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BBC News Published image captionLaurence Fox is running to be mayor of London on 6 May London mayoral candidate Laurence Fox is being sued for libel after he called three people "paedophiles" on Twitter. Mental health campaigner Simon Blake, Drag star Crystal, and actress Nicola Thorp began legal proceedings against actor-turned-activist on 1 April. The claimants allege Mr Fox defamed them on Twitter in October. The comments have since been deleted. Mr Fox defended his comments, claiming the te...

Laurence Fox today defended his right to call people paedophiles on Twitter, citing free speech and claiming it was just a meaningless and baseless insult that he made in response to being unfairly smeared as a racist by a drag queen who is now suing him.  The actor became embroiled in a heated exchange with a number of Twitter users including Ru Pauls Drag Race UK star Crystal, Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp and deputy chair of Stonewall, Simon Blake. The trio had all called him a rac...

Isle of Wight Radio 7:00pm - Midnight Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Laurence Fox sued by RuPauls Drag Race star, Coronation Street actress, and charity boss over paedophile comments The lawsuit is brought by Simon Blake, deputy chair of LGBT charity Stonewall, Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp after a Twitter spat with In October 2020, Mr Blake and Crystal had threatened to sue Fox after they had a row on Twitter, with Fox calling them "pae...

Reclaim Party leader Laurence Fox, 42, will stand against Sadiq Khan in the 2021 London mayoral elections, which will be held on May 6, and campaign to end lockdown for that same month.

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  Tell Me About It: HIV Conversations in the Community is a six-part podcast series of honest conversations sharing accurate and trustworthy information about HIV and sexual and reproductive health in a friendly and open way. Funded by Public Health England through their Reproductive Health, Sexual Health & HIV Innovation Fund, which supports new and innovative ways of improving reproductive and sexual health, and working with Radioville, one of the UK’s longest-established and most well-kn...

Almost 50 per cent of Britons feel it is harder to share their honest thoughts on controversial topics such as immigration or transgender rights now than it was five years ago.

Four Stroud men in court in 2020 for indecent images of children Top left: Simon Blake, bottom left: David Jackson, top right: Richard Morrison, bottom right: Andrew Papps The year ending June 2020 saw a 9% increase in offences involving obscene publications and protected sexual material compared to the previous year, according to the Office for National Statistics. This category of crime includes indecent images of children, though it should be noted that other obscene publications are...