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Football child sex abuse: Ex-Newcastle player David Eatock latest to speak out

December 1, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A former Newcastle United footballer has become the latest to say he was abused by coach George Ormond. David Eatock told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show he had been groomed by Ormond, later to be […]

Football sex abuse scandal: Top clubs ‘made secret payments to keep victims quiet’

November 26, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Robert Mendick, chief reporter Ben Rumsby Top football clubs made secret payments to buy the silence of young players sexually abused by coaches, The Telegraph can disclose, as the growing scandal threatened to engulf the […]

Sexual abuse in English soccer exposed as victims speak out

November 25, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

LONDON – Former English soccer players who were subjected to years of sexual abuse by youth team coaches entrusted with their care are breaking cover to expose the game’s dark secrets. Harrowing stories of assaults […]

Police Open Football Corruption Criminal Investigation

November 12, 2016 World Justice News 0

Police have launched a formal investigation into the football corruption allegations made by the Daily Telegraph in September. The City of London Police said the probe had begun after reviewing information collected by the newspaper. […]

Sam Allardyce, Was it entrapment?

September 29, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

England boss Sam Allardyce has said “entrapment has won” after newspaper allegations led to him stepping down as manager of the national side. Allardyce left in disgrace after just 67 days after The Daily Telegraph […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

Human Rights

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]