An Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane bound for Kenya has crashed with 149 passengers and eight crew members on board. An Ethiopian Airlines spokesman confirmed that the Boeing 737 plane had crashed on a routine flight from Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa…
Empire executives suspend Jussie Smollett, remove his character from final two episodes (Telegraph)
Jussie Smollett’s character Jamal will not appear in the final two episodes of Empire, the Fox show’s executive producers have said. Smollett has been charged with filing a false police report after alleging he had been the victim of a…
Caster Semenya’s lawyers claim IAAF breached confidentiality rules (Telegraph)
A row between Caster Semenya and athletics’ governing body erupted on Monday as her lawyers claimed confidentiality rules had been breached for her behind-closed-doors fight to compete internationally without medical intervention. Semenya, who appeared at the Court of Arbitration for…
Girl, 11, murdered by stepfather after ‘bravely’ defending her mother who was being stabbed to death (Telegraph)
An 11-year-old girl was murdered by her stepfather after she “bravely came to the help of her mother” who was being stabbed to death in “a sustained and brutal episode of violence” at their home, a court heard. Christopher Boon,…
The British #MeToo scandal which cannot be revealed (Telegraph)
A leading businessman has been granted an injunction against The Telegraph to prevent this newspaper revealing alleged sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff. The accusations against the businessman, who cannot be identified, would be sure to reignite the #MeToo movement…
