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A Chinese PhD student who has been accused of drugging and raping 10 women was “a persistent sexual predator, a voyeur and a rapist,” a jury has heard. Zhenhao Zou, 27, faces 11 counts of rape, three counts of voyeurism, 12 of possession of an extreme pornographic image, one of false imprisonment and eight of

Love Island winner Jack Fincham has been jailed for six weeks after his cane corso dog attacked a man while he was running. The 32-year-old pleaded guilty at Southend Magistrates’ Court to two counts of being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog, with one of the incidents causing injury. As well as

The driver of an SUV that crashed into a school in Wimbledon killing two schoolgirls has been arrested after detectives reopened the investigation, the Metropolitan Police said. Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died after the collision at The Study Prep school in southwest London, on 6 July 2023. A “distinctive gold” Land Rover smashed through

A distrust of the police, curiosity, and the “thrill of the moment” were some of the reasons behind young people joining in last summer’s riots, research has suggested. The involvement of some children was “spontaneous and unconsidered” and had less to do with online misinformation, the Children’s Commissioner said in a new report. Dame Rachel

Detectives investigating the rape of a woman in west London have released an e-fit of a man they are working to identify. A woman was walking alone along Bradiston Road, in Maida Vale, when a car – believed to be a dark-coloured Audi A3 – stopped at the junction ahead of her. A man pushed

Each Monday, our Money team speaks to someone from a different profession to discover what it’s really like. This week we chat to James Davies, a specialist orthodontist at Quayside Orthodontics in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire… People think my job is… something they would not want to do. Looking in people’s mouths all day! What I’d say

A peer has claimed ADHD is a “fashionable disorder” and that many diagnosed with the condition are “not that ill or not ill at all”. Baroness Claire Fox, who used to be a member of the Brexit Party, spoke about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a debate in the House of Lords. She said

Police have revealed they had previous “contact” with the family of a father and his six-year-old daughter found dead inside a house in West Lothian – but a top officer has claimed there’s “nothing connected to this incident that causes any concern”. The force said emergency crews attended at a property in Harburn Drive, West

Police are investigating new information in the case of a seven-year-old boy who died after being struck by an HGV more than 35 years ago. Danny Leech was fatally injured in Dundee’s Arbroath Road on Friday 8 September 1989. Police Scotland said road policing officers are now evaluating new information from the schoolboy’s family, which

There are currently “no plans” for the UK to follow in America’s footsteps and ban TikTok, a cabinet minister said. Darren Jones said cats and dancing videos do not “seem like a national security threat”, but suggested the position could change if an issue emerges which the government is “concerned about”. The Chinese-opened app was

Former Manchester United and Scotland footballer Denis Law has died, at the age of 84. In a statement, his family said: “It is with a heavy heart that we tell you our father Denis Law has sadly passed away. He fought a tough battle, but finally, he is now at peace. “We would like to

The nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS), which sends alerts through mobile phones, will be tested later this year. The EAS causes phones and tablets to vibrate, read the alert aloud and emit a loud siren-like sound, even if the device is on silent. It is typically used to warn individuals about severe flooding, fires and

The home secretary has announced a £10 million plan for government-backed local inquiries into grooming gangs. Five new inquiries, including one in Oldham, will be funded and assisted by central government. They will be advised by Tom Crowther KC, who led the Telford grooming gang inquiry published in 2022. Politics latest:Russia attack during Starmer’s visit

Apple AI is sending misleading push notifications about sensitive stories like Gisele Pelicot’s mass rape trial, Britain’s grooming gang scandal and a prison officer filmed having sex with an inmate. Concerns have now been raised with Apple by multiple news organisations over the AI summary feature, which is available on iPhones with Apple Intelligence. The

The chair of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry will not “hesitate to make recommendations about the use of social media” and its role in spreading “misinformation and disinformation” around vaccines, the secretary to the inquiry has told Sky News. The independent public inquiry resumes on Tuesday with Module 4 looking at Vaccines and Therapeutics. Ben Connah,

A woman has suffered life-changing injuries after she was stabbed at the Accident and Emergency department where she was working. It’s believed she is a nurse at Royal Oldham Hospital in Greater Manchester, where the attack happened. A 37-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. It is understood the woman

A police officer has been killed after being hit by a lorry while helping motorists who had been involved in a separate collision. PC Rosie Prior died was killed on the A19 at Bagby in North Yorkshire on Saturday morning. Another driver, Ryan Welford, 41, from Knaresborough, was also killed when the HGV struck him

A coroner has warned about the effects of depression medication after the husband of the Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s daughter took his own life. Thomas Kingston, a 45-year-old financier, was found dead on 25 February last year at his parents’ home in the Cotswolds. Katy Skerrett, senior coroner for Gloucestershire, has said action

Specialist search teams, police dogs and divers have been dispatched to find two sisters who vanished in Aberdeen three days ago. Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, were last seen on CCTV in the city’s Market Street at Victoria Bridge at about 2.12am on Tuesday. The siblings were captured crossing the bridge and turning right

The company that owns Britain’s Vauxhall car plants met the UK government’s electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate last year despite publicly criticising the target and announcing the closure of its Luton factory. Stellantis, which also owns the Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat brands, as well as a number of others, was the UK’s best-selling electric van