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The Hindu
2 days ago
- The Hindu
Girl found dead inside suitcase in northeast Delhi; family alleges sexual assault, stages protest
A nine-year-old girl was found stuffed in a suitcase at a neighbour's house in northeast Delhi's Dayalpur area, triggering protests by family members and locals who alleged sexual assault and murder of the minor. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in the area on Sunday to maintain law and order. Police sources said the perpetrator seems to have fled after stuffing her in a suitcase. Senior officials of the Delhi Police said all angles are being probed, including sexual assault. "We are awaiting the autopsy report to confirm the cause of death. Teams have been formed to nab the absconding accused. We are taking this matter with utmost seriousness," a police officer said. The child, a resident of Nehru Vihar, had gone to give ice to a relative living nearby around 7 pm, her family said. When she did not return home for a long time, her parents began searching for her. According to the victim's father, they approached several relatives and neighbours, but no one had seen her after her brief visit to one relative's house. "She had only gone to deliver some ice to our relatives. They said she stayed for five minutes and left. But she never came back. We looked everywhere. Finally, someone told us she was seen entering a house nearby. That's where we found her in a suitcase," he said. The girl's father alleged that when he reached the house, it was locked. Suspecting something was wrong, he broke the lock and entered the room. Inside, he found his daughter stuffed in a bloodstained suitcase. They rushed her to a local clinic, but the doctor asked them to take her to a hospital immediately. At Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital in Shastri Park, doctors declared her brought dead, the father said. A PCR call reporting the incident was received at Dayalpur police station around 8.41 pm, police said. A police team was immediately dispatched to Gali No. 2, Nehru Vihar, where they learned that the girl had already been taken to Jag Pravesh Chandra (JPC) Hospital by her father, a senior police officer said. Hospital authorities informed the police that the girl was declared dead. Doctor indicated possible sexual assault "Prima facie, doctors observed visible injuries on her face and have indicated possible sexual assault," a senior police officer said. Following the incident, crime scene and forensic science laboratory (FSL) teams were called to inspect the spot and collect evidence. Police said they are working to identify and apprehend the perpetrator. A case has been registered at Dayalpur Police Station under relevant sections of the BNS, along with Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. "Multiple teams have been deployed to collect clues and trace the accused. The investigation is being done on priority," the officer added. Protest in neighbourhood The incident sparked massive outrage in the neighbourhood. Soon after news of the girl's death spread, hundreds of residents, including the girl's relatives, blocked a nearby road and sat on dharna demanding justice. The protestors raised slogans against the police, alleging negligence, and demanded the immediate arrest of the culprit. Several shopkeepers were forced to shut down their establishments due to the tension in the area. Many of them said they were afraid of violence and chose to shut down shutters after protesters began marching through the market lanes. With the situation getting tense, a heavy police force was deployed in Nehru Vihar and adjoining areas to maintain law and order. Later, paramilitary personnel were also called in as a precautionary measure. Senior police officers were seen trying to pacify the crowd and reassure the family that strict action would be taken in the case. Traffic movement in the Dayalpur area was severely affected, with commuters stuck for hours. Vehicles were seen taking alternate routes, and several emergency services faced delays due to the road blockade. The victim's mother was seen inconsolable and in a state of deep shock. "She was crying and screaming 'bring back my daughter...'," a neighbour said, holding back tears. The victim's father said he was devastated and demanded justice. "We got to know about what happened very late. The police came around 1 am and collected evidence from the house. But the main accused is still roaming free. I will not rest until he is punished," he said.
