Image copyright Blackstation / Getty Images 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. […]
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Marcus Bettinelli made 14 appearances for Fulham last season, but did not feature after November 2019 Championship club Middlesbrough have signed Fulham goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli on a season-long loan deal. The 28-year-old former England Under-21 international has made 120 appearances for the west London club. “I’ve been tracking Marcus since he first got into the […]
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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 remains of Henriett Szucs and Mihrican Mustafa were discovered at Zahid Younis’s flat […]
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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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Alex Gilbey is Charlton’s first signing since their relegation from the Championship Charlton have signed MK Dons midfielder Alex Gilbey and Hearts striker Conor Washington for undisclosed fees. Gilbey, 25, has agreed a three-year contract, while Northern Ireland international Washington, 28, has signed a two-year deal with the newly-relegated League One side. Charlton had been […]
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The Premier League is not going to continue with the five-substitute rule 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 […]
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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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Image copyright PA Image caption Ms Begum was 15 and living in Bethnal Green, London, when she left the UK in 2015 Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Ms Begum, now 20, was one of three […]
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