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Two men who described themselves as “pedos” in messages discussed raping someone in the changing rooms of a swimming pool, and kidnapping schoolchildren, a court has heard. Stephen Ireland, 40, co-founded LGBTQ+ group Pride in Surrey in 2018. He is charged with 20 offences, including one count of raping a child, three counts of causing a child under 13 to …

The families of children killed and wounded by a teenager in a knife rampage that sparked the country’s worst riots in years wept in court Thursday as prosecutors described the frenzied attack. Sobs and gasps were heard as prosecutor Deanna Heer set out details of the stabbing spree by 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last July …

A Russian spy was living in a “typical seaside hotel” on the English coast crammed full of electronic surveillance equipment, a court has heard. Orlin Roussev boasted to his controller that he was becoming like the James Bond character “Q” as he prepared his spying “toys” for kidnap and surveillance operations across Europe. He is said to have taken instructions …

Soldiers working within the UK’s special forces discussed concerns that Afghans who posed no threat were being murdered in raids against suspected Taliban insurgents, an inquiry has been told. One soldier, who was reading operational reports of SAS actions, said in an email in 2011 that they feared that UK special forces seemed “beyond reproach”, with “a golden pass allowing …