Vermeer portrait sells in London for 6.2 mln pounds
LONDON (Reuters) - A painting of Saint Praxedis by Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master who painted "The Girl with the Pearl Earring," sold at auction on Tuesday for 6,242,500 pounds ($10.62...
View ArticleMum allowed regular truant child to go to dance competition...
A SWANSEA mum whose child has just 69 per cent school attendance has admitted allowing them to go abroad to join in a dance competition during term time.She was one of the latest to be prosecuted by...
View ArticleIlfracombe man denies raping 16-year-old girl in Barnstaple
A trainee plumber has denied raping a 16-year-old girl on a sleepover camping trip and said she was an active and willing participant in sex.Adam Braund said he had written a text on his phone to her...
View ArticleStudent plumber denies rape on sleepover camping trip
A trainee plumber has denied raping a girl on a sleepover camping trip and said she was an active and willing participant in sex. Former Petrock College student Adam Braund said he had written a text...
View ArticleBarnstaple camping trip rape accused found not guilty
A STUDENTÂ has been cleared of raping a 16-year-old girl on a sleepover camping trip after telling a jury she was an active and willing participant in sex.Adam Braund said the girl had agreed to sex...
View ArticleTrainee plumber cleared of cricket field rapes
A student has been cleared of raping a 16-year-old girl on a sleepover camping trip after telling a jury she was an active and willing participant in sex. Former Petrock College student Adam Braund...
View ArticleAmerican man arrested in Exeter hotel appears in court accused of...
An American visitor has appeared at Exeter Crown Court over the alleged grooming of a 14-year-old runaway. David Telles, aged 38, is facing charges after being arrested at a hotel in Exeter last month...
View ArticlePolice appeal after assault on teenager in St Ives
Police are appealing for information after a teenage girl was assaulted in St Ives.The incident involving a 19-year-old from Camborne took place on St Ives Terrace near the Malakoff bus station on...
View ArticleIt's Perrie Edwards' 21st birthday - let's take a look a some of her funniest...
In case you missed it earlier, Zayn Malik managed to make Perrie Edwards' 21st birthday literally the best since time began by sorting her out with a full-on funfair-themed shindig yesterday. There...
View ArticleGirl trapped in toilet among 17 incidents during firefighter's...
CREWS released a girl trapped in a locked toilet in Basildon yesterday (Thursday) - one of 17 incidents tackled during the hours of the latest strike. As well as the girl who had to be released from a...
View ArticleHide and seek game almost ends in tragedy as nine-year-old gets...
A GAME of hide and seek almost turned to tragedy when a nine-year-old girl became stuck among boulders as the tide came in.The RNLI faced a race against time to rescue the girl who was jammed stuck in...
View ArticleBelle And Sebastian's movie gig
Belle And Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch has revealed he is hoping to persuade actress Emily Browning to make her live singing debut at the premiere of new film God Help The Girl. Reported by Belfast...
View ArticleBaptism of fire for rookie rescuer who helped save schoolgirl in...
A ROOKIE rescuer got a baptism on fire when he helped pull a nine-year-old girl trapped among rocks to safety as the tide was coming in. The schoolgirl had become stuck between giant rocks in the sea...
View ArticleDana brother 'said God forgave him'
Dana's brother admitted abusing a girl for 12 years, but claimed "God had forgiven him" as he apologised to the girl's father, a court has been told. Reported by BBC News 19 hours ago.
View ArticleIndia Council Accused Over 'Revenge Rape'
The girl's mother says she pleaded with villagers not to assault the 14-year-old after an alleged attack by her brother. Reported by Sky News 19 hours ago.
View ArticleDad gets life for baby shaking death
A man is sentenced to life for murdering his four-month-old daughter while charges against the girl's mother are dismissed. Reported by BBC News 11 hours ago.
View ArticleTwo men jailed for raping 12-year-old girl in Leicester
Two men who raped a 12-year-old girl they met in a street were jailed today. Vinayak Rama and Reynold Carvalho, both 29, appeared at Leicester Crown Court today to be sentenced for their crimes...
View ArticleWinners of Cleethorpes Carnival Princess and Prince competition...
CLEETHORPES Carnival is just one week away ... and now you can meet its Princess and Prince!Today, we unveil the winners of the Grimsby Telegraph competition to find the girl and boy who will lead the...
View ArticleOn my radar: Ben Watt's cultural highlights
The Everything But the Girl star on Joanna Hogg's existential movie, Denis Johnson's Train Dreams and the highs and lows of lower league football London-born musician Ben Watt has worked as a DJ,...
View ArticleDon't let the adoptive mum who tortured me live nearby: Plea as woman who...
For more than 20 years Eunice Spry fostered children for Gloucestershire Social Services but unbeknown to them she was abusing three of them including the girl she adopted. Reported by MailOnline 9...
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