Notebook

A year after being accused of sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid – a claim which cost him his post at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a shot at the French Presidency – Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces fresh ignominy after a French prosecutor opened a probe into allegations of rape.

A takeaway boss has been jailed for 15 years after paying under-age girls for sex and inciting others to become child prostitutes.

A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a takeaway boss accused of committing a string of child sex offences against seven girls.

Safety checks aimed at spotting improper spending by schools and academies are inadequate, MPs will warn today.

15-year-old still fears her abusers who were jailed after case drew worldwide attention

A judicial official says French investigators are studying accusations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was involved in a rape in a Washington hotel in 2010.

That's the problem with hacks , just a sniff of vodka and they're anybody's

Starring: Juliette Binoche, Anaïs Demoustier

A family of travellers forced some of the most vulnerable men in society to work for them on a site "like a concentration camp", a court heard today.

A dozen US Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to provide security for President Barack Obama at an international summit have been relieved of duty over alleged misconduct.

It's tempting to suggest that, had King Creosote & Jon Hopkins' original version of Diamond Mine been as substantial as this reissue (which expands it from seven tracks to 13, with no loss in quality), P J Harvey may not have waltzed off with last year's Mercury Prize.

A British woman accused of masterminding a multi-million dollar New York prostitution ring has lost a fresh bid to be released from jail on reduced bail.