Nintendo usually keeps quiet ahead of its Nintendo Direct presentations, saving all the big surprises for within the even itself. As such, it’s pretty much anyone’s guess as to what games they show off later today.

However, there are a few leaks and rumours that point towards some of the titles that might crop up during the presentation.

So far, the front-runners are a new 3D Mario game, a new Super Smash Bros. entry, as well as potentially an all-new Star Fox game.

Personally, I’d also expect Nintendo to show off Pokemon Winds and Waves at this event. It’s set for a 2027 release date, and we haven’t seen much since its reveal six months ago. Now feels like the right time to show more.

We can sit here and speculate about what may be shown all day, but we’ve only got an hour left until the show kicks off for real. Hang tight, we’re almost there!

Andy Burnham said Britain was standing up for the ‘underdog’ Palestinians today as he faced criticism over trade sanctions on illegal Israeli West Bank settlements.

The Prime Minister said the UK would always stand against ‘injustice’ as he faced MPs the day after sparking a row with domestic Jewish leaders and Benjamin Netanyahu‘s government.

Israel said it was closing a British consulate in East Jerusalem and banning a dozen MPs from entering the country in retaliation for a comprehensive sanctions regime targeting companies and individuals in the occupied area.

And Britain’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said the action announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband was just ‘gesture politics’ and would ‘further embolden those, at home and abroad, who use hatred as a weapon against Jews’. 

Mr Burnham is also waiting to see if the so-far silent Donald Trump will also launch reprisals. But tackling the backlash head-on at Prime Minister’s Questions, the premier told MPs Britain was showing ‘leadership on the world stage’ and that support for a two-state solution must be backed by action.

‘Britain has to stand for fairness against injustice. Where people are being bullied out of their homes, intimidated, we will always stand with the underdog and take what action we can to support them,’ he added.

Israel said it was closing a British consulate in East Jerusalem and banning a dozen MPs from entering the country in retaliation for a comprehensive sanctions regime targeting companies and individuals in the occupied area 

The Government is still waiting to hear Donald Trump’s reaction to the sanctions – which have been coordinated with other countries including Canada and France  

In an excoriating open letter, Rabbi Leo Dee – whose wife and two daughters were killed by Palestinian terrorists in the Jordan Valley in 2023 – accused Mr Miliband of ‘hypocrisy’.   

Kemi Badenoch joined the condemnation, saying the Government risked ‘fanning the flames of anti-Semitism at home’ in order to appease those deserting Labour for the Greens.

The Tory leader said Labour was ‘escalating its campaign against Israel, throwing British interests under the bus to win back Islamist and far left activist votes’.

The move was announced as the party gears up for battle in a by-election for Sir Keir Starmer’s former seat of Holborn and St Pancras, with Greens seeking to put Palestine at the heart of their campaign.

Countries including France and Canada coordinated their own sanctions with the UK in an effort to revive the push for a two-state solution.  

Asked today for his response to Israel’s countermeasures, Mr Miliband told Sky News: ‘I regret what the Israeli government has announced, but I’m proud of what we did yesterday and it was the right thing to do.’

Ed Miliband insisted he was ‘proud’ of the Government’s ban on trade with West Bank settlements despite a wave of anger

He said: ‘It will be damaging, that’s true, but we weighed up the costs and the benefits in advance of this.

‘And we did something very important. We talked to the representatives of the Palestinian people, the Palestinian prime minister, the representative here, and they both said to us with a very clear voice, you need to act from our point of view.’

He added: ‘I would prefer that Israel hadn’t announced what it did, but overall, I strongly believe that what we did, along with other international allies, was absolutely the right thing to do.’

Mr Miliband said he was ‘confident’ that security co-operation with Israel would continue, despite fears about sharing of intelligence about terrorism.  

Pressed on the chief rabbi’s criticism, Mr Miliband said: ‘I’m a proud British Jew and I don’t agree with the chief rabbi.

‘I have great respect for the chief rabbi, but I don’t agree with him.

