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A 42-year-old San Francsico Bay Area woman is in jail charged with statutory rape for allegedly having sex with two boys under 15. Police say Christine Shreeve Hubbs of Livermore, about an hour east of San Francisco, has been having sex with the boys for a year and a half. Livermore Police say she sent photos of herself nude to the boys from her cell phone. Investigators say she would pick up the boys in her black Hummer and take them to various locations in Livermore to have sex with them. She regularly gave the boys Visa gift cards and...

Plans to ban the manufacture, import and sale of most kinds of replica guns have been outlined by the government. The measures are included in the Violent Crime Reduction Bill. The bill proposes an increase in the age limit for buying knives from 16 to 18, and search powers for head teachers who suspect they are being carried. Binge drinking-related disorder will also be addressed, with proposed plans such as suspending alcohol sales in bars that persistently sell to minors. Higher sentences The proposals are part of the government's attempts to restore "respect" in communities, town centres, and schools, which...