All this talk of tackling violence against women is just that. Bloody ‘talk’ Absolutely appalling from @gmpolice Hang your heads in shame.
This is Emily Geer. She captured her own assault on camera and handed it to Greater Manchester Police, only to be told officers dropped the case because the suspect simply ignored their letters and knocks at his door.
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Sarina Wiegman has today received her honorary Damehood in recognition of her outstanding contribution to football.
Congratulations, Sarina we’re all very proud! 👏
Read more 👉 england.onelink.me/rgxW/melr…
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Ceri Travers retweeted
😳 Jimmy Carr weighs in on Russell Brand: “He’s going to jail for something he didn’t do”
Audience: “What do you think about Russell Brand?”
Jimmy: “This is interesting. It’s crazy to think that Russell Brand is going to jail for something he didn’t do… get consent.” 😂
“I think Russell Brand’s views on sex and consent are gonna radically change in the next week.” 😭
Brilliant! Sharp as ever.
Funny thing is, Jimmy played along and encouraged a lot of the things Brand used to say. Not the actual behaviour, just the persona and the jokes.
Makes you wonder if he knew as people keep saying it was an open secret, especially on the comedy circuit. 🤔
This!
"Whatever women wear, wherever they go, whatever they drink, they retain the right to say no and demand justice in the criminal courts when sexual predators act without their consent"
Mr Justice Bennathan, while sentencing Russell Brand to a decade in prison for rape and sexual assault.
Amen.
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What a story. A fantastic role model in a world a negativity.
Jack Rutter was supposed to be the next big thing at Birmingham City. One punch changed everything.
He was a talented young right-back, a second-year scholar who had been at the club since he was ten. He had just helped the youth team reach the FA Youth Cup semi-finals and was months away from finding out if he would get a professional contract.
Then, on 22 March 2009, he was 18 years old, on a night out in Gloucester. He had just said goodbye to his friends outside Liquid nightclub and was getting into a taxi. A stranger, standing just two yards away, smashed him in the back of the head. One single blow. Jack was knocked unconscious before he even hit the ground.
He fell and smashed the base of his skull on the kerb. His best friend watched as his eyes rolled back and blood poured from his mouth, his nose and his ear.
He was rushed to hospital and placed in the intensive care unit, where he spent two weeks fighting for his life. It was touch and go whether he would survive. He spent 17 days in hospital in total. The damage was catastrophic. He suffered a double fracture to his skull, a brain haemorrhage and moderate brain damage. A severed cochlear nerve left him permanently deaf in his right ear. His balance and coordination were destroyed.
He couldn’t walk straight, and he couldn’t stand up straight. The doctors told him what he would never be able to do. But they didn’t tell him what he could still become.
His dream of playing professional football was dead. Jack Rutter was forced to retire from the game before his 20th birthday. He tried to return, training with Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers, and even playing a brief stint at Shortwood United, but his body would not cooperate.
He was breaking into tears on the training pitch. Heading the ball gave him migraines, and his balance was completely gone. He was angry, lost and had no purpose. “It led to a really, really bad time,” he later admitted. “Panic attacks, mental health problems, didn’t have a job, didn’t have any purpose.” He was in a very dark place.
But Jack Rutter refused to let one cowardly act define the rest of his life. He discovered cerebral palsy football. The game was adapted for players with brain injuries, for people like him. He joined East Midlands Cerebral Palsy FC.
And for the first time since the attack, he felt like a footballer again. He was called up to the England CP squad in 2013. He made his debut and wore the Three Lions. Within a year he was made captain. He led England at the World Championships and the European Championships. And in 2016 he captained Great Britain at the Paralympic Games in Rio. The boy who was told he might never walk straight again was leading his country onto the pitch in Brazil.
“It’s just incredible,” he said. “From a young age I always knew I could play football. I never really thought about coaching. With all that trauma and all those experiences, to now come out the other side of it in a really positive place is just incredible.”
His playing career ended in 2018 due to classification changes, but he didn’t walk away from the game. He became a coach, working with the Para Lions and the England CP team. And in January 2026 he was appointed head coach of the England cerebral palsy team. Just ten months later, in October 2026, he achieved the unthinkable. Jack led the Para Lions to defeat the USA and win the IFCPF World Cup for the first time in the nation’s history.
The boy who lost his dream became the man who leads others to theirs. Jack Rutter was never meant to be a Premier League star. But he became something far more important. He became proof that a single punch can shatter a skull, but it cannot shatter a spirit.
He became proof that when one door slams shut, another one opens. And he became proof that the greatest victories are not always won on the pitch. Sometimes they are won in the darkest moments of a hospital ward
That is the real story of Jack Rutter. Not the punch. The fight
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What an absolute idiot. Guarantee when he gets studs straight to the shin, he’ll be howling that it’s the refs fault.
This is getting ridiculous! @FA @premierleague @TheFACup The rules around shin pads needs to change.
Why would anyone let their most expensive assets not wear shin pads?
If they get injured due to a kick on the leg, I would fine them.
Ceri Travers retweeted
This rape victim blaming is just despicable
Reality:
>1500 rapes a day in uk
80% by someone they know
200 of these rapes reported to police
Only 6 of them prosecuted
Look, if you want to avoid being convicted of rape in 1, 10 or 20 years, just don’t rape anyone
#RussellBrand
'There were people who knew stuff and they stayed silent'
Former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal told #BBCBreakfast 'we shouldn't be reliant on the victims to keep reporting what happened' after Russell Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmly…
Look at all the rapists and abusers outing themselves on here by defending another rapist. Go on lads - we need to know who you all are.
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Russell Brand left 'petrified' on first night in jail and 'humiliated' moments after going inside manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…
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If you don’t like the charity someone donates to, then instead of moaning on social media, put your hand in your pocket and donate to your favourite/chosen charity.
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Love how someone with a brain looks beyond the misleading headline and gives us the correct version. 👏
I’m sure this City fan and his mates are absolutely howling at some of the pictures and responses. Some belters.
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No idea who this turnip actually is, but has to be one of the most vile pieces of shit I have come across in a long time. There’s politicals and there’s absolutely c**ts.
Truly vile.
At a public event, Mike Graham mocked Andy Burnham’s father for having Alzheimer’s, less than three weeks after Roy Burnham died and apparently on the day of his funeral.
Just the lowest of the low.
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How much do you think I should be charging for people to camp in my garden for Oasis concerts? 😂😂
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The only problem we have is greedy bas****s who take what they can from the UK (housing, education, grants) get rich and then bugger off elsewhere to avoid paying their dues. What a vile man.
Jim Ratcliffe, who backed brexit then immediately moved to Monaco to avoid £4 billion in tax, says Britain is on the slide
Maybe it wouldn't be if selfish hypocrites like him paid their taxes
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