Tag: rape
BBC hit by new gang rape claim as Westminster drawn into...
By Bob Duncan Reggie Perrin star Leonard Rossiter, who died in 1984 aged 57, has become the latest celebrity to be named in...
BBC will suffer “lasting damage” over Savile scandal claims poll
By G.A.Ponsonby The BBC’s reputation has been badly damaged by the shocking revelations surrounding the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal, according to a...
George Galloway fired from magazine after rape comments
By a Newsnet reporter Controversial MP George Galloway has been sacked from his job as a columnist on political magazine Holyrood in the wake...
Galloway under fire over rape comments as row rages on both...
By Bob Duncan Respect MP George Galloway has been forced to 'clarify' comments he made in which he appeared to suggest that having sex...
Anti-rape campaigners blast Galloway’s ‘bad sexual etiquette’ defence of Assange
By Bob Duncan George Galloway, the Respect Party MP, has been slammed by anti-rape campaigners after claiming that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was accused,...
UK and Ecuador in diplomatic stand-off over Wikileaks founder Assange
By a Newsnet reporter The British Government and Ecuador have become embroiled in a major diplomatic spat over Wiki-leaks founder Julian Assange. The stand-off follows...
Glasgow Labour councillor banned over alleged child rape comments
By a Newsnet reporter A Glasgow Labour councillor has been banned from holding office over alleged comments he made about a case involving the...
Labour colleagues failed to confront disgraced councillor
by Joan McAlpine Two senior Labour councillors failed to act when they heard a colleague say a nine year old girl had wanted to...
Aitken accused of undermining progress to tackle rape
by Jolene Cargill Bill Aitken MSP has come under fresh attack from a rape charity for implying that a gang rape victim in Glasgow...
Tory MSP under pressure to step down after rape comments
Scottish Conservative MSP Bill Aitken is under growing pressure to resign after making comments implying that a gang-rape victim may have been a prostitute....