Sex offenders could be recalled to prison if they fail to report a pregnancy in their relationship, under changes recommended by a national safeguarding review. The review followed the high-profile case of baby Victoria, who died at the hands of her aristocrat mother Constance Marten and her father Mark Gordon. Marten, 38, and her convicted rapist […]
They still see his face. It’s on the front of their daughter’s nursery school folder. It should be a catalogue of happy memories of their little girl’s early years. But her “key person” at the nursery, the carer they trusted, was serial sex offender Vincent Chan. “He wrote the words for a large chunk of
A 23-year-old British woman who was shot dead by her father while visiting him at his home in the US was unlawfully killed, an inquest has concluded. Lucy Harrison, a fashion buyer from Warrington, Cheshire, was staying with her father, Kris Harrison, and his family at their home in Prosper, Texas, in January last year.
Former nursery worker Vincent Chan has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after filming himself sexually abusing children in his care. His “abhorrent” offending stretches back two decades, first at a Finchley primary school and then at the Bright Horizons nursery in north London where he worked for seven years. Chan pleaded guilty to
When Ed Rumley sat down with Sky News three months ago, she knew she only had weeks to live. The 82-year-old former magistrate had just been diagnosed with an aggressive, inoperable brain tumour. She wanted to add her voice to support for the assisted dying bill making its way through parliament, even though she knew
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A butcher who murdered her girlfriend, cut her in half and buried her body under concrete in their garden has been jailed for life with a minimum of 21 years. Anna Podedworna, from Poland, killed Izabela Zablocka with a horse figurine before wrapping her remains in bin bags in a “filthy, makeshift grave” in Normanton,
A three-day health alert for cold weather has been issued for central and northern England. It warns vulnerable people could be at greater risk and possible “minor impacts” on healthcare services due to increased demand. The alert from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) runs from Friday morning to Saturday morning. Met Office snow and
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Celtic Football Club is facing a fresh compensation claim amid allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of convicted paedophile Frank Cairney. A man is claiming he was sexually assaulted by the former Celtic Boys Club coach around 1989 when he was 14 years old. He is seeking a six-figure sum at the Court of
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A 13-year-old boy suspected of stabbing two boys at a secondary school is a former pupil, police have confirmed. He was arrested after being seen at a mosque, they added. Police believe the attack began when the teenager, a British national, went into a first floor classroom at Kingsbury High School, in Brent, north-west London,
Social media users have been warned they risk breaking the law by promoting weight-loss jabs, after posts by members of the public endorsing the injections were banned by the advertising regulator for the first time. The Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook posts used discount codes and referral links to advertise the drugs for the online pharmacies