A man has been charged with assaulting children while performing circumcisions in several English counties. Mohammad Siddiqui, 54, from Hockley, Birmingham, faces 34 charges, including causing actual bodily harm and unnecessary suffering or injury. Hampshire police said the alleged assaults did not relate to the practice of circumcision itself. Mr Siddiqui has been bailed to […]
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Image copyright Getty Images England and Scotland are reducing the amount of people allowed to meet socially to six, amid a rise in coronavirus cases. What do the new rules mean and how will they be enforced? What are the new rules on socialising? In England, the new limit of six people from multiple households […]
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Image copyright Facebook/ Met Police Image caption Henriett Szucs (left) and Mihrican Mustafa were subjected to “very significant violence”, the trial heard A convicted sex offender has been found guilty of murdering two women whose bodies were found in his freezer. The frozen remains of Henriett Szucs and Mihrican Mustafa were discovered at Zahid Younis’s […]
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South African-born Roy made his international debut in 2014 England batsman Jason Roy will miss the Twenty20 series with Pakistan after sustaining a left side strain. The 30-year-old Surrey top-order batsman was injured during training for the three-match series, which starts at Old Trafford on Friday. He had a scan on Wednesday and will remain […]
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Image copyright Jacob King/PA Image caption Students at Birstnall Academy, Oldbury were among those to get their GCSE grades GCSE passes for England’s pupils, in the most disrupted academic year in UK history, have risen dramatically. Grades have been awarded by schools, after exams were cancelled, and data shows 78.8% of papers were rated grade […]
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Switzerland striker Albian Ajeti has joined Celtic in a permanent transfer from West Ham United. The 23-year-old has switched to the Scottish champions in a deal reportedly worth £5m. Ajeti joined the London club almost exactly a year ago from Basel, for whom he scored 30 times in two seasons. But he made only three […]
Read more Premier League clubs have voted against continuing to allow five substitutions in a match for the 2020-21 season. The rule was brought in when the 2019-20 top-flight season restarted in June, having been halted for three months because of the coronavirus pandemic. For next season, the league will revert to three permitted substitutions. More to […]
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Image copyright Museum of the Home Image caption The statue of Sir Robert Geffrye is on the almshouses which make up the Museum of the Home A London museum is to retain a statue of merchant Sir Robert Geffrye despite a consultation finding that most people wanted it removed. The statue of Sir Robert, who […]
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Kerys Harrop has yet to make a senior appearance for England Tottenham Hotspur Women have signed centre-back Kerys Harrop following her departure from Birmingham City Women. Former Blues captain Harrop, 29, joins Spurs on a deal until 2022. In her 20 years at Birmingham, the England Under-23 defender helped them to two second-placed league finishes […]
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