Crime

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A four-hour stage production inspired by the landmark rape trial involving Gisèle Pelicot is set to come to London for a single performance this November, bringing a theatrical reconstruction of one of France’s most closely watched criminal cases to the UK capital. The production, titled “The Pelicot Trial: Tribute to Gisèle Pelicot”, will be staged at London County...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology at railway stations in London has ended with a single watchlist alert that proved to be a false identification, while no arrest was made directly as a result of the system’s alerts. The trial cost more than £320,000 in equipment and police staffing and involved the scanning of more than...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Survivors of sexual abuse allegations involving former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed are calling for an investigation into the General Medical Council over claims that concerns about doctors linked to him were not acted upon when they were first reported almost a decade ago. The survivors say the medical regulator should form part of any public inquiry into...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Prosecutors in New York have reopened an investigation into allegations of a sexual assault involving a Cornell University student at a fraternity house, following renewed public scrutiny over how the case was initially handled and the consequences faced by members of the fraternity who were identified in connection with the allegations. The investigation concerns an October 2024 incident...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Tennessee is preparing to carry out the execution of Christa Pike, a woman who was sentenced to death three decades ago for the 1995 murder of a fellow student, after Governor Bill Lee rejected her request for clemency. If the execution proceeds as scheduled, Pike would become the first woman executed by the state in roughly two centuries....

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Three people, including a 10-year-old child, have died and dozens more have been injured after an inflatable boat carrying more than 100 people got into difficulty while attempting to cross the English Channel from northern France to the UK. French maritime authorities said they received a distress call during the early hours of Monday after the inflatable vessel...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online British counter-terrorism investigators are examining whether Iran could be connected to a suspected bomb plot near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, after five men were arrested and explosives were reportedly discovered in three vans close to the military airbase. The incident has triggered a major security operation in the surrounding countryside, with bomb-disposal specialists examining the vehicles and dozens...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A tense confrontation over a controversial Orange Order parade in Portadown, Northern Ireland, eased early Monday after hundreds of protesters dispersed from the Garvaghy Road following a day-long blockade. The standoff followed a late-night court ruling that allowed the loyalist parade to proceed along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road for the first time in almost three decades. The...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online For 13-year-old Muneer Farie, school once represented a path towards a different future. Every morning, he attended classes in his village in Yemen’s Taiz governorate, while afternoons were spent helping his father feed the family’s livestock. The boy, from a farming family, dreamed of becoming the first teacher among his relatives. That routine has now disappeared. Renewed fighting...

Published: 26 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A vast cache of confidential regulatory documents has exposed previously hidden details about the ownership, financing and operations of thousands of online casinos operating through Curaçao, potentially creating significant consequences for offshore gambling businesses and regulators responsible for overseeing them. The leak, known as the Casino Secrets files, contains tens of thousands of documents held within the Curaçao...