Former police officer Lewis Edwards, who admitted more than 100 sexual offences against children, has been handed a life sentence. He will serve a minimum of 12 years behind bars. He was granted a reduction of one third to his sentence due to his entering a guilty plea. Sentences for other counts for which he
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Brazen shoplifters looking for a brand of gin warned Waitrose staff they would return when it was back in stock. The supermarket’s boss, Dame Sharon Lewis, says organised gangs are stealing high-value items to order – and described the trend as “profoundly shocking”. Dame Sharon – chair of the John Lewis Partnership – has previously
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 25, 2023, 01:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jon Jones is out of his highly anticipated heavyweight title fight against Stipe Miocic, UFC CEO Dana White announced Tuesday on social media. Jones was supposed to defend the UFC heavyweight title against Miocic, the former champ, in the main event of
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Richard Roundtree, famous for playing the lead in 1971 thriller Shaft, has died from pancreatic cancer aged 81. His manager confirmed his death to US sites Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Deadline. Roundtree’s turn as streetwise private detective John Shaft made him a star – with the famous musical intro by Isaac Hayes also winning an
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US spy agencies believe the blast at a Gaza hospital a week ago was caused by a Palestinian rocket that suffered engine failure and broke apart into two pieces, with the warhead striking the hospital’s parking lot, intelligence officials said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters by phone, the intelligence officials said they had “high confidence”
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 23, 2023, 11:24 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Editor’s note: This story includes graphic descriptions of a suicide attempt. If you or someone you
Thousands of AI-generated images depicting child abuse have been shared on a dark web forum, new research has found. Around 3,000 AI images of child abuse were shared on the forum in September, with 564 depicting the most serious kind of imagery including rape, sexual torture, and bestiality. Of the images, 1,372 depicted children aged
A mosque in South Wales that hosted Sir Keir Starmer has apologised for the “hurt and confusion” caused by the visit after a backlash from some within the Muslim community. The South Wales Islamic Centre issued a statement late on Tuesday evening in which it sought to “clarify our stance” following the Labour leader’s visit
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In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) looks at a newly redesigned MacBook Air laptop during the WWDC22 at Apple Park on June 06, 2022 in Cupertino, California. Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off the annual WWDC22 developer conference. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple sent invites
Space start-up Skyroot Aerospace on Tuesday unveiled its indigenously built Vikram-1 rocket which is expected to deliver satellites to low earth orbit early next year. Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh also inaugurated ‘The MAX-Q Campus’, the new headquarters of the start-up at the GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park at Mamidipally in South Hyderabad. Singh toured
Less than a week after unveiling a new line of chargers supported by its third-generation IQ battery technology, Enphase Energy has garnered the sales support of platform-based company Powur, PBC, which will help get the technology into the homes of consumers looking to use cleaner energy and alleviate grid dependency. Enphase Energy ($ENPH) is a global energy
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 24, 2023, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s hard to fully capture Ben Shelton‘s incredible, meteoric year in words. Playing in his first full season on the ATP Tour, the 21-year-old former NCAA champion opened 2023 by reaching the quarterfinals at the Australian Open during his first trip outside of
A third former lawyer has pled guilty to attempting to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat in Georgia. Jenna Ellis, who was a member of the then president’s legal team, reached a plea deal with prosecutors rather than going to trial over the case. She pleaded guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting
Massive Attack have said they are “devastated” after the British band’s guitarist Angelo Bruschini died. The Bristol-born musician had said in a social media post in July that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Massive Attack confirmed the death on Tuesday, calling Bruschini “a brilliant, eccentric talent”. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram,
Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNOct 23, 2023, 09:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tyson Fury, the greatest heavyweight boxer in the world, will step in the ring on Saturday (2 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV) for a meeting with the other greatest heavyweight in the world, Francis Ngannou. But to portray this matchup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
Both Microsoft and Google’s parent company, Alphabet, have both reported higher than expected revenue in their latest quarterly results. Microsoft recorded revenue in the three months to the end of September of $56.5bn (£46.4bn), a 13% rise on the same period last year and better than the $54.5bn (£44.8bn) predicted by analysts. It credited the