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SWNS Tony & Julie Wadsworth arrive at Warwick Crown Court Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A couple of years later the boy, now a man in his 30s, claimed he was sexually touched by local radio host Julie Wadsworth after she asked him: “Do you want an experience?” The man described to the court how Julie Mayer – as she was then known – “got her boobs out” while wearing a strappy top and a short skirt without knickers while her husband Tony, also a radio host, looked on. The former BBC Radio Leicester presenters, who also worked for BBC WM in Birmingham, deny five counts of outraging public decency between July 1992 and June 1996. The pair, of Broughton … [Read more...] about BBC radio presenter ‘flashed her breasts’ at 11-year-old in park

PA Julie and Tony Wadsworth arriving at Warwick Crown Court today Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Julie Wadsworth, 60, is accused of taking the youngster’s virginity in 1995 when he was just 14 years old. The teenager’s first encounter with the broadcaster happened after he spotted her sunbathing topless and she told him to “come and have a closer look”, the court was told. Two days later they met in woods near Atherstone, Warwickshire, where they performed sex acts on each other as her husband Tony Wadsworth, 69, watched, it is alleged. The couple, of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, were once a popular double act on BBC Radio Leicester. They deny five counts … [Read more...] about BBC woman ‘took my virginity at 14 after lust in wood’

SWNS The Wadsworths arrive at Warwick Crown Court Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Julie Wadsworth, now 60, lured the boy to a landmark known as Devil’s Cave where she “started touching me”, the alleged victim told the jury. Her husband, fellow presenter Tony Wadsworth, 69, hovered in the background with a camera and acted as “look-out”, it was alleged. A week earlier, the boy and his friends had watched the pair having sex against a tree in the park, the court heard. Mrs Wadsworth, known to radio listeners as Julie Mayer, allegedly invited the boys to return to the Devil’s Cave when “they might let us have a play”, jurors were told. The former BBC WM hosts, … [Read more...] about BBC woman ‘fondled boy in park as her husband acted as look-out’

JODIE COMER is at the centre of another security scare involving a fan. An admirer who previously sparked an alert outside the West End theatre where she is on stage has returned. It follows an incident last year in which Jodie — Villanelle in BBC spy thriller Killing Eve — was targeted with death threats by a stalker in France. That suspect, who had threatened to “create carnage”, was arrested. There is no suggestion he is the same man. The Sun on Sunday told last month that people who had gathered outside the Harold Pinter Theatre in London reported “worrying” behaviour to security staff. READ MORE ON JODIE COMER SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE Actors have lost their way with social media fame, says Jodie Comer IT'S A WIN! BAFTA viewers furious as It's A Sin is completely snubbed despite leading noms They said a man, who appeared to be in his 40s, wearing a suit and carrying a bouquet of flowers for Jodie, was … [Read more...] about Jodie Comer in new security scare after ‘odd’ fan carrying flowers waited for her outside theatre

Racy TV series Gentleman Jack has encouraged a generation of women to open up about their own sexuality . The period drama , starring Suranne Jones and a smash hit on BBC1, is based on the real-life diaries of landowner Anne Lister. She dressed in black, wore a top hat and was dubbed Gentleman Jack – Jack being slang in the 1800s for a gay woman. Sally Wainwright, who wrote TV hit Happy Valley, based the series on Anne’s revelations. Now a string of women have told how the “Gentleman Jack effect” helped them to come to terms with their true feelings. BBC documentary Gentleman Jack Changed My Life follows women – aged 22 to 63 – as they reveal how they found the courage to live openly as lesbians after watching the drama. Sophie Rundle and Suranne Jones star in hit period drama Gentleman Jack ( Image: BBC/Lookout Point/Jay Brooks) They include Yvonne, a Mormon who comes out to her adult children, and Sami, from Manchester, who is broaching the sensitive … [Read more...] about Suranne Jones helps gay women come out with lesbian role in BBC’s Gentleman Jack

