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A support group is calling for an independent inquiry into allegations that a monk abused girls during the 1970s and 1980s at a monastery on Caldey Island.

Gary Mottershead, 52, had spent 35 years believing he had got away with the rape and sexual assault of a child, Manchester Crown Court heard.

After an anonymous tip-off, 46 rabbits were found in a one-room apartment. Six had to be killed as they were in such a bad condition, while it is hoped the others can be rehomed.

Police cornered fugitive after decade-long hunt.

Whatever Happened to The Likely Lads?, starring Bewes and Bolam, was watched by 27m at its peak. But the pair had one of the bitterest and longest-running feuds in British TV.

The lawsuit says that Cecil Koger had his dreadlocks cut forcibly by the Ohio Department of Rehabilition and Corrections on five occasions.

Three African elephants were loose on Interstate 24 on 20 November after their transport caught fire. Just two months ago a tiger was shot and killed in the same state.

A North Yorkshire police detective, Chris Hogg, molested an eight-year-old boy while babysitting him as a teenager before giving him £5 to keep quiet, a court has heard.

Reg Buttress started work more than eight decades ago as a 13-year-old miner's mate in south Wales. He later went on to work for Sainsbury's.

Marines from a local airbase sent in a pair of attack helicopters in a mission to pick up a missing mobile phone.

After Josh Rivers was fired from Gay Times for a series of racist and problematic tweets it re-sparked the debate- does the LGBTQ+ scene have a race problem?

Police in Texas are investigating after cheerleader Alexis Butler was killed after being hit by a pickup truck driver, who was using a court-ordered breathalyser at the time.

A cheese from Cornwall, Cornish Kern, has been crowned as the best in the world – beating off mature competition from Italy and Austria.

Pearl the white crocodile was spotted entertaining a crocodile tour in Adelaide River. It is rare for a white crocodile to live so long as they are easily seen by predators.

St Francis Church, part of the Engine Room community centre, was officially opened on 21 November in Tottenham Hale, just around the corner from the scene of the 2011 riots.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un bans drinking and singing parties in wake of UN sanctions imposed following Pyongyang nuclear missile tests.

Construction workers discovered the massive concrete swastika at sports stadium in Hamburg.

A North Korean soldier reportedly asked to listen to Korean pop music as soon as he awoke from surgery, a local newspaper has reported.

Pontiff said that drivers were faced with an "increasingly complex and tumultuous" life on the road.

Jerusalem's largest cemetery, Har HaMenuchot, is running out of space, but a new underground system of tunnels is being built beneath the mountain to provide 22,000 more graves.

Award-winning photojournalist Kevin Frayer has returned to Bangladesh to document the hardships faced by the refugees, 60% of whom are children.

Although David Cassidy did not admit to an alcohol problem until later life, others around him suffered their own personal battles with drink.

Adele Rennie pleaded guilty to 18 charges including stalking, sexual offences, data protection breaches and attempting to pervert justice.

Ten-year-old Kye was reunited with his beloved Doggy Woof Woof following an appeal by LittleBlueCup, a project launched to find rare lost items for autistic children.

Sierra Leone mudslide survivors evicted from government emergency camps in Freetown without prospect of resettlement.

Sexual abuse is a pervasive and longstanding problem at madrassas in Pakistan, an Associated Press investigation has found. But in a culture where clerics are powerful, it is seldom discussed or even acknowledged in public.

Bayou Wildlife Zoo in Alvin is up for sale along with 500 animals of 60 different species. The asking price is $6m, down $1m from the original listing.

"I'm the most famous human being not only that is alive, but the most famous human being that's ever lived."

Brighton Hunt Saboteurs and East Sussex & Romney Marsh Hunt Club clashed violently at a planned hunt on Saturday (18 November). One huntswoman was filmed whipping a protester.