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Former Derbyshire sergeant charged over alleged relationships with eight women
Tarjinderjit Nizzer, 57, a former Derbyshire Police neighbourhood sergeant, has been charged with eight counts of misconduct in public office for allegedly attempting to form improper sexual or emotional relationships with eight women between January 2020 and November 2024. The alleged incidents involve two serving police officers, members of the public, and a victim of…
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Travel firm faces £12m claim over tourist’s Cambodia boat capsize injuries
British adventure travel company Transforma Travel Group is facing a £12 million lawsuit after one of its customers was trapped in a capsized river boat during a ‘sunset BBQ cruise’ on the River Kampot in Cambodia in November 2022. German government worker Annika Kreten, 39, was struck by unsecured furniture and passed out as the…
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James Blunt tops Celebrity Traitors wealth estimates with £50m fortune
The second series of The Celebrity Traitors has begun, bringing 21 well-known contestants to Ardross Castle to compete for money for their chosen charities. James Blunt is reported to be the wealthiest participant, with an estimated fortune of £50 million, well ahead of the other stars named in the article. Blunt’s wealth is attributed to…
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October 7 survivor heckled at Dutch premiere of Gaza documentary
October 7 survivor Sabine Taasa was booed and subjected to hostile antisemitic abuse whilst attempting to protest an anti-IDF documentary at its premiere in Delft, the Netherlands. The French-Israeli national, whose husband died protecting their children and whose 17-year-old son was also killed in the October 7 attacks, took the stage to challenge the film’s…
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Richard E. Grant’s Traitor slip-up unsettles Celebrity Traitors’ opening episode
Richard E. Grant’s accidental revelation that he was a traitor in episode one created early jeopardy for his game, forcing him to spend much of episode two attempting damage control. Despite this slip-up, Grant and fellow traitor Maya Jama successfully expanded their power by recruiting James Acaster as a third traitor and eliminating Amol Rajan,…
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Heavensouls blends restless rhythms and warmth on six-track album
Heavensouls, the project of 20-year-old musician Chidi Obialo, has released a six-track album that fuses frantic rhythms, noisy textures and sharply shifting styles. Cantu of the Sower pairs that intensity with playful, warm sounds and snippets of everyday conversation, giving the music a sense of wonder and human connection. Obialo was raised in Nigeria and…
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Bassam Tariq turns abandoned Blade reboot into Mahershala Ali thriller
Bassam Tariq has completed “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother,” an original thriller starring Mahershala Ali after the pair’s Marvel’s Blade reboot project was abandoned in 2022. Despite 18 months of intensive preparation including choreographed fight sequences, the Blade film was shelved before filming began due to script issues, freeing Tariq to pursue this stylish…
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Former Green leaders oppose motion equating Zionism with racism
Former Green Party leaders Caroline Lucas and Adrian Ramsay have opposed a motion due to be debated at the party’s Brighton conference that would treat Zionism as racism. Lucas warned it could divide the party and make Jewish people feel unwelcome, while Ramsay said it was unnecessary and could be seen as rejecting the rights…
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Hong Kong trial hears ex-husband accused of planning model’s killing
Prosecutors told a Hong Kong court that influencer Abby Choi’s ex-husband and two members of his family planned her killing and tried to conceal her remains. The three men deny murder, and the allegations are being tested at trial. The prosecution said equipment, including a mincing machine, was bought shortly before Choi disappeared in February…