Ex-BBC presenter jailed for 40 sex offences against boys and men over three decades

The LAPD’s chief of police on Tuesday said that Los Angeles is on track to hit more than 300 homicides this year – a number not reached in more than a decade. LA Police Chief Michael Moore said as of Saturday, the city has reported 266 homicides.That figure has already surpassed the total number of homicides for 2018 which saw 260 homicides, and 2019 which saw 253 killings, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Yashar Ali, a prominent journalist, posted an article late Monday claiming that one of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s top advisers “forcibly kissed” him over the span of a decade and cited sources that described the mayor as an ambitious politician willing to overlook these alleged encounters.

A Portland man has filed a $350,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against a local gas station after claiming that an attendant refused to sell him gas over the summer because of his race. Dominique DeWeese, who is Black, said in the lawsuit filed last week that he went to Jay’s Garage in July to fill up a gas canister for his lawnmower.

David Robb Labor EditorThe usually fractious SAG-AFTRA national board of directors unanimously has approved a resolution reaffirming the union’s jurisdiction over the taping of live theater productions, accusing Actors’ Equity Association of taking part in a “surreptitious campaign to encroach upon SAG-AFTRA jurisdiction.” The board, meeting Thursday night in special session, also directed SAG-AFTRA counsel to conduct an investigation into Equity’s “activities seeking to poach SAG-AFTRA’s

Drake has revealed that once upon a time he used to date rapper SZA.

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Christmas shopping for presents. Writing anonymously on Mumsnet, the UK parent explained she starts shopping on Boxing Day -  a whopping 12 months early.

hereThey were wearing masks - but aroused suspicion after engaging in conversation with a local, who heard one say, "I've just got off the boat."The incident was reported to a Tesco staff member and the men were arrested by police later that night.All five defendants, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with Covid-19 restrictions under the Emergency Powers Act.Appearing before magistrates via video link today they were each jailed for 14 days - the amount of time

Paisley.Fish, 24, denies breaking the law with his alleged antics in the early hours of Wednesday, September 30, 2020.He has now been banned from seeing his mum following his appearance at Paisley Sheriff Court on Wednesday afternoon.He appeared in the dock to face a single charge under Section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.Prosecutors claim that, while drunk, at a property in Argyle Street, Paisley, he behaved in a way likely to cause a reasonable person to