‘And I believe that it must be possible to do what we did yesterday, which is to stand up for British values of the rule of law, of dignity for people, of the prevention of injustice, and do so in a way, as I did yesterday, to say to anyone in our country who holds British Jews responsible for the actions of the Israeli government: that is anti-Semitism, pure and simple.

‘And we all need to do more to tackle anti-Semitism. But I believe we can do that and stand up for British values.’

Britain’s Chief Rabbi (pictured on November 19, 2023) said a trade ban on Israeli settlements in the West Bank was ‘truly a dark day for British Jews’

Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar announced that the UK’s consulate in Jerusalem would be closed as part of a package of retaliatory measures.

He also said Israel would ban 11 MPs and a campaigner involved in what he claimed was ‘antisemitic and anti-Israel activity’ from entry to the country.

They include former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott.

Mr Saar said he had spoken to Mrs Badenoch and thanked her for her opposition to the ‘hostile Labour Government’s announcement’.

The Israeli retaliation came after Mr Miliband told the Commons that a ‘new approach’ was necessary because plans for the E1 development in the West Bank would render a two-state solution ‘unviable’ by ‘cutting through the heart of Palestine’.

He said more settlements had been approved under the four years of Mr Netanyahu’s government than in the previous 20 years and settler terrorism in the West Bank was ‘rampant’.

Legislation for the new regime could take up to nine months to put in place, Mr Miliband said, but he promised immediate sanctions against ‘extremist settlers who have supported or incited acts of violence’.

Mike Huckabee, the American ambassador to Israel, described the ban as an ‘irrational act’.

But in a more mixed response, US secretary of state Marco Rubio declined to comment on the announcement beyond saying the US would ‘obviously’ not follow suit, and Donald Trump has yet to comment.

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The actor and fomer Doctor Who star will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, October 21.

The charges relate to alleged offences between 2007 and 2016, which are connected to five women.

This follows an investigation by detectives starting in September 2025, when a man then in his 40s was first arrested in relation to the investigation.

A file of evidence was later presented to the CPS, who authorised the charges.

Noel Clarke charged with sexual offences

Detective Superintendent Mike Cagney said: “The women connected to these charges continue to receive support from specially trained officers.

“We urge anyone who has been a victim of sexual assault to contact police. The information you provide will be dealt with in the utmost sensitivity and we have trained investigators on hand to support you.”

Bethan David, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute Noel Clarke with two counts of sexual assault, three counts of voyeurism and one count of exposure.

“This follows allegations made by five women in connection to sexual misconduct that took place between 2007 and 2016.

“Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring this case to court and that it is in the public interest to do so.

“We have worked closely with the Metropolitan Police as they have carried out their investigation into the allegations.

“The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that proceedings are now active, and the defendant has the right to a fair trial. It is vital that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.”

A juror who voted to acquit Lindsay Clancy sensationally admitted that she changed her vote after being swayed during hostile deliberations with ‘big personalities’ in the room.

The anonymous juror, who is the fourth to come forward following the murder trial, told CBS Boston that she had not kept up with the high-profile case before being summoned to court in Massachusetts.

She said her initial stance was to convict Clancy – and despite eventually voting to acquit the killer mother, the juror admitted she ‘maybe still believes’ Clancy should go to prison. 

The juror said: ‘Originally, I felt that she was guilty and she was criminally responsible for it.’ 

‘Maybe I still believe that [Clancy is guilty], in a certain way,’ she admitted. 

Clancy’s murder case for killing her three young children ended in a mistrial after the jury was deadlocked 11-1, with one holdout who refused to acquit her. 

The anonymous juror said that the lone holdout who refused to vote not guilty clashed with their fellow jurors almost immediately, and that ‘the majority of the room was trying to sway that person from the very beginning.’

She said she will ‘defend that individual’ for standing his ground during the tense deliberations, which allegedly included shouting that could be heard from other rooms inside the court.

The fourth juror spoke out soon after three others, foreperson Roni Carlson, Kellie Farina and Paula Devlin, came forward to publicly condemn the holdout who refused to change his vote.