Miami Herald
02-06-2025
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
Jaguar's Europe Sales Stall As Shift To Electric-Only Lineup Begins
For a brand with the prestige of Jaguar, its new vehicle registrations in Europe for April 2025 make for truly painful reading. Just 49 - yes, forty-nine - new Jaguars were registered across the pond throughout April, representing a decline of 97.5%; a year ago, 1,961 Jaguar models were registered in the same month in Europe, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association. These sales include those from Jaguar's home market, the UK. Without the benefit of context, it appears to be one of the most unfathomable declines from a major brand in recent automotive history. However, this drastic drop in sales in a key region doesn't necessarily spell the end for Jaguar. This is the general state of mind at Jaguar as it embarks on a path to release a fully electric lineup of vehicles, while also pushing deeper into the ultra-luxury segment. Jaguar has elected not to gently transition into an all-EV lineup. Instead, the vast majority of Jag's gas-fed models have been discontinued, including the XF sedan (which ceased production midway through 2024). At around the same time, the XE sedan and F-Type sports car were discontinued. Without cars to sell, it figures that sales will fall off a cliff. Adrian Mardell, Jaguar CEO, previously stated that the brand's range of current models resulted in "close to zero profitability," according to Automotive News. This explains why culling nearly the whole lineup wasn't as drastic as it seems. By accepting this dramatic decline in sales, Jaguar can fully focus on its next chapter, and what a chapter it looks to be. Jaguar was almost universally panned when it revealed its new brand identity late last year. Everything - from the font to the logo, colors, and themes - were derided, and all bore little resemblance to the brand's consistent look and feel up to that point. The initial rebrand had virtually no focus on cars, further alienating Jag loyalists, and phrases like "copy nothing" and "create exuberant" failed to strike a chord with gearheads in any meaningful way. Jaguar isn't oblivious to the backlash. According to a report by the The Telegraph last month, the British automaker is already hunting for a new advertising agency to replace Accenture Song. The latter is responsible for last year's campaign, but Jaguar seems to want to replace the agency sooner rather than later, despite a contract being in place until mid-2026. This was followed by the reveal of the Type 00 concept car, a first look at what we can expect from Jaguar's EV future. With flush surfaces and dramatic touches like a glassless rear tailgate, it looks nothing like any other Jaguar we've seen. Jaguar's first production car under the rebrand will be an electric four-door GT, set to be revealed in late 2025 before reaching showrooms next year. Targeting the likes of Bentley and Rolls-Royce with an imposing design and deluxe interior, it remains to be seen how far upmarket the Jaguar brand can go, and this will be the model to answer that question. While Jaguar alone undergoes an expected lull as part of its transformation, Jaguar Land Rover has posted £2.5 billion (around $3.39 billion) in profits for FY25, a record result. These promising numbers have, of course, been spearheaded by Land Rover, a brand that has a reliably consistent lineup at present. The stability of the Land Rover brand allows JLR to take its time with the Jaguar relaunch, even if that means selling shockingly few vehicles in the interim. All things considered, Jaguar's dismal European sales in April 2025 aren't as unnerving as they initially appear. Without cars to sell, sales will plummet, and Jaguar seems to have anticipated this. The brand has gone too far in a new direction to turn back now, and is betting on an exclusively EV future at a time when many automakers have reined in their plans to move to a fully electric lineup. The arrival of Jag's grand production EV in 2026 will confirm whether or not the gamble has paid off. Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The Citizen
10-05-2025
- The Citizen
Six vehicles targeted in one week by wheel syndicate
Six vehicles targeted in one week by wheel syndicate Wheel syndicates responsible for terrorising Middelburg for years on end have ramped up their operations, targeting six vehicles in less than a week. Friday Two bakkies were hit early this morning at the Big Five Complex in Walter Sisulu Street. According to Phillip Schoonraad, the wheels were stolen off his Jag double cab at 02:00 this morning. The syndicate also stole the wheels from another complex resident's Toyota Hilux at the same time. According to a quote, it will cost Schoonraad R35 000 to replace the wheels on his bakkie. Wednesday Antionette Delport told the Middelburg Observer that their three Toyota Hilux bakkies were struck on Wednesday in Kanonkop. The Delports live in the Kanonkop Flats close to Hoërskool Kanonkop. Thieves stripped the couple's two personal vehicles as well as her husband's work vehicle, making off with 13 tyres in total, including a spare wheel. The stint is costing an estimate of R180 000 in damages, owing to the fact that the tyres, rims and nuts were all stolen. 'The cheapest quote we have received totals to R30 000 per vehicle, but obviously the quality of the tyres, rims and nuts are much lower than the original sets on our bakkies,' Delport explained. The couple opened a case at the Middelburg Police Station following the thefts. Monday The Middelburg Observer reported on another theft of wheels, which took place on Monday. According to Wanita Rademeyer, the wheels were stolen from her Suzuki Swift in Oribi Street, Kanonkop. She estimated the value of her wheels between R6 000 to R8 000 per wheel, due to the cost of the mags. 27 April Another small vehicle was targeted in Helen Joseph Street, Dennesig on April 27. The wheels were stolen from a Kia Picanto and thieves also made off with tools, full diesel cans and a fire extinguisher, rounding off the cost of damages to a total of R45 000. Also read: Wieldiewe soek nou kleiner modelle se wiele! Wheels stolen from vehicle in Dennesig At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
