iceland are between -1C and 4C. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Starmer urged to withdraw peerage for adviser amid sex offender row

Ex-Downing Street comms chief Matthew Doyle is under fire over his links to disgraced Sean Morton

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1 week ago Labour MSP 'can't rule out' taking picture at centre of sex offender row engulfing Downing Street

EXCLUSIVE: A Labour source said Pam Duncan-Glancy does not "recall" being the person who photographed ex-Downing Street comms chief Matthew Doyle campaigning for disgraced former councillor Sean Morton.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer gave aide peerage despite campaigning for Scots sex offender

Former Downing Street head of communications Matthew Doyle campaigned for councillor Sean Morton after he was charged and suspended from the party.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer gave peerage to aide who campaigned for Scots sex offender

Former Downing Street head of communications Matthew Doyle campaigned for councillor Sean Morton after he was charged and suspended from the party.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer gave peerage to former aide who campaigned for child sex offender

Downing Street has admitted that Matthew Doyle’s links with Sean Morton were ‘thoroughly investigated’ before he was nominated for a peerage

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2 w. ago Donald Trump slams 'sleazebags' who partied with Jeffrey Epstein days after president seen in fresh pictures

Donald Trump wrote a scathing Christmas message attacking Jeffrey Epstein associates days after DOJ files showed new photos of the president with the sex offender

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2 w. ago Trump rants about Epstein in Christmas Day post claiming he dropped ties with sex offender ‘long before it became fashionable’

Trump suggested Democrats ‘loved Jeffrey Epstein’ and said they should ‘enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!’

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