The 19 suspects, all aged between 36 and 55, were held on various offences.
They have since been released pending further enquiries, West Yorkshire Police said.
The investigation is connected to allegations against one girl in the Bradford area between 2000 and 2005.
It comes days after the force arrested 40 people as part of an investigation into child abuse claims more than 20 years ago.
The Biden administration has reached an agreement with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that allows for the completion of a controversial natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.
The July 21 deal to complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which would double shipments of Russian natural gas to Germany by transporting the gas under the Baltic Sea, has angered the leaders of many countries in Eastern and Western Europe; they argue that it will effectively give Moscow a stranglehold over European gas supplies and open the continent to Russian blackmail.
Almost 60 percent of New Yorkers say Gov. Andrew Cuomo should step down in the wake of Attorney General Letitia James’ independent sexual harassment probe that found he broke state and federal laws, a new poll found.
The survey, taken Tuesday evening, showed 59 percent of New York State residents — and 52 percent of registered Democrats — believe the embattled governor should resign.
The three medalists in the women’s +87kg weightlifting competition at the Tokyo Olympics gave a most telling reaction when asked about the “historic” participation of transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, a biological 43-year-old male who identifies as female.
Governments at all three levels hired over 52,000 new bureaucratic administrators during the pandemic, according to the CTF.
Really!? Governments in Canada didn’t already have enough managers managing managers before?
I guess it’s no shock that StatsCan found more than 520,000 private-sector workers lost their jobs during the pandemic.
52000 thousand more votes in favour of stealing the bread from our mouths.
The federal government has denied Alberta’s request to amend the Criminal Code to allow people to carry pepper spray for self-defence.
Provincial Justice Minister Kaycee Madu sent a letter to both his federal counterpart and the public safety minister two weeks ago, arguing victims of recent hate-motivated violence in the province would have benefited from carrying pepper spray. Madu also asked Ottawa to establish mandatory minimum sentences for those convicted of hate-motivated crimes.
Pepper spray is illegal to carry and its use can result in criminal charges.
Terrorism peace bond placed on Ontario man for four years
An Ontario man who travelled to Syria and called for attacks in Canada has been placed on a terrorism peace bond that requires him to wear a GPS monitoring device and undergo de-radicalization.
The 26 restrictions imposed on Kevin Omar Mohamed may be the strongest yet approved by the courts since Canadian police began using peace bonds against extremists drawn to the conflict in Syria.
Ontario is reporting 139 cases of #COVID19 and over 17,100 tests completed. Locally, there are 26 new cases in Toronto, 19 in the Region of Waterloo, 18 in Peel Region, 15 in York Region and 12 in Hamilton.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) August 4, 2021
Decision to mix COVID-19 vaccines could cause international travel difficulties for millions of Canadians
Canada’s move to mix COVID-19 vaccines as part of a strategy to quickly immunize as much of the population as possible could present travel challenges to millions of people who received different doses.
While research has shown that mixing a viral vector vaccine, such as AstraZeneca, followed by an mRNA vaccine, such as Pfizer, produces a significant immune response, some countries, including many in the European Union, don’t recognize certain vaccines and vaccine combinations.
That means that those with mixed doses may not be considered fully vaccinated and could require additional COVID-19 safety measures such as testing and quarantining. Cruise lines can also deny boarding to passengers.
(Go incognito)
Celebrated artist says he’s Indigenous and a Sixties Scoop survivor. His family says he isn’t
A celebrated artist in Kingston, Ont., who goes by an Ojibway name and is known for paintings on Indigenous themes has been making inaccurate claims for decades about being Indigenous and a Sixties Scoop survivor, according to family, members of 11 First Nations and other close acquaintances.
… But those who know Blanchard, including his ex-wife and brother, tell CBC he is not who he claims to be.
“My family is white,” said one of the artist’s brothers, Allen Blanchard, who describes his family’s ancestry as primarily Norwegian, English, with some French.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo violated federal and state laws by sexually harassing multiple women — including current and former state employees — through actions that included touching their “intimate body parts” without consent, officials said Tuesday.
Cuomo also allegedly retaliated against some of the victims and created a “toxic” and hostile work environment in the Executive Chamber, officials said.
NY AG LETITIA JAMES: "The independent investigation has concluded that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated Federal and State law.”
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) August 3, 2021
Olympian Laurel Hubbard says not a transgender icon but an athlete, plans to retire
TOKYO — The first openly transgender Olympian said on Tuesday she would retire from weightlifting and felt her landmark appearance at the Tokyo Games should be fast forgotten as sport takes greater strides to be more inclusive.
New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard, 43, said she had never sought publicity, nor regards herself a role model or trailblazer, but just wants to be treated like any other athlete on sport’s biggest stage.
The Olympics were damaged, now they’ve committed suicide.
Ontario is reporting 164 cases of #COVID19 today and 168 cases reported yesterday. Today, there are 45 new cases in the Toronto, 23 in York Region and 22 in Peel Region.
Over 11,500 tests were completed on August 2nd and nearly 11,700 tests on August 1st.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) August 3, 2021
‘Get tested’ for COVID-19 even if you’re fully vaccinated, Fauci says as Delta variant rages
“We used to say if you’re vaccinated and you come into contact with an infected person, you don’t need to do anything. You don’t need to test. You don’t need to isolate,” Fauci said during an interview with Global News reporter Jackson Proskow. “Now, that’s changed. Now, the recommendation is that you should be tested even if you’re vaccinated.”
Men’s menstrual products aren’t even a thing, but that isn’t stopping one California assemblycritter from requiring that the state’s public colleges provide them for free.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said the hastened withdrawal of foreign forces has led to the worsening situation on the battlefield, as the Taliban renewed assaults on major cities.
“The reason for our current situation is that the decision [to withdraw international troops] was taken abruptly,” Ashraf Ghani told the country’s parliament on Monday.
Presenting his security plan, Ghani expressed hope that the situation on the ground will be “under control within six months.”
Corrupt leadership and a military plagued by an unwillingness to fight may have something to do with it as well.
Disney continues to corrupt everything it touches. Since it now owns the rights to Jim Henson’s The Muppets that means The Muppets gets ruined, and by extension our children’s opportunity for quality entertainment. Recently the Disney Muppets spin off TV show, Muppet Babies made beloved character Gonzo into a trans woman, because anyone can be any gender these days.
