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Met Police: Officer charged with six counts of rape PC Cliff Mitchell, 23, – a serving Met Police officer – has been charged with six counts of rape, one count of making threats to kill and one count of breaching a non-molestation order. He has been suspended from duty and will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later. A referral has been made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct over the case. The Met says a member of the public saw a woman in distress on Tuesday. She was found at about 13:50 in Hackbridge, southwest London.  An investigation was…

Johnny Kitagawa: J-pop agency boss resigns over predator’s abuse Julie Fujishima, the boss of Japan’s biggest pop talent agency – has resigned after she finally admitted the talent agency’s late founder, Johnny Kitagawa, sexually abused young people over six decades. Julie Fujishima resigned from Johnny and Associates on Thursday during a public apology to her uncle’s victims. Her resignation comes after investigators found Kitagawa “extensively” abused young idols at his pop agency for more than six decades. Johnny died in 2019, he always denied wrongdoing and never faced charges. But on Thursday, Fujishima acknowledged her uncle’s abuse for the first…

He died following a ‘short illness.’

Some branded him an ‘a**hole’ for lying.

Someone’s ruined all the fun.

Ukraine war: US to arm Kyiv with depleted uranium tank shells Controversial weapons will be sent to Ukraine, from the US, as part of more than $1bn in military and humanitarian aid. US Abrams tanks will be equipped with shells strong enough to pierce conventional tank armour. They are made of depleted uranium – a by-product of uranium enrichment stripped of most radioactive material. Russia has condemned the news. There have been suspected Ukraine drone attacks on the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and near Moscow. Video footage appears to show a blast in central Rostov – where one person is…

Elementor #549035 September 7, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Financial Times – Bailey’s ‘top of the cycle’ signal casts doubt on more rate rises Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has indicated the UK could avoid further interest rate rises – sinking the pound against the dollar to the lowest rate for three months, the Financial Times says. The front page also reports the world has been put “on alert” after experiencing “its hottest season since records began”. The paper also has space for news the UK is to rejoin the EU’s Horizon…

The Metro – Sara’s death ‘an incident’ September 7, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Metro – Sara’s death ‘an incident’ Metro says that the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif from Woking has been described as an “incident”, as her fugitive parents suggest they could cooperate with police. In a video, Sara’s father and her stepmother are seen for the first time since they fled the UK for Pakistan – just one day before Sara’s body was found at her Surrey home. Despite them calling Sara’s death an ‘incident’, the 10-year-old’s body was reportedly so…

Elementor #549018 September 7, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Undercover police officer deceived woman into 19-year relationship  The Guardian leads on a story about an undercover policeman who got into a 19-year relationship with a woman and had a child. The paper says she discovered the truth in 2020 after they got engaged. The paper says it is not known why the officer cultivated the relationship as the woman involved wasn’t believed to have been the target of any surveillance operation. Avon and Somerset Police has issued an apology. The front page…

Elementor #549010 September 7, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – PM: I’ll make UK best place in the world to do business The prime minister wants to make the UK the best place in the world to do business, ahead of his visit to the G20 in India, the Daily Express says. He writes in the paper, that he will use the G20 summit, over the weekend, to discuss deeper trade links with presidents and prime ministers – but also to meet business leaders. He says Britain is seeing a surge of investment…