Daily Record
03-05-2025
- General
- Daily Record
Woman discovers mum's huge family secret she hid for 64 years
A Guernsey woman has uncovered two long-lost sisters born during WWII—after a stranger's email unravelled a family secret kept hidden for over 60 years. A British woman has discovered two long-lost sisters—decades after World War II tore her family apart—thanks to a stranger's message on a genealogy website. Jag Sherbourne, 69, from Guernsey made the discovery following a message from a stranger on the now-defunct Friends Reunited website in 2009. The email, sent by Charley Miller, claimed she was searching for her grandmother's sister and named Sherbourne's father, Charles Le Bargy — a rare surname on the Channel Islands. 'That's what caught my attention, because it's a very rare Channel Island surname, there are only a handful of people and they are all related,' said Jag. Initially skeptical, she dismissed the possibility. 'I told her, 'It can't be me. My parents were apart during the war. It's very interesting, but I'm afraid it's all just a coincidence.'' But when Charley referenced a guest house named "Romo" on Guernsey — a name Jag's parents used privately after the war — everything changed. 'No-one could have known what that house was called,' she said. She had always known her parents had been separated during the Nazi occupation of Guernsey, the only British territory captured by Germany during the war. Her mother Kathleen had evacuated to Somerset in 1940, shortly before the island was bombed and occupied on June 30. Charles remained behind due to his role at the power station, reports the Mirror. 'They lived apart with no communication, other than the occasional Red Cross messages, which were just 25 heavily censored words, a few times a year,' Sherbourne explained. She recalled: 'I deduced from that that she didn't have anything interesting to say about it, ridiculous as that sounds.' Her father, by contrast, had often spoken about his time during the occupation. 'He'd tell me how, when he came across Nazis who didn't speak English, he would mock them in a friendly manner, so they wouldn't know.' But Sherbourne's understanding of her family's past was turned upside down after opening a box of her father's wartime belongings — a box she had ignored since his death in 1995. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. 'There was a lot of stuff relating to the war, including all the Red Cross messages. Then I found one sentence in one of the letters from my mum, telling him that if he wanted to tell the family about the baby she couldn't, but it might be better to wait until she got home as there was a lot to explain.' Further investigation revealed that Kathleen had given birth to two daughters while in England — one in 1942 and another in 1945 — both adopted out during the war. Jag hired a mediation service to trace one of the women, Pauline, and later confirmed the other sister, Michele, through birth certificates and ancestry websites. She remembered a childhood incident that now made sense. 'I remember when I was about six this teenage girl came to stay with us, she helped around the house but we also shared a room, it was like having an older sister. But she didn't stay long… I vaguely remembered that there were arguments and she had run away.' She also recalled a quiet moment with her father: 'I remember sitting with my dad on my bed, telling him how my dream was to have a sister, and my dad saying to me, 'You do have a sister, but she ran away'. And I remember getting really upset at that, and Dad never spoke about it again.' In 2011, Jag and her husband Peter travelled to England to meet both sisters — Michele, then living in London, and Pauline, in Swindon. 'When I first saw Michele it was like I was looking at my mother. She remembered me from that time she'd come to live with us in Guernsey,' she said. 'She was very loving towards me, she really treated me like a sister.' Michele, who died in 2017, had three daughters — including one named Jacqueline, after Sherbourne. Pauline, a retired bank worker, and Jag have remained close. 'We phone each other regularly and we take our camper van over to see them at least once a year. They're keen bird watchers, so we park in the Cotswold Water Park and spend time together. We both have the same sense of humour, our mother's.' Sherbourne continues to uncover pieces of her family's story. 'I found a photo amongst Mum's stuff of a British soldier in the Somerset Light Infantry. I think he's probably the father of one of my sisters, but I don't know.' Reflecting on the era and her mother's choices, she added: 'We forget how things were back then. No-one knew if the Germans would invade Britain and if they would see their loved ones again… I can't blame my mother for that.' Despite unanswered questions, Sherbourne says finding her sisters changed her life. 'Throughout my life I always wished I'd had a sister, I somehow felt that was missing. And now I've discovered that all this time I had not one, but two. I'm so pleased I finally found them.' Her story is detailed in her memoir, Clouds in My Guernsey Sky.
