Hundreds of sex offenders changed their names in the past two years.
22.02.2024 - 23:07 / variety.com
Karen Idelson A boyhood spent with a magical, symbolic bird. Lovers made of opposing elements. A far-flung journey across multiple universes.
Knights questing to prove innocence and justice. The inner life of a robotic being. It would be challenging to think of a year in which more diverse, deeply personal, and ambitious films were nommed for best animated feature.
The filmmakers behind each film arrived at their specific storytelling themes and stylistic approach through their own experiences and influences. “I don’t know who I would be and how this film would be different if I hadn’t lost my parents while making this movie,” says Pete Sohn, helmer of “Elemental.” “The beginning of the film is really my parents’ story of immigrating to this country in search of a better life. And the differences you have seen between the main characters are born out of what I went through falling in love with someone who was outside of my culture.” It was Sohn’s mother who loved films and introduced him to new movies at every opportunity.
Hundreds of sex offenders changed their names in the past two years.
Brendan Rodgers is now a martyr in the eyes of the Celtic support.
Firefighters wearing breathing gear tackled a significant blaze at Forest Bank prison in Salford. Crews spent an hour getting the fire under control.
A prisoner ran a drugs empire from behind bars - while he spent 23 hours a day in his cell during the Covid lockdown. Safeer Ali, 41, was locked up in HMP Berwyn when he began sourcing cocaine, before passing details of customers, other dealers and quantities of substances to associates on the outside.
Gal Gadot‘s portrayal of Wonder Woman made her the leading lady of the DCEU, but she faced some stiff competition to book the part.
The devastated sister of a woman killed by a freed murderer has spoken of her 'shock' as they called for tougher sentences.
When Louis Junior Otway was led from the dock, convicted of killing innocent law student Aya Hachem, he shouted just two words.
Christopher Vourlias Wendy Bednarz’s “Yellow Bus,” which follows a mother’s quest for justice after suffering an unthinkable tragedy, won the prize for best film at the Joburg Film Festival during an award ceremony Saturday night at the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg. The film, which world premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, is set in an unnamed Arabian Gulf country and follows an Indian family that endures a tragedy when their daughter is neglected on a school bus in the sweltering desert heat.
A retired Church of England vicar has been jailed more than 30 years after he indecently assaulted a young girl, police have revealed. Thomas De Lacey, 77, was ordained by the church in the early 1990s and is now retired.
Scotland’s First Minister and the Justice Secretary will meet the mother of murder victim Emma Caldwell next week, the Scottish Government has confirmed.
Christopher Vourlias Akin Omotoso, the filmmaker behind Disney Plus’ Giannis Antetokounmpo biopic “Rise,” has been attached to direct “The Plot to Save South Africa,” an adaptation of Justice Malala’s gripping book about a 1990s white supremacist plot that almost plunged the young democracy into civil war. “The Plot to Save South Africa” will be produced by Johannesburg-based production outfit Ochre Moving Pictures, which signed a deal with Netflix last year to adapt multiple books for the streaming service alongside Omotoso.
The mother of Emma Caldwell has asked Humza Yousaf "what are you waiting for?" as she called for a public inquiry over the investigation into her daughter's murder.
A wrongly-convicted postmaster has turned down £600,000 compensation and vowed to fight for millions for victims.
Prince Harry has lost a legal battle.
Ellise Shafer Catherine McCormack has joined Colin Firth in Sky and Peacock’s upcoming limited series “Lockerbie,” about the 1988 flight disaster in which 259 passengers and crew members were killed. The “Slow Horses” actor will play Jane Swire, the wife of Dr. Jim Swire (Firth).
Murder Trial will return to BBC Scotland this year and it’s set to focus on two new cases - the deaths of Caroline Glachan and Ean Coutts.
Glamour spoke with Sara Ainsworth J.D., senior legal and policy director at the nonprofit organization : Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, which provides legal services regarding reproductive rights; and Cardin Cone, who conceived her first child, a son, through IVF at Alabama Fertility (a fertility clinic which has following the ruling), and is trying to conceive another.As detailed in the state , this began when several frozen embryos were accidentally destroyed by a hospital patient in Alabama in 2020. The three couples whose embryos were destroyed then sued the fertility clinic for “wrongful death of a minor.”On February 16, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos do legally count as children.
A fugitive aristocrat was given almost £50,000 from her trust fund in the months before she disappeared with her partner and newborn baby, a trial has heard. Constance Marten was given £47,886 by C. Hoare & Co between September 1 2022 and January 17 2023.
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Alan Lawson.
Drug dealers used the Royal Mail to deliver large quantities of cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy to customers across the north west, a court heard. Trent Gordon, 30, and failed accountant Deane Hassan, 27, were caught red-handed when police raided their homes and found cash, drugs and packaging.