Clancy was charged with murder after strangling her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan in 2023. She pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and her trial ended in a mistrial last week

Carlson claimed that the juror, a man who has not been named, ‘admitted he had reasonable doubt’ about Clancy’s guilt by reason of insanity, but he remained unmoved by the arguments with other jurors.

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She said she was ‘so excited’ to acquit Clancy, before the holdout juror insisted, ‘but I’m still not going to say she’s not guilty,’ Carlson recalled to NBC Boston.

The anonymous juror told CBS News that despite the national attention and public debate sparked by Clancy’s trial, she was unaware of her case before her jury service because she ‘doesn’t watch the news.’

She described herself as the ‘perfect juror’ for Clancy’s trial, because she does not have children of her own to bias her views, and was reviewing the facts of the case for the first time in the courtroom.

The juror said she initially wanted to convict Clancy, and said she was left devastated by the evidence put forward about how Clancy strangled her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan, with exercise bands inside her Massachusetts home.

The worst of the evidence she was forced to review, the juror said, was audio of a 911 call made by Clancy’s husband Patrick when he discovered the bodies of his children.

‘I will never be the same after that 911 call,’ the juror said. The audio was played behind closed doors inside the courtroom and has not been released to the public.

She said she only learned about sick ‘conspiracy theories’ accusing Patrick of murdering his children and framing Clancy, and said those peddling the claims would feel differently if they had also heard the 911 call.

‘If these people could have heard that visceral, blood-curdling scream,’ she said. ‘It was horrifying.’

The anonymous juror said she was left devastated by the evidence in the case, including audio of a 911 call made by Clancy’s husband Patrick when he discovered the bodies of his children 

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Jury foreperson Roni Carlson previously told NBC Boston on Tuesday she was persuaded to find the mother-of-three not guilty by reason of insanity

While the holdout juror who refused to acquit Clancy was criticized by Carlson, Farina and Devlin, the anonymous woman said their claims that he was alone in his stance are not true.

‘This standalone juror was not the only one that was unwilling to see things from the other side, so I’m going to kind of defend that individual,’ she said.

‘There were some big personalities in that room, but at the end of the day, I feel like it just came down to an inability to move past your convictions.’

She said that her views on Clancy’s guilt evolved throughout the deliberations, as she initially wanted to convict her. 

‘I think this was a woman who was not mentally healthy, she was in the throes of a significant mental crisis,’ the juror said.

‘I really just felt like she was so deep in it that she couldn’t see her way out, and this was the only option.’ 

Ultimately, the juror said she voted to acquit Clancy because the prosecution failed to convince her of their case, and they did not produce a ‘smoking gun’ to send Clancy away.

‘There was not a single moment throughout that presentation of that case that you could say, ‘Oh yep, 100 percent I’m certain she did it,” she recalled. ‘There is too much gray area.’

Reddington and Clancy in court as Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial last week

It comes after Clancy’s lawyer Kevin Reddington spoke on Good Morning America earlier this week, where he pleaded with President Donald Trump to consider pardoning Clancy, describing her as a good person.

Reddington said: ‘I’d like to say that perhaps Donald Trump, who felt compelled to speak out about this case.

‘Mr President, I hope that you would consider this young lady, the type of person she is, what she’s been through, and consider a pardon.’

Reddington also described her as being ‘intelligent’ and ‘hardworking,’ while describing the strong bond he has with Clancy.

‘I do feel a very strong bond with Lindsay because of the type of person she is. She’s such a wonderful, wonderful person.’

George Stephanopoulos questioned the lawyer about his remarks at the end of the trial in which Reddington said he ‘crushed’ the prosecution, asking if he regretted them.

He added: ‘I don’t regret saying it at all. I think that the defense was very strong and I think it went in very well.

‘I think I perhaps could have been a little more circumspect dealing with [prosecutor] Tim Cruz, and instead of saying I crushed him, I could I have said I did a good job.’

Reddington then said that he was open to reaching a deal with Cruz, the District Attorney, so that Clancy did not need to go through another trial.

‘I’m willing to listen to Tim [Cruz]. I’ve known Tim for 30 years. I hope, however, after this trial, that he would revisit that issue and we could work something out that will be acceptable for both sides,’ he added.

