33 h. ago Date rape survivors file lawsuit accusing Hinge and Tinder of ‘accommodating rapists’

Civil suit, citing the Dating App Reporting Project, argues that dating apps could kick off serial rapists but don’tThe Dating Apps Reporting Project produced this story in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network and The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, and copublished with The Guardian and The 19th.Six women who were drugged and raped or sexually assaulted by the same Denver cardiologist filed a lawsuit against Match Group on Tuesday, accusing the world’s largest dating app company of “accommodating rapists across its products” through “negligence” and a “defective” product. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago US date rape survivors file lawsuit accusing Hinge and Tinder of ‘accommodating rapists’

Civil suit, citing the Dating App Reporting Project, argues that dating apps could kick off serial rapists but don’tThe Dating Apps Reporting Project produced this story in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network and The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, and copublished with The Guardian and The 19th.Six women who were drugged and raped or sexually assaulted by the same Denver cardiologist filed a lawsuit against Match Group on Tuesday, accusing the world’s largest dating app company of “accommodating rapists across its products” through “negligence” and a “defective” product. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Hunt for predator who sexually assaulted three women in Edinburgh streets within minutes

Detectives have reassured the public they are doing everything they can to trace the man responsible and there will be an increased presence of police officers.

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36 h. ago Edinburgh crime: Three women sexually assaulted within minutes in affluent Edinburgh neighbourhood

Officers believe the same man was involved in the three incidents.

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38 h. ago Uni student jailed for sex assaults on three women in under a year

David Ekpe, 23, who has been described as a "a danger to women", was convicted of sexually assaulting three vulnerable women after preying on them while intoxicated or asleep.

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39 h. ago Five key moments in the assault on the rights of women and girls in 2025

Since Trump’s second term began in January, global healthcare, especially for sexual and reproductive health, has been under constant attackThis time last year, women’s rights organisations were bracing themselves for a second Trump term. Few were prepared for the chaos that would be unleashed in January. The volume and speed of executive orders coming out of the White House were seen as a deliberate tactic to overwhelm and create panic. In many ways it worked – there was confusion, anger and exhaustion as organisations scrambled to fill the gap left by the USAID freeze. But that was just the beginning.The US administration has been the key driver, supported by intense advocacy work by ultra-conservative groups using the moment to strengthen global ties with political allies. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Fiend sexually assaulted nine women after offering them ‘touching therapy’ while they exercised on UK beach

A FIEND sexually assaulted nine women after offering them "touching therapy" while they worked out on a popular beach. Fattah Derrahi told the victims they had "good energy" after watching them exercise on Brighton seafront. The care home head chef carried out the sickening assaults over a five-year period between 2021 and 2025. Derrahi was...

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62 h. ago Man jailed for string of sex offences against teenage girls in the 1990s

Anthony McElhone, 71, was found guilty of the indecent assault and rape of teenage girls in Shetland between 1993 and 1996.

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67 h. ago Bruno Langley's new career after being replaced by Welsh actor in Coronation Street

Bruno Langley, who played Todd Grimshaw on Coronation Street from 2001 to 2017, was sacked from the soap after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two women in a Manchester bar

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67 h. ago ITV Coronation Street Bruno Langley's new life eight years after Todd Grimshaw axe

Bruno Langley was dismissed from Coronation Street in 2017 after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two women in a Manchester bar. He's since carved out a new career in photography and music

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3 d. ago Women fleeing Mali's conflict say they were sexually assaulted but silence hides many more

Women and girls from Mali are alleging rape and sexual assault by Russian fighters with Africa Corps, a new military unit under Moscow's control

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5 d. ago House Democrats release Epstein photos with Trump, Bannon, Clinton and others

Notable figures in the batch of images include Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Woody Allen and Bill GatesHouse Democrats published a new tranche of what they called “disturbing” photographs from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, featuring among others Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the British former royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.The 19 photographs, some of which have been seen before, represent a small number of the almost 100,000 images released to the House oversight committee that is looking into the actions and connections of Epstein, the disgraced financier who died by apparent suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019 after he was charged with sex-trafficking offenses. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Gateshead grooming gang who forced girl to have sex with 3 men in one day are jailed

Codrin Dura, Leonard Paun, Bogdan Gugiuman, Klaudio Aleksiu and Stefan Ciuraru have been jailed after plying young girls with drugs and alcohol before sexually assaulting them

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6 d. ago Pervert Oklahoma teen with powerful dad avoids jail for sex attacks on two girls thanks to shockingly lenient female judge

The teen, who comes from an influential sports family in Stillwater, was originally sentenced to ten years behind bars before his attorney applied for him to be treated as a youthful offender.

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7 d. ago Influencer accused of luring women into home abandoned after LA fires to sexually assault them

Clinton Adams, 32, is facing multiple rape charges. Police believe there may be more victims

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8 d. ago Grinning Iraqi asylum seeker who gave woman, 20, the thumbs up before launching sex attack on her on train is jailed

Hawre Mohamed, 27, groped and kissed the 20-year-old on September 22 after spotting her at a station in Crawley.

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9 d. ago Sex attacker banned from staying in any hotel in the UK after targeting staff member

Sex offender Brett Whittaker must give police two days' notice if he checks into any paid accommodation for the next 10 years after being jailed for a sickening sex attack on a male hotel worker

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9 d. ago Care home boss who abused young females then fled to India blames his victims

Naijil Paul fled to India before he was due to stand trial in 2019 accused of sex offence charges. Now he has been jailed for nearly eight years after being extradited back to the UK

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9 d. ago Tim Westwood pleads not guilty to ‘carrying out sex attacks at BBC studios and raping woman at hotel’

DJ Tim Westwood has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting women at the BBC studios and raping another at a hotel over a 33-year period. The ex-Radio 1 DJ is accused of carrying out the alleged offences against seven women between 1983 and 2016. Westwood, 68, appeared at Southwark Crown Court where he denied 15 counts in...

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9 d. ago Family of Glasgow Uni student who took own life after grade blunder to collect degree today

Ethan Brown sadly took his own life after being given the wrong grade.

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