Trio appear in court accused of raping teenage girls in Rotherham

Three men have appeared in court charged with rape and other offences following an investigation into the abuse of two teenage girls in Rotherham. Basharat Dad, 40, Nasser Dad, 44, and Reza Tavakoli, 54, were arrested as part of the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) Operation Stovewood, which is investigating child sexual exploitation in the South Yorkshire town between 1997 and 2013. The NCA said the trio appeared at Sheffield Magistrates’ […]

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News

Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty on first day of trial

The 18-year-old accused of killing three girls at a dance class in Southport has admitted the attack on the first day of his trial. Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, was to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday charged with 16 offences, including three counts of murder. Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died following the attack at the Taylor Swift-themed class […]

January 20, 2025 2

News

Nine-in-10 people ‘as worried’ about paying energy bills as last year

The vast majority of people are just as worried about paying their energy bills as they were last winter, despite a fall in prices. New polling found 88% of people are as concerned or even more so than last year, amid mounting calls for a social tariff for consumers. The average energy bill for households across England, Scotland and Wales increased by 1.2% in January after Ofgem raised its price cap in […]

January 20, 2025 1

World

Keir Starmer congratulates Donald Trump ahead of inauguration

Sir Keir Starmer has congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration and said that the so-called special relationship “will continue to flourish for years to come”. The president-elect will be sworn in to his second term in the White House on Monday, eight years after he first took the oath of office. The Prime Minister paid tribute to the “depth of friendship” between the 47th president and the […]

January 20, 2025 2

Sport

Monday’s football briefing: Brutal assessment from Amorim and derby delight for Toone

Manchester United’s inconsistency was on show in a 3-1 defeat to Brighton as boss Ruben Amorim admitted his side might be the “worst” in the history of the club. A 10th Premier League loss of the season left United 13th in the table, two places above Tottenham, who went down to defeat at Everton. In the Women’s Super League, Ella Toone scored a hat-trick in a pulsating Manchester derby to […]

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