A man has died following an incident on the M60 in Greater Manchester – all traffic was stopped between junction 10 (Trafford Park) and 11 (Eccles) clockwise

A man in his 40s has died following an incident on the M60 in Greater Manchester.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said officers were called to reports of concern for a person’s welfare on the motorway near the Trafford Centre.

All traffic was stopped on the clockwise carriageway between junctions 10 at Urmston and 11 at Eccles at around 7.30am on Wednesday. A large emergency services response was seen at the scene, including multiple ambulances.

In an update issued this afternoon, GMP confirmed a man in his 40s had sadly died following the incident. A report will be prepared for the coroner.

The motorway remained closed for around an hour while police carried out enquiries, the Manchester Evening News reports.

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Noel Clarke has been charged with sex offences after five women made allegations against the actor. The 50-year-old from Kensington, central London, is accused of two counts of sexual assault, three of voyeurism and one of exposure between 2007 and 2016, and will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on October 21.

Metropolitan Police confirmed the charges were brought after an investigation that began in September 2025.

Detective Superintendent Mike Cagney said: “The women connected to these charges continue to receive support from specially trained officers.

“We urge anyone who has been a victim of sexual assault to contact police. The information you provide will be dealt with in the utmost sensitivity and we have trained investigators on hand to support you.”

Bethan David, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute Noel Clarke with two counts of sexual assault, three counts of voyeurism and one count of exposure.

“This follows allegations made by five women in connection to sexual misconduct that took place between 2007 and 2016.

“Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring this case to court and that it is in the public interest to do so.

“We have worked closely with the Metropolitan Police as they have carried out their investigation into the allegations.

“The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that proceedings are now active, and the defendant has the right to a fair trial. It is vital that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.”

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By GREG HEFFER, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

Published: 10:39 BST, 9 September 2026 | Updated: 14:17 BST, 9 September 2026

Andy Burnham today insisted he’ll be ‘relentless’ in defending the Falkland Islands as Argentina continues to ramp up sanctions over the British overseas territory.

The Prime Minister said he would ‘always respect the rights of the Falkland Islanders to choose to be British’ amid the escalating tensions with Buenos Aires.

It came after Argentina launched more sanctions against oil exploration in the South Atlantic archipelago.

Officials in Buenos Aires said they had initiated sanctions proceedings against 15 new subjects, after previously taking action against 45 people and companies last week.

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The Argentinian government has also presented a criminal complaint against Israeli energy company Navitas Petroleum and its executives for operating in the Falklands.

Javier Milei, the Argentinian President, has moved to enforce a crackdown on oil exploration around the Falklands after reiterating his country’s claim on the islands.

During Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch claimed Argentina was threatening the Falklands due to Labour’s ‘weakness’ over the Chagos Islands.

She pointed to the decision by Mr Burnham’s predecessor Keir Starmer to ‘surrender’ sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius as part of a deal estimated to be costing UK taxpayers £35billion.

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As she challenged the PM over the Government’s failure to set out when it will commit 3 per cent of GDP to defence spending, Mrs Badenoch said: ‘He won’t fund the military.

‘What he is funding though… Keir Starmer’s £35billion surrender of the Chagos Islands and its crucial military base. That is British sovereign territory.

‘This is a weak decision and it is no wonder that Argentina is now threatening the Falklands.

‘We need to project strength, we need to show that British sovereign territory is non-negotiable.’

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In response, Mr Burnham said:  ‘We will not surrender our base at Diego Garcia. We are in discussions with the US about that, we will always respect the rights of the Falkland Islanders to choose to be British.

‘That will never change under this Government, and we will be relentless in defending that.’

The renewed tensions over the Falklands have come after US President Donald Trump hinted the US would not help the UK in a future conflict over the archipelago.

But the UK Government has dismissed Mr Milei’s posturing and insisted Britain’s commitment to the Falklands is ‘absolute and unshakeable’.