Daily Mirror
03-05-2025
- General
- Daily Mirror
'My mum hid huge family secret - then I found out 64 years later'
Jag Sherbourne grew up thinking she was an only child, but in fact all their lives her parents had hidden from her what had happened when the young couple had been separated during the war As the dust settled after the end of the Second World Wa r it wasn't just the stories of battlefield bravery and heroism that slowly began to emerge, but also those within normal families - which were often no less dramatic. Jag Sherbourne's wartime drama came 64 years after VE Day - thanks to a stranger's email in her inbox. It was the start of an incredible journey which would change her life, as the true story of what happened to her mum and dad - separated when the Nazis invaded their Guernsey home - finally began to unravel. The Channel Islands, including Guernsey, close to the French mainland, were the only British territories to to be occupied by German forces in the Second World War. Following Churchill's decision to withdraw troops, 25,000 residents were evacuated to Britain, before Hitler's troops marched onto the five islands on June 30, 1940. Growing up an only child in Guernsey's capital, St Peter Port, Jag knew her parents, Kathleen and Charles, had spent the whole war apart, finally reuniting two months after VE Day and continuing with their lives together. What she didn't know was that, during those five long years with very little communication, her mother had given birth to two daughters - her long-lost sisters. Retired maths teacher Jag, now 69, remembers: 'I'd got a friend request on Facebook from someone called Charley Miller. It was one of those requests with no profile picture so I'd deleted it. 'A week later I got an email from Friends Reunited, from the same woman. This time I opened it. It was quite brief, saying she was looking for her grandmother's sister. She told me her grandmother was called Michele, and had a father called Charles, and that his surname was Le Bargy. 'That's what caught my attention, because it's a very rare Channel Island surname, there are only a handful of people and they are all related. 'We started an email conversation, but I quickly realised she must be mistaken. She said her nan was born in January 1945 and she'd found another baby girl who'd been born in 1942. I told her, 'It can't be me. My parents were apart during the war. It's very interesting, but I'm afraid it's all just a coincidence.'' But the next morning Jag woke up to another email telling her that her nan had once worked in a guest house on Guernsey called Romo. Jag was astounded. 'After the war, my parents turned their house into a guest house in the summer and called it Romo. They moved away after a few years and the name was lost. No-one could have known what that house was called.' Until then, all Jag knew was that when evacuations began her mum, then aged 24 and married for two years, had gone with her younger sister to live with family in Bridgewater, Somerset, where she had worked at a gunpowder factory. Months earlier she had given birth to a boy, Jag's brother, but he had sadly died at just two months old, in March 1940. Jag, who was born 14 years after the end of the war, explains: 'The Germans were advancing across France and it looked like the Channel Islands would be invaded. I think both Mum and Dad intended to evacuate, but my dad worked at the power station and wasn't able to go with mum straight away. 'She took his suit with her. He had applied to join the army, so he had every intention to follow her. But the island was bombed at the end of June, and then it was occupied, and that was it. They lived apart with no communication, other than the occasional Red Cross messages, which were just 25 heavily censored words, a few times a year.' Jag remembers how her mum, who died in 1988, aged just 32, rarely spoke about that time. She says: 'I deduced from that that she didn't have anything interesting to say about it, ridiculous as that sounds. 'My dad, however, seemed to really enjoy it and would often talk about the occupation and his escapades. Because he worked shifts, he would be outside after curfew, and remembered coming across German roadblocks where they'd be shining torches on him. 'He'd tell me how, when he came across Nazis who didn't speak English, he would mock them in a friendly manner, so they wouldn't know. He also entered amateur dramatics during the war and was in a lot of plays. I think it was an exciting time for him. Jag's dad died in 1995, but she hadn't opened the box of his personal things her husband had packed and put in their attic, even though she knew it would contain more memories. But the unexpected email from Charley, who was convinced she was her sister's granddaughter, changed that. She recalls: 'When she mentioned the guest house, that's when it started to click. I remember when I was about six this teenage girl came to stay with us, she helped around the house but we also shared a room, it was like having an older sister. But she didn't stay long, I vaguely remembered that there were arguments and she had run away. 