‘Celebrity Big Brother’: Maggie Oliver Pens Letters To Rochdale Grooming Ring Victims To Explain Reality TV Appearance

‘Celebrity Big Brother’: Maggie Oliver Pens Letters To Rochdale Grooming Ring Victims To Explain Reality TV Appearance

Police whistleblower Maggie Oliver has written to the victims of the Rochdale child sex grooming scandal to explain her decision to appear on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’.

The former Detective Constable helped expose the sex ring in Greater Manchester in 2012, which saw young girls being abused by a large group of men.

She quit the force when she blew the whistle on some of her senior officers for their wrongdoings in the case, accusing them of failing the victims. 

Maggie was unveiled as one of the eight all-female housemates as the Channel 5 reality series returned on Tuesday (2 January) night, and during an interview with host Emma Willis, she insisted she did not want to disappoint the Rochdale girls with her appearance. 

“There’s something I would like to say as it’s a burning feeling in me that I really wanted to go and tell my Rochdale girls that I was coming on here because the last thing I want is for them to feel let down by me,” she said. “They are very close to my heart. 

“I have written all of them a letter, so girls, you’ll be getting a letter tomorrow morning.”

When Maggie played down her invitation to appear on the show claiming she hadn’t “done anything special”, Emma insisted her work on the case was very important. 

“I just spoke out and said what I think most people would have said,” she said. “I just didn’t realise it was going to come to this place.”

Since leaving Greater Manchester Police, Maggie has continued to stay in the spotlight with interviews on ‘Loose Women’, ‘Lorraine’ and BBC News to discuss the decisions she made on the case and the on-going work she does to protect girls that have been exposed to grooming.

Last year, she also featured in a dramatisation of the Rochdale scandal, with actress Lesley Sharpe playing her in BBC One’s ‘Three Girls’. 

Tuesday’s ‘CBB’ launch saw Maggie joined in the famous house by former Conservative MP Anne WiddecombeBoris Johnson’s sister Rachel and ‘Coronation Street’ legend Amanda Barrie.

The series began with a twist that saw only women enter the house to celebrate 100 years of women’s suffrage in the UK. 

Female housemates will live together for four days before they are joined by a batch of male celebrities on Friday. 

‘Celebrity Big Brother’ continues on Wednesday at 9pm on Channel 5. 

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Retired priest left homeless after his male model hubby leaves him for a richer man

Retired priest left homeless after his male model hubby leaves him for a richer man
A 79 year-old retired priest has been left heartbroken and homeless after his 24 year-old husband left him just after their home was put into his name.

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Uber Driver Kicks Gay Couple Out on Side of Freeway After They Kiss

Uber Driver Kicks Gay Couple Out on Side of Freeway After They Kiss

An Uber driver threw a gay couple out of his car on the side of the freeway after they gave each other a “peck on the lips” in the back seat.

Click2Houston reports:

Randall Magill, 28, and his fiancé Jose Chavez, 26, were engaged earlier this month in the Dominican Republic. The couple said they were attending a holiday get together at a friend’s home.

They said they had been drinking and wanted to be responsible, so got an Uber. They allege everything was fine, until they went in for a kiss.

“I wasn’t doing anything that I wouldn’t have done in public. I’m not going to embarrass myself or my fiancé by any means,” Magill said.

He said the driver had a mini-van and they were in two separate seats that were divided by an aisle.

“I’ve never heard of anyone being asked to stop kissing anywhere, especially when you’re just peck on the lips,” Magill said.

Uber said the driver reported the incident as well and it will take “appropriate action.”

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Uber Driver Kicks Gay Couple Out on Side of Freeway After They Kiss

Kim Jong-un geht auf Südkorea zu – damit verfolgt er 3 Ziele

Kim Jong-un geht auf Südkorea zu – damit verfolgt er 3 Ziele
Kim Jong-un bei seiner Neujahrsansprache am Montag

  • Nordkoreas Diktator Kim Jong-un hat Südkorea eine Gesprächsvorschlag unterbreitet, Seoul hat prompt reagiert
  • Kommt es nun zu einem Tauwetter auf der koreanischen Halbinsel?

Inmitten des verschärften Konflikts um das nordkoreanische Atomprogramm gehen Süd- und Nordkorea wieder aufeinander zu. Einen Tag nach dem überraschenden Gesprächsangebot Nordkoreas schlug der südkoreanische Vereinigungsminister Cho Myong Gyon am Dienstag eine Zusammenkunft in der nächsten Woche im Grenzort Panmunjom vor.