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Argentina has further stoked tensions over the Falkland Islands by launching more sanctions against oil exploration in the South Atlantic archipelago

Javier Milei, the Argentinian President, has moved to enforce a crackdown on oil exploration around the Falklands after reiterating his country’s claim on the islands

Argentina this week filed the criminal complaint against several Navitas subsidiaries and partners operating in the Falklands, along with their corporate directors.

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Mr Milei’s administration alleges the firms violated Argentine law by holding oil and gas licenses issued by Britain in the North Falkland Basin.

The South American country’s government has also announced plans for new laws to intensify punitive action against firms involved in drilling activities in the Falklands.

In a 2013 referendum, the Falkland Islanders voted overwhelmingly to remain a British overseas territory, with 99.8 per cent voting in favour and just three votes against.

Although the US is formally neutral, Washington provided support for Britain’s campaign to retake the islands after the Argentinian invasion in 1982.

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It sparked the Falklands War which saw 255 British service deaths in just over 70 bloody days. It also led to the deaths of 655 Argentinians and three Falkland Islanders.

Following a televised national address by Mr Milei last week, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said in a post on X: ‘The UK’s position on the Falkland Islands is unwavering.

‘The Islands are British and will remain so because that is the overwhelming position of the Islanders.

‘Their right of self-determination is paramount, grounded in international law and we will resolutely uphold it.’

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Kara Miller, 41, is sharing her story in the hope that others will receive an early diagnosis and get treatment as soon as possible

A woman who was told her gastrointestinal issues were “food poisoning” actually had stage three colorectal cancer.

Kara Miller first headed to the GP in September 2021 after watching Deborah James – otherwise known as BowelBabe – on morning TV urging anyone with bleeding from their back passage to get checked.

The 41-year-old was told during an over-the-phone appointment with her GP it was haemorrhoids, which she had had previously. Despite symptoms not “going away”, a family bereavement meant she carried on with life at her corporate job.

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In February 2022, Kara was recovering from a bout of Covid-19 when she began feeling “really unwell”. Despite her GP believing it to be food poisoning, Kara pushed for blood tests and a FIT test.

After a positive result, she underwent a colonoscopy in March 2022 where a mass was discovered in her rectum. Following an X-ray and MRI the following day and a CT scan, Kara was diagnosed on April 5, 2022 with stage three colorectal cancer after it had spread to her lymph nodes.

She underwent five weeks of chemoradiotherapy to shrink the 6cm-long tumour – which was obstructing 50% of her rectum – but due to her margins for surgery not being as they needed to, she required 12 weeks of chemotherapy. Despite margins still not showing as clear after treatment, surgeons went ahead with surgery to remove the tumour which was successful.

Kara was fitted with a temporary ileostomy and spent Christmas in hospital, before undergoing a further 12 weeks of chemotherapy. After nine months of her bowel being “switched off”, Kara underwent reversal surgery for her ileostomy in August 2023.

Now three years cancer-free and working as a cancer rehabilitation specialist, she is sharing her story and urging people to “advocate” when it comes to receiving a diagnosis.

Kara, from South London, told SWNS: “It was surreal. I spoke on the phone with someone at my GP surgery and they told me it was haemorrhoids and it was fine.

“I always look back on that moment and it was only a few months before I was diagnosed but for some people it takes them years to be believed,” she added. “One thing I’ve noticed and realised is you have to self-advocate. Being aware of cancer symptoms and how they present is really important to be aware of because it could effectively save your life.”

Kara continued: “I had spoken to my GP and a private gastrointestinal doctor as I had medical cover. They also told me it was probably food poisoning despite seeing the positive FIT test.

“One of the resounding comments throughout that period was I was too young. I was aware it could be cancer but it just seemed so farfetched to me.”

Kara attended a colonoscopy appointment in March 2022 and was able to witness the moment her tumour appeared on the screen whilst undergoing the procedure.

“The doctor said I’m going to take a biopsy of this,” Kara explained. “I said ‘is it cancer?’ I remember him holding my hand and slightly nodding.

“From that moment I went into total shock – I couldn’t believe it, it was an out-of-body experience.”

