Dame Meera Syal reveals she was sexually assaulted by an older actor who offered to help boost her career as she speaks out on the attack for the first time and says 'it completely changed my life'
Dame Meera Syal has revealed she was sexually assaulted in her mid-twenties by an older actor who promised her he could boost her career.
'Devoted' father and pastor was killed when sign fell on him in high winds at Christian music festival
Robert Guanco, 41, died when the huge wooden archway gave way at the Big Church Festival, held on the Wiston Estate near Steyning in West Sussex, on Friday.
British woman, 31, is stabbed to death at German railway station as police arrest man
Police were called to the Rosenheim train station in Upper Bavaria early on Sunday morning.
Reform UK calls for police to reopen probe into attack on Farage aide following Ann Widdecombe murder
Adviser George Cottrell was attacked outside his London home in April, days after Nigel Farage revealed his house had been firebombed.
Ex-defence ministers accuse John Healey of endangering the country's security over his U-turn on plans to raise military funds
John Healey was lauded as a politician of principle when, as Defence Secretary, he quit Keir Starmer's Cabinet over a defence spending row with the Treasury in June.
Sorry Brooklyn, the Beckhams have a new favourite photographer: Victoria's niece Libby Adams snaps away during cousin Cruz's Reading Festival set as musician gushes 'there's nothing better' than working with family
Brooklyn Beckham famously tried to make it as a photographer, with the first of his many career paths bankrolled by mum and dad.
British Army is rejecting 200 would-be applicants every single day - despite failing to hit recruitment targets every year since 2010
Almost 74,000 applicants were rejected by the army in 2024-25, up 20,000 on the previous year.
Rare vintage 1930s Patek Philippe watch found gathering dust in jewellery box during house clearance sells for £59,000
The 1930s Patek Philippe timepiece defied expectations after experts originally valued it at just £5,000.
Amanda Abbington's C-word rant at Giovanni Pernice: As she hits back after dancer shared his side of the story in new book, friends reveal her 'outrageous behaviour' to KATIE HIND - and how they begged him to report her
The year was his true 'annus horribilis', said Giovanni Pernice. One minute he was Strictly Come Dancing's most popular - not to mention longest serving - professional dancer.
Record-breaking young pilot who flew solo around Australia at just 16 feared dead after plane crashes into sea
The NT Police search for Bob Bramley, 24, and the aircraft wreckage will enter its fourth day on Friday.
Ray Winstone claims he 'slapped and threatened' a director who 'groped' his female co-star on set as movie hardman laments the 'different world today'
Ray Winstone has claimed that he 'slapped and threatened' a director who once 'groped' his female co-star on set.
Boy, 13, seriously injured after being stabbed at Taco Bell in Rochdale 'when 25 youths ran in with knives'
Witnesses dining at the time of the incident described the terrifying moment 25 youths carrying knives allegedly swarmed the crew member guarding the door and broke in.
Police in crime-plagued Middlesbrough accused of 'going soft' on knife-wielding thugs who can avoid jail by accepting mental health support
Offenders are able to avoid jail by taking part in a support programme aimed at steering 'first-time and low-level offenders away from the criminal justice system'.
Carnage is a terrifying symptom of lawless Britain, warns BEN HOUCHEN, mayor of Tees Valley
The burning vehicles have become a picture of lawlessness that shames a corner of England of which I'm otherwise immensely proud.
Story behind the Taliban's most infamous execution: Mother-of-seven shot in the head in front of 30,000 spectators baying for blood after she poisoned her abusive husband
To the cries of a crowd of 30,000 in Kabul's Olympic Stadium in Afghanistan, a panicked woman is led across the football pitch, flanked by armed guards.
As Harry and Meghan's 'rock' Doria turns 70, how the Duchess's supportive mother will now have to live an ocean away from her grandchildren and the couple she stood by following 'Megxit' fallout
Meghan's mother has been a constant presence in the family's life since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down as senior royals and relocated to the US in 2020.
The X Factor 'is set to return with fresher panel in bid to boost ITV's ratings' seven years after it was shelved
The X Factor is reportedly set to return, seven years after it was retired from screens.
I told the BBC about an abusive colleague - but still had to work with them, says former Strictly professional Nadiya Bychkova
Nadiya Bychkova complained to three senior executives in 2024, asking them to intervene and keep her away from the person who she claimed made her feel uncomfortable.
Inside the modern day Noah's Ark built by a billionaire's son: SUE REID visits the world's biggest wildlife sanctuary that has saved 150,000 animals from terrible suffering
The young cheetah lies unconscious on the operating table as the world's finest vets battle to mend her shattered back leg.
'Travellers' rip up wildlife haven with diggers and heavy machinery as they wage Bank Holiday 'land grab' while council offices are closed
Sawbridgeworth, East Hertfordshire was the latest area to be targeted by developers who arrived on Friday morning with huge lorries, fences going up and roads being blocked.
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