'And then I remembered once sitting with my dad on my bed, telling him how my dream was to have a sister, and my dad saying to me, 'You do have a sister, but she ran away'. And I remember getting really upset at that, and Dad never spoke about it again.' It was then that Jag decided to open her father's box of memories. 'There was a lot of stuff relating to the war, including all the Red Cross messages' she remembers. 'Then I found one sentence in one of the letters from my mum, telling him that if he wanted to tell the family about the baby she couldn't, but it might be better to wait until she got home as there was a lot to explain.' Realising that what Charley had told her was true, Jag made her own investigations, using ancestry websites and sending off for the birth certificates. It was becoming clear that Michele, born in 1945, was her sister, but there was another baby who had been born in Newton Abbott, Devon, in 1942. At first, she wondered if this might have been the baby her mum had lost, perhaps with an error in the birth year. The birth certificate showed that her mother hadn't named the baby. In the margin, a note said 'Adopted'. Jag paid a mediation service to trace the woman, Pauline, who replied, wanting to make contact. After exchanging messages and phone calls, Jag and her husband Peter went to England to meet Michele in London, and Pauline, now living in Swindon, Wiltshire, for the first time. Jag, who has a son, daughter and two stepsons, says: 'When I first saw Michele it was like I was looking at my mother. She remembered me from that time she'd come to live with us in Guernsey. At first she held herself back and there were things she didn't want to talk about, but she was very loving towards me, she really treated me like a sister. After that, every time we went to London we'd see her, and she came over with Charley and her daughters to stay with us. Michele, a former home help carer who died in 2017, had three daughters. She'd even named her youngest Jacqueline - Jag's full name - after the sister she hadn't seen for decades. Jag and Pauline, a retired bank worker who has a daughter with her husband Ken, have become close friends since first meeting in 2011. She says: 'We phone each other regularly and we take our camper van over to see them at least once a year. They're keen bird watcher,s so we park in the Cotswold Water Park and spend time together. We both have the same sense of humour, our mother's.' There remain many unanswered questions. Jag, who tells her remarkable journey in her book Clouds in my Guernsey Sky, says: 'I found a photo amongst Mum's stuff of a British soldier in the Somerset Light Infantry. I think he's probably the father of one of my sisters, but I don't know. 'We forget how things were back then. No-one knew if the Germans would invade Britain and if they would see their loved ones again. At that time, any child born out of wedlock was put up for adoption. I can't blame my mother for that. 'Michele was born in January 1945. I think mum put her in an orphanage temporarily until the war ended. I found letters from my dad applying for jobs in the UK and Australia. I think he wanted to bring her up as his daughter, but Guernsey was a very Methodist island. That would have brought shame on them, so they planned on moving somewhere else. 'There is huge sadness for me that my parents aren't around to talk about it. I think they would have some fascinating stories to tell.' Finding her long-lost sisters, however, has made the whole journey worth it. 'It's been life changing for me,' says Jag. 'Throughout my life I always wished I'd had a sister, I somehow felt that was missing. And now I've discovered that all this time I had not one, but two. I'm so pleased I finally found them.' VE Day: 80th Anniversary Magazine Specials To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we bring you two special special collector's magazines that look back at events that led to the end of World War II in Europe and marked a new era. In the VE Day 80: Anniversary Collector's Edition we share photographs from the street parties that were held all over Britain, while esteemed author and journalist Paul Routledge paints a picture of how the day was bittersweet, mixed with jubilation and hope for the future, as well as sadness and regret for the past. Routledge also recounts the key events of the Second World War, including Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and Pearl Harbour. The magazine costs £9.99. Also available is World War Two - A History in 50 Photographs, a definitive pictorial account of the war. Carefully chosen from hundreds of thousands of images, this commemorative magazine shares 50 exceptional photographs - including many rarely seen shots - that capture the devastating moments, horror, hope and eventual triumph of World War Two. The magazine costs £6.99.
