World News 29-09-2004 who: The Foreign Office what: Accused of plotting to rid Britain of costly Pacific colony where: Pitcairn when: Yesterday snippet: Seven men on the island - famously founded by the mutineers of the Bounty in 1790 - are being prosecuted for a wide range of sexual offences involving under-age girls, reports The Telegraph. The women of Pitcairn, which has a population of just 47, say it is "perfectly normal for girls to have sex as early as 12" and that the British government is conspiring to break up the community to save taxpayers` money. [... more]

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