Kara awaited further tests to confirm her suspected diagnosis, and doctors told her on April 5, 2022 she had stage three cancer. After five weeks of chemoradiotherapy to shrink her 6cm-tumour, Kara’s margins for surgery “weren’t clear”, and she required 12 weeks of chemotherapy.

“When you have advanced cancer it starts to infiltrate the walls of the bowel and you have a thing called margins and it’s the certain degree of clearance to cut around the tumour and ensure they are not leaving anything behind,” Kara said. “The team at the hospital decided to push through with surgery anyway after that 12 weeks of chemotherapy.”

After the six-hour-long surgery, doctors managed to remove all of Kara’s tumour and she was fitted with a temporary ileostomy bag, before undergoing a further 12 weeks of chemotherapy. She underwent a reversal surgery in August 2023.

“In 2024 I started this new normal,” Kara said. “Whilst I was physically fit, I played netball internationally and I was quite strong. I would say the mental aspect after treatment and everything finished was by far harder for me than physical treatment. I was a programme director at the time of diagnosis,” she added. “I retrained once I’d finished treatment in exercise referral.

“Now I work with a charity helping individuals who have gone through long-term health conditions and cancer. It’s the first time in a long while, the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done.”

Kara went on: “My mission is to help individuals rehabilitate themselves post-cancer and help educate organisations to understand the impact of cancer on their employees and population.

“Organisations, especially large ones, have enough resources to provide support and sick leave but few people know the toll it takes during individuals’ treatment where they need the most support, but also after treatment.”

Kara started sharing her story on social media a month ago.

“I’m in awe of people going through treatment now who can document their story, I didn’t have the capacity in me to do that at the time,” she said. “I feel a great degree of responsibility and get nervous when posting stuff.

“I get people asking questions and direct messaging me. I can feel the anxiety in their voices and concern.”

Kara added. “I’m always wary of giving people medical advice as I’m not a medical professional but I always want to relay my perspective to help in some way. I always caveat this is my experience and what I’ve done but speak to your own medical team.

“Sharing your story is vulnerable, especially on social media.” You can follow Kara on TikTok @rehabbykara.

By SAM LAWLEY, NEWS REPORTER

Published: 13:20 BST, 9 September 2026 | Updated: 14:01 BST, 9 September 2026

Doctor Who star Noel Clarke has been charged with sexual offences against five women.

The actor, 50, was charged with two charges of sexual assault, three charges of voyeurism and one of exposure.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2007 and 2016 and follow an investigation which began in September 2025.

Clarke, who lives in Kensington, west London, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, October 21.

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The shamed actor was in December declared bankrupt just months after he lost a legal battle over allegations of sexual misconduct.

The star was ordered to pay at least £3million of The Guardian publisher’s legal costs after he pursued a ‘far-fetched’ and ‘false case’ against the newspaper’s reporting of allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied.

Detective Superintendent Mike Cagney, whose team is leading the investigation, said: ‘The women connected to these charges continue to receive support from specially trained officers.

‘We urge anyone who has been a victim of sexual assault to contact police. The information you provide will be dealt with in the utmost sensitivity and we have trained investigators on hand to support you.’

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Doctor Who star Noel Clarke has been charged with sexual offences against five women

The shamed actor, pictured, left, with David Tennant and Camille Coduri, was in December declared bankrupt

Clarke gained his career breakthrough playing Mickey Smith in Doctor Who between 2005 and 2010.

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He had success as an actor, director and writer before his career collapsed in 2021 following accusations which emerged from the Guardian investigation, which published accounts from interviews with several women he worked with.

Bethan David, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London, said: ‘The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute Noel Clarke with two counts of sexual assault, three counts of voyeurism and one count of exposure.

‘This follows allegations made by five women in connection to sexual misconduct that took place between 2007 and 2016.

‘Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring this case to court and that it is in the public interest to do so.

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‘We have worked closely with the Metropolitan Police as they have carried out their investigation into the allegations.

‘The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that proceedings are now active, and the defendant has the right to a fair trial.’

This is a breaking news story. More to follow.