Survivor Recalls Horrific Details of 7/7 London Bombings

Roksana Lecka, a 22-year-old nursery worker at Riverside Nursery in Twickenham, London, was found guilty on June 16, 2025, of assaulting 21 toddlers. A jury at Kingston Crown Court unanimously convicted her of “badly harming” the children earlier this year, according to reports from the Daily Mail. Lecka admitted to seven counts of child cruelty, which included severe acts like kicking a boy in the face and punching a girl in the side. She attributed her actions to exhaustion after consuming cannabis the previous night with her boyfriend. Parents had noticed unusual injuries on their children, prompting them to report the marks and capture photographic evidence. Lecka was suspended from her position in June 2024 after staff members raised concerns regarding the children’s scratches and bruises. Disturbing CCTV footage played during the trial revealed her committing the assaults. She will be sentenced on September 26, 2025, and the presiding Judge Sarah Plaschkes KC has excused the jury from serving again for ten years.

Jamie Varley, a 36-year-old head of year at a secondary school in Blackpool, has been charged with the sexual assault and murder of 13-month-old Preston Davey, whom he was in the process of adopting. Alongside Varley, 31-year-old John McGowan-Fazakerley faces charges related to the case. Both appeared in court on June 13, 2025, following a police investigation triggered by Preston's death on July 27, 2023, at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. According to reports from the Blackpool Gazette, Preston had been taken into care shortly after his birth and placed with Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley on April 3, 2023. Tragically, he passed away just three months later. Varley has been charged with multiple offenses, including manslaughter, assault, child cruelty, and numerous counts involving indecent images. The Cidari multi-academy trust, which operates South Shore Academy where Varley was employed, stated its deep condolences to Preston’s family and emphasized that Varley had been suspended since his arrest in 2023. Both defendants are set to appear at Preston Crown Court on Monday.

A forthcoming documentary titled *Ghosts of Alderney* unveils chilling evidence of Nazi atrocities at the Sylt prison camp on Alderney during World War II. The documentary, directed by Piers Secunda, explores accounts indicating that SS guards used prisoners for target practice, shooting them for amusement on weekends, according to eyewitness testimony from Giorgi Zbovorski, a Ukrainian prisoner held there for 18 months. Zbovorski's daughter, Ingrid, recounts his harrowing experiences, noting that prisoners were bound and shot at random by the guards. Secunda's five-year research highlights a cycle of violence fueled by the head of the SS guards, Otto Hogelow, who incentivized his men to kill inmates by offering them additional leave and provisions for every five prisoners shot. Historian Gilly Carr from Cambridge University emphasized the need for further investigation into these accounts while acknowledging their significance in understanding the brutal conditions endured by over a thousand slave laborers who likely lost their lives on the island, as per last year's review led by Lord Pickles.