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  • Police turn to charities for help with teenagers caught up in online child abuse
    by Harriet Grant on 6th November 2026 at 6:00 am

    As new pornography laws come into force, officers say viewing extreme content could lead young people towards abuse imagesPolice forces are turning to specialist charities and partner agencies to cope with the growing number of teenagers caught up in online child abuse.As new pornography laws come into force, frontline officers warn that young people are going down a pathway through extreme content that could lead to real-life abusive images of children. Continue reading...

  • Minister tells energy suppliers to do more to help households tackle unpaid bills this winter
    by Jillian Ambrose on 6th November 2026 at 6:00 am

    Bosses from Great Britain’s biggest energy companies called to meeting as part of government’s debt relief planAn energy minister has told the bosses of Great Britain’s biggest energy suppliers to do more to help households get on top of their unpaid energy bills this winter, before the government spends almost £2.5bn to help write off the country’s record high debts.Energy bosses were summoned to a roundtable meeting on Thursday to discuss the government’s plan to pay down the […]

  • The crimes of Russell Brand - podcast
    by Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Emine Sinmaz; produced by Saskia Collette and May Robson; executive producer Homa Khaleeli on 6th November 2026 at 3:30 am

    In the decades he’s spent on screens, Russell Brand’s been a comedian, an actor, a presenter and a political anarchist.Now he has been convicted of rape and sexual assaults.Emine Sinmaz reportsWe’ve seen many iterations of Russell Brand. Camp Camden goth. Outrageous standup and TV host. Hollywood star. Political anarchist. Reborn Christian conspiracy theorist.Brand always wanted to be famous. And when he attained celebrity in the 2000s, he was seen as a breath of fresh air. Hyper-camp, […]

  • The crimes of Russell Brand – podcast
    by Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Emine Sinmaz, produced by Saskia Collette and May Robson; executive producer Homa Khaleeli on 6th November 2026 at 3:00 am

    In the decades he’s spent on our screens, Russell Brand’s been a comedian, an actor, a presenter and a political anarchist. Now he has been convicted of rape and sexual assaults. Emine Sinmaz reportsWe’ve seen many iterations of Russell Brand. Camp Camden goth. Outrageous standup and TV host. Hollywood star. Political anarchist. Reborn Christian conspiracy theorist.Russell Brand always wanted to be famous. And when he attained celebrity in the 2000s, he was seen as a breath of fresh air. […]

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