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TEACHER JAILED FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING 15 YEAR OLD SCHOOLBOY

A former teacher has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after admitting to sexually abusing a teenage boy while acting as his private tutor. Emily Drury, 26, appeared before Lincoln Crown Court after pleading guilty to five counts of sexual activity with a child. The offences took place between May and June last year when the boy, aged 15, was preparing for his GCSE examinations.

BIRMINGHAM RAPPER TALLERZ HAS ESCAPED FROM HMP SUDBURY

Police have launched an urgent appeal after Birmingham drill rapper #Tallerz reportedly absconded from HMP Sudbury while serving a lengthy prison sentence for robbery offences. The artist, whose real name is Tyreece Clarke-Jones, is said to have left the Derbyshire open prison on May 23, prompting an ongoing search by officers.
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ESSEX POLICE ISSUE WARNING AHEAD OF REPORTED 'SHANK FEST' AT SOUTHEND SEASIDE

Essex Police have announced additional stop and search powers in Southend-on-Sea following concerns that large groups of young people could gather at the seafront and become involved in disorder. The move comes after alarming posts and screenshots began circulating on social media, allegedly encouraging violence and anti-social behaviour in the seaside city during the warm weather.
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TEEN WITH TOURETTE'S DENIED BOARDING AT GATWICK AIRPORT AFTER VERBAL 'BOMB' TIC

A family holiday turned into a distressing ordeal after armed police escorted a 13-year-old boy with Tourette syndrome out of an airport terminal following an incident involving comments made while boarding a flight to Spain. British Airways refused Mason, a teenager from Harwich in Essex, and several members of his family access to their Alicante-bound flight at London Gatwick Airport on Saturday after concerns were raised over remarks involving the word “bomb”.
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WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING HER 5-YEAR-OLD STEPDAUGHTER BY SCALDING HER IN A HOT BATH IN 1978

A woman has been convicted over the death of her five-year-old stepdaughter almost five decades after the child suffered catastrophic burns in a scalding hot bath. Janice Nix, 67, was found guilty at Isleworth Crown Court of the manslaughter of Andrea Bernard, who died after being forced into dangerously hot bathwater at a home in Thornton Heath, south London, in June 1978.
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CHAOS AT THORPE PARK AFTER TWO RIDES GET STUCK MID AIR DURING HEATWAVE

Visitors at Thorpe Park were left terrified after riders reportedly became stranded on the Hyperia rollercoaster for around 30 minutes during scorching 33C temperatures. Shocking footage circulating online appeared to show passengers stuck more than 200 feet in the air near the highest point of the ride after the attraction reportedly suffered a breakdown on Sunday, May 25.
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BRITAIN COULD RECORD ITS HOTTEST MAY DAY EVER TODAY

Residents, it’s officially scorching outside 😭☀️ The UK could break multiple weather records today, with temperatures forecast to exceed 32.8°C and potentially make it the hottest May day ever recorded.
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UK WILL BE HOTTER THAN BARBADOS OVER BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

Britain is preparing for an intense early summer heatwave, with forecasters warning temperatures could reach a scorching 33C over the Bank Holiday weekend, potentially making it the hottest May day ever recorded in the UK. Health officials have issued amber heat alerts across large parts of England as temperatures continue to climb, with some areas expected to be hotter than popular holiday destinations such as Barbados, Mykonos, Marbella and Benidorm.
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MOTHER OF THREE WOMEN WHO DROWNED IN BRIGHTON ALSO DROWNED

The devastated family of three sisters whose bodies were recovered from the sea off Brighton beach have revealed that their mother also died by drowning years earlier, as police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the tragedy. Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, all from Uxbridge in west London, were found in the water near Brighton beach in the early hours of May 13 after emergency services were called to the scene.
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HEALTH WARNING AS STD CASES SURGE TO RECORD HIGH LEVELS IN EUROPE

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as gonorrhoea and syphilis have risen to their highest levels in Europe in more than a decade, according to newly released figures from health officials.
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