Dass sich der nordkoreanische Machthaber Kim Jong-un nun vermeintlich öffnete, hat Kalkül. Denn laut Christoph Neidhart, Tokio-Korrespondent der “Süddeutschen Zeitung” (“SZ”), verfolgt der Diktator damit drei Ziele:

1. Kim brauche einen Ausweg aus der gegenwärtigen Krise, der es ihm erlaube, sein Gesicht zu wahren. So könnte er kommende Woche auf ein Zurückschrauben der Sanktionen oder die Anerkennung seines Landes als Atommacht drängen – um im Gegenzug eine Delegation zu den Olympischen Winterspielen im südkoreanischen Pyeongchang im Februar zu entsenden. Gelingt ihm das, könnte er dann die Spiele dazu nutzen, einen Keil zwischen Seoul und Washington zu treiben, wie Kommentatoren konservativer südkoreanischer Tageszeitungen wie der “Chosun Ilbo” warnten.

► 2. Da die internationale Staatengemeinschaft mittlerweile Nordkorea als ernsthafte Bedrohung der USA anerkannt hat, könnte Kim auf weitere Raketen- und Atomversuche verzichten. Diese wären nicht nur teuer, sondern würden vor allem zunehmend tiefgreifenderes Wissen und modernere Geräte erfordern – wo Nordkorea laut Experten schwer herankommt.

3. Außerdem will Pjöngjang seinen südlichen Nachbarn nicht länger gegen sich aufbringen, glaubt Neidhart. “Auf lange Sicht braucht Nordkorea die Wirtschaftshilfe des Südens.”

Erstes Treffen seit zwei Jahren

Südkoreas Präsident Moon Jae In deutete am Dienstag an, dass eine Verbesserung der innerkoreanischen Beziehungen nicht von der Lösung des Atomstreits getrennt werden könne. Südkorea stärkt wegen der Bedrohung durch nordkoreanische Atomraketen seine Raketenabwehr und organisiert regelmäßig gemeinsame Militärmanöver mit den USA – will diese aber wegen der Winterspiele aussetzen.

Trotz Kims abermalige Drohungen an die USA in der Neujahrsansprache, hatte Seoul zuvor das Gesprächsangebot begrüßt. Moon wies das Außenministerium an, sich eng mit den Alliierten Südkoreas und der internationalen Gemeinschaft darüber abzustimmen, wie die Verbesserung des innerkoreanischen Verhältnisses und eine Beilegung des Atomstreits “zur gleichen Zeit” behandelt werden könnten.

Südkorea verlangt wie die USA von Nordkorea einen überprüfbaren Abbau des Atomprogramms. Moon äußerte seine Hoffnung, dass die Olympischen Spiele eine bahnbrechende Gelegenheit bieten könnten, “die Beziehungen zu verbessern und Frieden zu schaffen”.

Moon hatte Nordkorea im vergangenen Juli Militärgespräche über Schritte zur Entspannungen und ein Treffen der Rot-Kreuz-Verbände beider Länder über humanitäre Fragen vorgeschlagen. Pjöngjang war damals aber nicht darauf eingegangen – das scheint nun anders zu sein.

(Mit Material der dpa)

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Liverpool Arena Fire: Photos Released Showing Damage Caused By Blaze

Liverpool Arena Fire: Photos Released Showing Damage Caused By Blaze

Images have been released showing the destruction caused by a 1,000C inferno that engulfed a Liverpool car park on New Year’s Eve.

Rows of destroyed vehicles can be seen in the photographs released by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service on Tuesday.

It comes after a huge fire broke out in the seven-storey building at the Liverpool Echo Arena after a Land Rover burst into flames.

rescued from the multi-storey car park and firefighters and members of the public also helped ensure 80 horses being stabled on the ground floor of the car park were led to safety.

This footage taken by our crews at the scene of the fire at Kings Dock #Liverpool shows the scale of the fire they were faced with. Crews fought the fire valiantly and we are so proud of their efforts. Thanks to all partner agencies who worked closely with us at the scene. pic.twitter.com/bhmGmHTDYS

— Mersey Fire (@MerseyFire) January 2, 2018

Initial investigations indicate an accidental fire within the Land Rover caused other cars to ignite.

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