Luis Rubiales, the former president of Spain’s football federation, has lost an appeal against his sexual assault conviction. Rubiales was fined €10,800 (£9,206) in February for kissing captain Jenni Hermoso without her consent after Spain’s women’s team won the 2023 World Cup. A Spanish appeals court upheld the fine, and also dismissed a separate appeal...
An 18th Century violin worth more than £150,000 has been stolen from a north London pub, with police appealing for help to trace the suspects. The string instrument, which belonged to a member of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, was allegedly stolen on the evening of 18 February from The Marquess Tavern on Canonbury Street in Islington....
The BBC has confirmed that it will not be appealing Gerry Adams’ libel case victory. The former Sinn Féin leader sued the corporation over a 2016 BBC Northern Ireland Spotlight story and online article on the murder of British agent Denis Donaldson. Last month, a jury found Mr Adams, 76, was defamed when it was...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a dog attack and an assault on a woman in Plymouth on Tuesday 3 June. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were made aware of an “out-of-control XL bully-type dog” attacking a chihuahua dog on Millbay Road at about 20:30 BST. The chihuahua, which ran away after the attack,...
Police have appealed for witnesses after a single-vehicle crash in North Devon. Devon and Cornwall Pollice attended the scene on the B3233 near Instow, Bideford at about 10:50 BST on 6 June. Police said the collision involved a grey VW Golf GTI which collided with a tree. Two men in their 20s were subsequently taken...
Jane Douglas Senior Journalist BBC Campaigners outside Tavistock Town Hall, showing support for the reinstatement of the Tavistock to Plymouth rail link Rail campaigners are battling for £1.5m government cash in the upcoming Spending Review to make a business case for a railway link in Devon. TavyRail campaign group would like to see a five-mile...
Police have launched an appeal to identify two men after racially aggravated graffiti was sprayed onto a building. Devon and Cornwall Police said the graffiti in Totnes town centre was reported as criminal damage on 27 April. The force said the graffiti has since been cleaned off and the incident has been recorded as a...
Getty Images The ban on single-use vapes is unlikely to reduce the appeal of e-cigarettes to teenagers because re-usable models are so similar to disposables, the head of a campaign group has warned. Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK from Sunday in an effort to curb youth vaping rates and reduce electronic waste....
Austria’s former chancellor Sebastian Kurz has won his appeal against a conviction for giving false testimony to a parliamentary committee. The court’s ruling overturns last year’s judgement and eight-month suspended prison sentence for the former political star. Once hailed a wunderkind of Europe’s conservatives, the 38-year-old resigned as chancellor in 2021 and quit politics amid...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died in a car crash in North Devon. The collision between a VW Golf and a white VW Crafter van happened on the A361 North Devon Link Road near the Landkey Junction at about 11:40 BST on 19 May. Devon and Cornwall Police said the driver of...
South African authorities say they will continue with legal proceedings against Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso who was acquitted of rape last month, even though he has left the country. Mr Omotoso, who denied the 32 charges against him, was accused of sexually assaulting young women from his church in Port Elizabeth. The National Prosecuting Authority...
Getty Images Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case has been called the “trial of the century” Australia’s most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost an appeal against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes. A judge in 2023 ruled that news articles alleging the Victoria Cross recipient had murdered four unarmed Afghans were true,...
Police are appealing for information after a knifepoint robbery in Kingsbridge. Devon and Cornwall Police said a man entered Morrison’s Daily on Fore Street at about 21:55 BST on Tuesday, wielding a penknife and demanding money from staff. The man, described as a white male in his 30s and about 6ft (1.8m) tall, was wearing...
HEADLINES Dartmoor National Park warns of continued high fire risk after wildfire destroys 1,230 acres of moorland Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service took nearly 24 hours to extinguish bank holiday weekend blaze that followed warning of uncontrolled moorland fire risk. Read more. 24 hour year-round Sidwell Street “adult gaming centre” allowed at appeal...
A man suffered injuries when he was attacked by a group of people in Plymouth, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said the victim was was pushed over, punched and assaulted while walking home along Beacon Park Road. Officers said the attack, involving a man riding a motorbike accompanied by three or four women,...