By Annabelle Liang Published 5 April Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Sri Lanka's central bank is set to name a new chief, as the nation faces its worst economic crisis in over 70 years. P Nandalal Weerasinghe told the BBC that he will take up the position of the bank's governor on Thursday. It came after the bank's head Ajith Nivard Cabraal offered his resignation on Monday, amid mass protests over rising living costs and power cuts. The bank has also postponed an interest rate decision as policy makers try to stabilise the country's currency. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has not yet made an official announcement on Mr Weerasinghe's appointment. A spokesman for the bank told the BBC that it is waiting for confirmation from the country's president. Speaking by phone from Australia, Mr Weerasinghe said that he had been offered the role and had accepted it. … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka central bank to get new governor amid economic crisis

Monkeypox is spreading in the UK through community transmission and new cases are being detected on a daily basis, a senior doctor has warned. Officials are expecting a "significant rise" in infections this week after it was confirmed the total had increased to 20 on Friday. The cause of the outbreak is unknown and there is "no obvious connection" between those infected to a single event, according to Dr Susan Hopkins, from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Monkeypox is rarely identified outside of Africa, but 92 cases have now been confirmed across Europe, North America and Australia, with a further 28 suspected infections, according to the World Health Organization. US President Joe Biden has said the outbreak is "a concern" , with Israel and Switzerland recording their first cases this weekend and Austria registering its first suspected infection on Sunday. Advertisement Belgium has reportedly introduced a 21-day quarantine for … [Read more...] about Monkeypox spreading in UK through community transmission, with new cases identified ‘daily’, says senior doctor

Close contacts of monkeypox cases with the highest risk of exposure should self-isolate for 21 days, latest government guidance says. New guidance from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recommends people who have had "unprotected direct contact or high risk environmental contact" with the disease should isolate - and avoid contact with immunosuppressed people, pregnant women, and children under 12. Those contacts include household contact, sexual contact, or changing an infected person's bedding without wearing appropriate PPE. They should also be offered a vaccine. Monkeypox is spreading in the UK through community transmission and new infections are now being detected on a daily basis, a senior doctor has warned. Officials are expecting a "significant rise" in infections this week, after the total increased to 20 on Friday. Advertisement The cause of the outbreak in Britain is unknown and there is "no obvious connection" between those … [Read more...] about Monkeypox: Close contacts at highest risk of exposure should self-isolate for three weeks, new UK guidance says

Following the arrest of New York subway shooting suspect Frank James , citizens have sounded off on social media on how long it took to apprehend him and how police were allegedly going after innocent people. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has praised the New York Police Department for the arrest after Tuesday morning's attack at Brooklyn's 36th Street and Fourth Avenue station, which left 29 people hospitalized, 10 with gunshot wounds. But some New Yorkers are scrutinizing the NYPD , not only because a 30-hour manhunt was needed to apprehend the suspect but also because police allegedly targeted people minding their own business. Whitney Hu is the political director for Churches United for Fair Housing, a grassroots organization that works to improve housing outcomes for low-income, immigrant and working-class individuals. She tweeted Wednesday evening that Sunset Park-goers were "decompressing" when officers from NYPD's 72nd District walked through, only to allegedly stop … [Read more...] about Citizens blast NYPD for “harassing” residents in wake of subway shooting

New York financial consultant Paul Pierrilus was deported to Haiti on Tuesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) although he is not a Haitian national nor has he ever been to the country. An attempt to deport Pierrilus by the administration of former President Donald Trump in January was thwarted with the help of New York Congressman Mondaire Jones and immigration advocates. President Joe Biden called for a moratorium on deportation while ICE conducted an internal policy review in January. A Texas federal judge temporarily blocked Biden's deportation pause. On Tuesday, Pierrilus was picked up by ICE officials and flown to Haiti. "At 3am, my staff woke up to an urgent call. Suddenly, and in the dead of night, ICE was set to deport Rockland County's beloved Paul Pierrilus to Haiti, a country where he has never been," Jones tweeted on Tuesday. "And there was nothing we could do to stop it." Pierrilus was born in the French Caribbean territory of Saint … [Read more...] about ICE deports man to a country he’s not from, nor had he ever visited