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Senior master at Eton is to face trial on allegations of sexual assault, voyeurism, and making indecent images of children Senior master at Eton was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault May last year Married teacher suspended from role on the day of arrest and now dismissed He faces seven counts of sexual assault relating … Read more
Caroline Flack ‘show trial’ probed: CPS opens investigation into decisions to proceed with domestic abuse case taken before Love Island host’s tragic suicide Flack, 40, killed herself just one day after finding out the CPS was pursuing case Her boyfriend Lewis Burton, aged 27, has said he ‘never supported’ a prosecution In the days after her … Read more
M&S to expand scheme where shoppers bring their own containers to fill with coffee, rice, pasta and cereal – after eco-friendly offerings outsold packaged products Marks and Spencer announced plan to expand ‘fill-your-own’ container scheme The news follows a popular trial in a Southampton branch of the supermarket Found 25 of 44 ‘fill-your-own’ products outsold … Read more
BritBox ‘struggles to keep viewers’ after 30-day free trial with only 380,000 estimated to be paying £5.99 a month for BBC and ITV’s streaming service BritBox, launched last year, offers 283 box sets and claims to have a larger UK collection than rivals, including Amazon and Netflix But only 1.5% of respondents to survey by Oliver … Read more
The mobile phone belonging to Clare Sanders (pictured above) had been used to search ‘Shaken baby syndrome NHS’, ‘Shaking babies’ and ‘baby is shaking’ on 27 August – six days before Eva’s death, the Old Bailey has heard A neighbour of a finance consultant accused of murdering her baby told a court how she found the … Read more
NO by Linda Kelsey When I was training my Labrador puppy, I would reward her with a doggie treat when she responded to commands. Eventually, she learned to do my bidding without the treats. I am not a dog, however, nor do I wish to be treated like one. So when I heard that the … Read more
Two US students appeared in an Italian court on Wednesday on the first day of their trial over the fatal stabbing last year of a policeman during a botched drugs bust. Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth are charged with killing newlywed Mario Cerciello Rega, 35, who was stabbed 11 times last July. The Californians, … Read more
First US coronavirus treatment trial begins testing with patients at Nebraska hospital – and doctors expect results ‘within a year or less’ The first US trial of the Ebola drug remdesivir has begun at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha So far, at lest one repatriated passenger of the Diamond Princess cruise ship … Read more
The grandfather accused of dropping Indiana toddler Chloe Wiegand to her death from a cruise ship window will stand trial in April. Salvatore ‘Sam’ Anello faces a charge of negligent homicide over the little girl’s fatal plunge from the 11th deck of the Freedom of the Seas as it docked in Puerto Rico last July. … Read more
The £1million corruption trial of a former Prime Minister of France and his British wife was postponed today after lawyers blockaded the tribunal building as part of the country’s pensions protests. Francois and Penelope Fillon, a mother-of-five who was born in Wales, were due in the dock on Monday. But – in an embarrassing setback … Read more