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Birmingham and Wales have been announced as the next locations for local investigations as part of a national inquiry into child sexual abuse by grooming gangs.The statutory inquiry, chaired by former children’s commissioner Baroness Anne Longfield, is carrying out targeted investigations in areas across England and Wales.It has the power to compel individuals and institutions to explain what they “did or did not do to protect children from being sexually abused”, and will look at the nature and scale of abuse in each area.Investigations have already been announced for Oldham in Greater Manchester, Bradford and Keighley in West Yorkshire and…

A quick quiz question – what do The Wizard of Oz, Super Mario Bros 2 and the ninth season of Dallas all have in common?Feel free to grab yourself a hot drink and mull it over for a moment.Now for the answer.If you figured out that the plots of all three never really happened – because in their endings it was revealed that they existed only in the dreams of one of the lead characters – then very well done indeed.So do the guilty verdicts mean the Premier League seasons between 2009-10 and 2017-18 should now be considered a figment…

This weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia has been declared a heat-hazard race, the third time the designation has been used this year.A heat hazard is an official status for an event where it is forecast that temperatures will be more than 31C at some point during the race.The Sepang track, near Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, is close to the equator and has long been known as one of the most demanding for drivers.Temperatures are forecast to be in the 31-33C region across the race weekend, with a high humidity level and chance of rain every day.This weekend’s event is…

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Cash ISAs face calls to be SCRAPPED to help fund £1,000 grants for newborns`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } }); } `; return trendingDiv; }

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A former detective has admitted taking pictures beneath the clothing of a child without consent – also known as “upskirting”.Lee Harshey-Jones, 45, pleaded guilty to one charge of voyeurism and one of perverting the course of justice by applying a factory reset to his mobile phone to conceal evidence on 11 June 2026, in Colwyn Bay, Conwy county.He was a detective constable and lead investigator in the case of two-year-old Ethan Ives-Griffiths, whose grandparents were jailed for murder last year, and has given evidence in other high-profile murder trials in north Wales.Harshey-Jones was given conditional bail following a hearing at…

Oman edged into the semi-finals of the Gulf Cup in extraordinary fashion after they were picked ahead of Iraq in the drawing of lots.Oman’s 3-1 win over Kuwait meant both the Omanis and Iraq finished level on four points in their group and, as they had identical records, lots were drawn to separate them and decide who would finish second and progress to the last four.Organisers said the draw was the final tie-breaker after they had applied “the selection criteria stipulated in the regulations”.These included “head-to-head results, goal difference, number of goals, and disciplinary card points” with Oman and Iraq…