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Former Jon & Kate Plus 8 reality star Jon Gosselin has strongly denied reports that he harmed his teenage son, and has also denied that there is any ongoing investigation into such an incident. According to a magazine report, Collin Gosselin, 16, had supposedly claimed in a now-deleted Instagram post, that his father Jon, 43, … Read more
At least 4,000 cases of children attacking their own parents were reported to police during lockdown, alarming figures reveal. Such violent episodes spiked by 25 per cent over the period from March to June when social contact outside households was limited to wrestle down the pandemic. The surge in attacks included one mother who was … Read more
Wilfried Zaha has spoken out on the racist abuse he received before Crystal Palace’s trip to Aston Villa on Sunday, where he thanked the Midlands Police for their ‘swift action’ in arresting a 12-year-old boy. The Ivorian star took to Twitter on Monday morning to say that people, whatever their age, cannot ‘hide behind social … Read more
Britain’s Got Talent dancer, 23, is jailed for two years and nine months after repeatedly sexually abusing boy, 13 Christopher Gittins, 23, used the boy for his own ‘gratification’, a court heard He pleaded guilty to six counts relating to him engaging in sexual activity with the boy, who was aged between 13 and 15, … Read more
A man accused of abusing a BBC reporter as she prepared a live broadcast has today appeared in court. Russell Rawlingson, 50, is accused of causing racially aggravated alarm or distress to journalist Sima Kotecha following an incident in Leicester city centre. The BBC correspondent, 40, said she and her team were subjected to ‘racist … Read more
Dramatic moment a would-be supermarket queue-jumper is tackled to the ground by police and arrested after abusing Tesco staff and customers Man was arrested in Manchester after ‘screaming at customers and staff’ It is believed he had attempted to jump the queue at Tesco in Middleton Officers arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of theft … Read more
Lockdown speeders who abuse clear roads are targeted by police after one driver was caught at 151mph on the M1 Metropolitan Police launch new unit to crackdown on speeders during lockdown Road safety chiefs say average speeds on some roads have gone up 50 per cent Figures show one driver caught speed speeding at 73mph … Read more
Clive Selley, the chief executive of Openreach, is in charge of the broadband architecture that is keeping the country connected during the pandemic – a task he is carrying out from his home in south-east London. ‘I don’t leave the bedroom. It is an awful feeling, like a caged animal,’ he says. ‘My day starts … Read more