Man tries to get child into car in Hastings
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man tried to get an 11-year-old girl into his car in Hastings. The victim was walking home from school in Harley Shute Road at about 3.20pm on Thursday (15...
View ArticlePictured: Man who sexually assaulted girl 13, and woman, 40, in...
Police last night issued CCTV pictures of a man who sexually assaulted both a 13-year-old girl and a 40-year-old woman within five minutes of each other in Asda in Swindon a week before Christmas.And...
View ArticleConvicted sex offender worked with children on Plymouth fair ride
A CONVICTED sex offender has been jailed for picking up a two-year-old girl while working on a fairground ride. Luke Atherton, aged 24, helped the toddler on and off the twister ride in the city...
View ArticlePolice search for witnesses after Hastings man attempts to coax...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man tried to get an 11-year-old girl into his car in Hastings.The victim was walking home from school in Harley Shute Road at about 3.20pm on Thursday...
View ArticleThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, book review: Suburban noir goes native
The phenomenal success of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, both book and movie, continues to ripple out in the publishing industry, and 2015 sees the publication of more domestic noir tales of poisonous...
View ArticleSex offender jailed for picking up toddler on Christmas ...
A CONVICTED sex offender has been jailed after he got a job on a fairground ride and had contact with young children in Devon at Christmas. Luke Atherton, 24, was spotted by an off-duty police officer...
View ArticleTeenage hoax caller apologises to Wiltshire Police after being...
A 13-year-old girl has apologised to a 999 call handler after making two hoax calls to Wiltshire Police.The girl called police from telephone kiosks on November 16 and November 23 to say a fight was in...
View ArticleThe Waterboys: Modern blues review – Mike Scott tries on some swagger
(Harlequin And Clown) Since critics adopted the title of an early single, The Big Music, to describe their mystic brew, the Waterboys have fluctuated between folk and rock. Their 11th album, recorded...
View Article"He's not a monster": wife defends Bristol drama...
DETAILS of a sexual relationship between a secondary school teacher and a teenage pupil have been revealed in court for the first time.Simon Parsons was head of drama at Castle School in Thornbury...
View ArticleChild rape evidence 'compelling'
A family court judge has concluded that a man raped his daughter – two years after police decided there was insufficient evidence to prove he sexually abused the girl's teenage step-sister. The...
View ArticlePolice take no further action following alleged attempted...
POLICE have said they will take no further action following a possible attempted abduction in Somerton. An incident was reported last month where a young girl was allegedly led away by an older man at...
View ArticleTeacher Simon Parsons had sex with pupil, 17, at Castle School in...
Details of a sexual relationship between a school teacher and a teenage pupil have been revealed in court for the first time.Simon Parsons was head of drama at Castle School in Thornbury when he had...
View ArticleGirl, 13, apologises for hoax 999 calls in Wiltshire
A young teenage girl has been made to apologise to 999 call handling staff after twice calling police to report non-existent fights. The 13-year-old was caught by police after they posted CCTV...
View ArticleThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins review – inescapable tension, superbly...
The Gone Girl comparisons are inevitable but this intriguing debut is a thoroughly British affair Rachel is travelling home from work. It’s the end of the week – “TGIF” – so she’s already cracked open...
View ArticleAppeal: Two men attempt to lure Keynsham school girl into car...
Two men asked a 14-year-old girl into their car in Keynsham, according to Avon and Somerset Police.The constabulary is investigating the reports and has asked for anyone with information to contact...
View ArticleStep-mother screams her innocence before being beheaded for murdering and...
An executioner in Mecca, the holy city, took two swings to hack off Layla bint Abdul Mutaleb Bassim's head, after she was found guilty of beating the girl and raping her with a broomstick. Reported by...
View ArticleSaudi Arabian woman beheaded for murdering daughter in leaked video
An executioner in Mecca, the holy city, took two swings to hack off Layla bint Abdul Mutaleb Bassim's head, after she was found guilty of beating the girl and raping her with a broomstick. Reported by...
View ArticleFifth Harmony sample Mariah Carey on debut album Reflection
The girl group pay homage to the iconic star on new track 'Like Mariah'. Reported by Digital Spy 7 hours ago.
View ArticleVIDEO: Meet the Author: Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train, talks to Nick Higham about her novel Reported by BBC News 6 hours ago.
View ArticleSolo, Still Super: Clash Meets Gaz Coombes
Supergrass man on getting experimental… *Gaz Coombes* is full of surprises. But then, that’s how he likes it. Following a two-decade career with *Supergrass*, the songwriter’s approach to his solo...
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