Guides drop God and country - but keep the Queen
The Girl Guides are to drop references to "God" and "country" from their traditional pledge but are to retain a public expression of allegiance to the Queen. Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 22...
View ArticleTeenager 'raped by alleged child sex gang members' court told
This is Essex -- A TEENAGE girl told a court how she felt "dirty and disgusting" after she was raped by two members of an alleged child sex gang. Romford resident Nabil Ahmed, 24, offered to give the...
View ArticleSex offender jailed for grooming underage girl
This is Grimsby -- A TEENAGE girl was repeatedly "corrupted" by a sex offender who traded hundreds of explicit text messages with her. He had previously had underage sex with another teenage girl but...
View ArticleBoy, 13, charged with murder over 'WWE-style' wrestling with girl, 5
Teenager told New Orleans police his step-sister stopped breathing after he slammed her onto bed and punched her stomach A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the death of his five-year-old...
View ArticleBoy Charged Over Sister's Wrestling Death
A 13-year-old is charged with second-degree murder after he punches the girl and jumps on her in wrestling moves seen on TV. Reported by Sky News 4 hours ago.
View ArticleSerena Williams distances herself from Steubenville rape case remarks
World No 1 says of interview in Rolling Stone: 'What was written – what I supposedly said – is insensitive and hurtful' Serena Williams has issued a statement in response to a furore created by her...
View ArticleSerena Williams apologises for saying Steubenville rape victim 'lucky'
Serena Williams has issued a qualified apology to the 16-year-old victim of an infamous US rape case after she was quoted implying that the girl bore some responsibility for the attack as she was...
View ArticleThe state won't protect our children from porn – education is the answer |...
As we teach kids how to cross the road, so parents must now teach them about porn and consent 'How was school?" As every parent knows, this question is usually met by a grunt and "Why haven't you...
View ArticleWhat Serena Williams 'taught me' about rape | Eris Zion Venia Dyson
The tennis star's comments on the Steubenville, Ohio rape case were a slap to women. Her apology was just as disappointing Late last night I read Serena Williams' comments in Rolling Stone on the...
View ArticleDNA links man to abducted girl, court told
This is Bristol -- DNA matches linked a man and a 15-year-old girl he was said to have abducted and sexually touched. Forensic scientist Kim Edwards told a jury she analysed a condom found at a flat in...
View ArticleConvicted St Blazey sex offender breached court order
This is Cornwall -- A CONVICTED sex offender from St Blazey has been spared jail after he admitted breaching a court order by having regular contact with a ten-year-old child. In 2008, at Birmingham...
View ArticleAs charity shop sells designer item for just £3.50 we ask: What would YOU do?
This is Exeter -- The story has raised a moral dilemma – would you give the bag back if it happened to you? The response from our readers has been a mixed one. Below is a small selection of some of the...
View ArticleTV highlights 20/06/2013
International Football: Spain v Tahiti | Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model | Compare Your Life | Flights And Fights: Inside The Low Cost Airlines | First Dates | The Girl With Seven Mums | The...
View ArticleCampus sex trial: 'I didn't scream because I felt threatened'
This is Hull and East Riding -- A YOUNG woman claims she did not scream when she was being subjected to an alleged sex attack because she felt threatened. Three men have gone on trial at Hull Crown...
View ArticleBrixham fishing community brought home body of much-loved skipper
This is South Devon -- THE full story of the fishing community's battle to bring home the body of much-loved skipper Geoff Ingram has emerged with the publication of a report into the sinking of...
View ArticleGirl stuck in swing
This is Somerset -- FIREFIGHTERS had to free a teenager who got stuck in a baby swing at a Somerton park on Saturday. Firefighters from Martock attended the play park at Epsom Terrace after receiving...
View ArticleWagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites
Verdi and Wagner, the twin giants of 19th-century opera, were long seen as polar opposites. As we mark their 200th birthdays this year, that view has changed, and perhaps nowhere are their affinities...
View ArticleCaggie Dunlop on Made In Chelsea: everyone's gone mad
THE girl knows her stuff. Reported by OK! 7 hours ago.
View ArticleJeremy Forrest found guilty of child abduction
Married maths teacher escaped to France last year with 15-year-old pupil after their relationship was discovered A married maths teacher who escaped to France with a 15-year-old pupil after their...
View ArticleJeremy Forrest trial: 'She trusted him with all her vulnerabilities'
Maths teacher found guilty of abducting 15-year-old pupil, but questions remain as to whether he could have been stopped It came mid-morning on 20 September last year and was, the prosecution said,...
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