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Paul Gadd, the former glam rock performer known as Gary Glitter, entered not guilty pleas at Southwark Crown Court today to eight counts of sexual abuse involving a girl who was between eight and 11 years old at the time.The 82-year-old, once among Britain’s biggest pop acts of the 1970s, now faces double the number of charges compared to when he first appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court in August.At that earlier hearing, Gadd had been presented with four allegations – one of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three of indecent assault on a girl under 14.The…

Elderly drivers are being urged to ensure their eyesight is suitable for UK roads, as experts encourage older motorists to book an eye test.GEM Motoring Assist has called on elderly people to get their vision checked following concerning roadside tests of pensioners.A screening survey found that more than one in 10 drivers aged between 81 and 90 failed a legal eyesight check, prompting the renewed warnings.Motorists must be able to read a number plate from 20 metres away and have a visual acuity of at least 0.5 (6/12) measured on the Snellen scale.People can be prosecuted if they continue to…

Victims of a “heartless” fraudster, who faked her own wedding to con relatives and friends out of more than £12,000, are questioning why they have only received a fraction of what she was ordered to pay back.Charlotte Blackwell, 32, from Bridgend, was handed a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay £13,750 in compensation to the four victims by a judge in March 2025.When she realised she would be avoiding jail Blackwell sobbed in relief and agreed to the judge’s demand that she pay at a rate of £400 a month.But her victims say she has only paid a total…

The office romance everyone opposed—but nobody could stop It began with coffee. Adrian Gainsborough, the respected senior editor at Harrington & Cole, was known for his quiet manners and serious nature. Then Clara Bennett joined the editorial team—and everything changed. The two colleagues quickly became inseparable. Morning coffees turned into lunches, lunches into long conversations, and professional friendship quietly became love. But their romance was not welcomed. Colleagues began whispering that Clara was using Adrian’s position to advance her career. Others believed Adrian was risking his reputation for a relationship that could never last. Soon, management stepped in…

The Amass case is a strange one. A natural left-back in United’s academy, who did well in a loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday last season, then got injured straight after switching to Norwich in the winter window, Amass, 19, impressed many observers with his performances during pre-season, when he shadowed Shaw.Yet, for some reason, United were willing to let him leave.In the summer of 2024, then manager Erik ten Hag opted not to pick the teenager in his squad for the Community Shield, even though Amass had given a creditable account of himself up against Mo Salah in a pre-season…

She said of her latest artwork: “I just want to bring some comfort to people who have lost babies and are in an awful state.”Her watercolour was printed, digitalised and installed on the wall at the Bluebell Suite thanks to funding from the Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation.The charity, which aims to help improve the wellbeing of individuals living in Cheshire and Staffordshire, was founded by Georgia’s parents, Mandy and Mark, and her brother, Josh, shortly after she died in a car crash in Astbury, Cheshire, in 2020.Mandy Ogden said: “The loss of a child, regardless of their age, is the…

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