From the Observer archive, 11 August 1984: Zola Budd accused as she ends...
Britain's newest running star Zola Budd has a bitter Olympic debut in the 3,000m Controversy continued to rage in Los Angeles yesterday over the finishing kick of Zola Budd – the one that sent the...
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US kidnapping suspect shot dead
A harrowing search for a missing California teenager ended when FBI agents rescued the girl and shot and killed her apparent kidnapper at a campsite deep in the Idaho wilderness. Reported by Belfast...
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Couple dance into 60 happy years
This is Lincolnshire -- A DIAMOND couple who became dance partners at a weekly class have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Alec and Greta Dodman, both 81, from Woodhall Spa celebrated their...
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Rapist jailed for attacking girl, 7
This is Hull and East Riding -- A MAN has been locked-up after being found guilty of raping a seven-year-old girl in a seaside resort. Nigel Orr, 42, held his hand over the girl's mouth to stifle her...
View ArticleKidnapped teen found safe in Idaho while suspect killed
FBI agents rescued 16-year-old Hannah Anderson from her apparent kidnapper at a campsite deep in the Idaho wilderness A harrowing weeklong search for a missing California teenager ended Saturday when...
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'I hate being the girl that broke them up': Milyn Jensen opens up about that...
The girl credited for the break up of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez says she was 'absolutely shocked' when she found out she was the reason for their split. Reported by MailOnline 6 hours ago.
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Missing girl, 13, urged to contact her family
This is Leicestershire -- Police have issued a plea for a missing 13-year-old girl to get in touch. Erika Kacicova was last seen last Monday afternoon, when she left her family's home in Darnall,...
View ArticlePolice release new picture of missing 13-year-old Sheffield girl
South Yorkshire officers reiterate appeal for information on Erika Kacicova's whereabouts Police have reiterated appeals to track down a 13-year-old girl who has been missing from her home in Sheffield...
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Witnesses sought after 14-year-old girl in woods after midnight was attacked
This is Devon -- Police in Plymouth are appealing for information and witnesses after a 14-year-old girl walking through Plymbridge Woods at midnight was assaulted. The victim was in the woods when...
View ArticlePaedophile whose victim was described as predatory has sentence increased
Judge who granted suspended sentence lengthens overall term by four months on technicality over indecent images charges A convicted paedophile who escaped jail after his 13-year-old victim was...
View ArticleMan arrested over Erika Kacicova disappearance
Police arrest 37-year-old man in Bradford over disappearance of 13-year-old girl who was last seen in Sheffield last week A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction following...
View ArticleDead Man Down on Sky Movies
When vicious New York mobster Alphonse (Terrence Howard) discovers the body of his key henchman in his own freezer, one of the few people he can trust is enforcer Victor (Colin Farrell), the man who...
View ArticleMissing teenager found safe and well in Bradford city centre
Erika Kacicova, 13, had been missing for more than one week as a third man is arrested on suspicion of child abduction A 13-year-old girl from Sheffield who has been missing since last Monday has been...
View ArticleTeenage girl assaulted in woods at midnight
This is Cornwall -- Police in Plymouth are appealing for information and witnesses after a 14-year-old girl walking through Plymbridge Woods at midnight was assaulted. The victim was in the woods when...
View ArticlePolice appeal after 14-year-old girl assaulted in Plymouth
This is Plymouth -- POLICE are appealing for information after a 14-year-old girl was assaulted in Plymbridge Woods. At just after midnight on Sunday, July 21, 2013, the teenager was walking in the...
View ArticleGloucester tattoo victim, 14, should "get blood test"
This is Gloucestershire -- THE furious mum of a 14-year-old girl tattooed by an unlicensed amateur shopped him to police. Untrained Ross Richardson admitted inking the girl with a £100 kit bought on...
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£40 fine for Gloucester man who illegally tattooed a 14-year-old girl
This is Gloucestershire -- THE furious mum of a 14-year-old girl tattooed by an unlicensed amateur shopped him to police. Untrained Ross Richardson admitted inking the girl with a £100 kit bought on...
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Step-daughter, aged 7, abused
This is Leicestershire -- A paedophile who subjected his step-daughter to a decade of sexual abuse has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years. The 38-year-old man preyed on the youngster from the age...
View Article'The glass ceiling is incredibly low for Muslim women'
Prejudice based on their religious clothing and faith is creating extra barriers for workers in the UK Muneera, a 19-year-old art student from London, wants to set up her own business selling her...
View ArticleMan denies raping girl, 12
This is Leicestershire -- A 12-year-old schoolgirl took a pregnancy test after being twice raped by a man who invited her to his home, a jury was told. The girl claimed Lee Brian Smith did not take any...
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