Britain's first gay surrogate parent charged with rape and human trafficking.

Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, and Scott Drewitt-Barlow, 32, the co-owner of Maldon and Tiptree Football Club, are due to appear in court on Friday.

One of Britain's first gay surrogate parents has been charged with rape and human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, became Britain's first gay surrogate parent in 1999.

He and Scott Drewitt-Barlow, 32, the co-owner of Maldon and Tiptree Football Club, are charged with multiple offences.

The pair, from Danbury, Essex, will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Friday.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Barrie Drewitt-Barlow has been charged with three counts of sexual assault on a male, four counts of rape of a man 16 or over, and two counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation.

Scott Drewitt-Barlow has been charged with one count of sexual assault on a male, one count of rape of a man 16 or over, and two counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation.

Essex Police said officers from the Serious Crime Directorate carried out searches at premises in Danbury, Maldon and Braintree on Wednesday and arrested two men.

The force said since then it has been liaising with the CPS.

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Iran says it is in talks with Oman but not the US after Trump says negotiations to resume

  

Iran says it is negotiating with Oman to reach "an understanding" over a temporary route through the Strait of Hormuz to allow commercial shipping to resume.

The statement came after US President Donald Trump said new talks on ending the war in Iran would begin on Monday - and that he had called off "massive" strikes on the country for this purpose.

Trump did not specify who would take part in the talks. Iran, however, said it was not negotiating with the US - and had no plans to do so.

Tehran's denial appears to have irked the US president, who later wrote on his Truth Social media platform that Iran's leadership was "unbelievably duplicitous".

Speaking to reporters at the White House later, he insisted talks were in fact taking place.

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