A Met Police officer who allegedly hit a Wetherspoons drinker over the head with his baton in an ‘unprovoked’ attack claims the display of force was ‘entirely proportionate. ‘ Pc Jack Wood, 26, denies assaulting Jake Smith, 26, who suffered a gaping gash to his skull following the clash on January 5, last year in … Read more
Six-foot bronze crucifix worth £20,000 is stolen from church garden of remembrance in Newcastle as police launch hunt for thieves Brazen thieves took a £20,000 sculpture from a church garden in Newcastle The crucifix was erected in the church’s remembrance garden in 1965 Neighbourhood Inspector Harninder Bola said congregation was ‘devastated’ By Emer Scully For … Read more
A holiday firm has offered keen shoppers £20 coach trips to visit the world’s biggest Primark in Birmingham. Yorkshire Rose Holidays is taking keen spenders from Barnsley, Dewsbury, Wakefield, Pontefract, Castleford, Huddersfield and Brighouse to the sprawling low-cost shop on June 26. Birmingham’s Primark – which opened in April 2019 – is the largest fashion store … Read more
Cinemas, theatres and restaurants could avoid inclusion in Covid passport scheme as ministers plot scaled back programme and question its health benefits Pubs are already excused having to check the vaccine status of punters More firms set to avoid measures critics say will constrict business Review expected to report on the programme scope by the … Read more
A holiday firm has offered keen shoppers £20 coach trips to visit the world’s biggest Primark in Birmingham. Yorkshire Rose Holidays is taking keen spenders from Barnsley, Dewsbury, Wakefield, Pontefract, Castleford, Huddersfield and Brighouse to the sprawling low-cost shop on June 26. Birmingham’s Primark – which opened in April 2019 – is the largest fashion store … Read more
A fortune down the drain? Woman claims she accidentally destroyed her $26MILLION winning lottery ticket at the wash An unidentified regular at a Los Angeles convenience store told workers she had left the ticket in her pants – which she then put in the wash Numbers for the ticket were drawn on November 14 Surveillance … Read more
Sadiq Khan has confirmed he will expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone which is set to cost up to 350,000 motorists £12.50-a-day to drive into London. The newly re-elected Mayor of London will make the zone 18 times larger than it is currently. The move will force owners of older, more-polluting vehicles that don’t comply … Read more
A carer who died suddenly may have passed away as a result of drinking too much – coca-cola, an inquest heard. Stephen Payne died at home in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, on August 11 last year, at the age of 61. Mr Payne had been out shopping with his partner, Tina Carpenter, whom he cared for, and … Read more
Husband who lost his wedding ring while holidaying on a remote island is surprised to learn a snorkeller spotted it around the body of a mullet fish – and his wife is desperate to get it back Suzie Quintal and husband Nathan lost wedding ring in Norfolk Island in January Local snorkeller Susan Prior found … Read more
That cat really must have nine lives! Feline makes death-defying leap from fifth floor of burning Chicago building before calmly walking away Cat survived leap from the fifth floor of a burning building unscathed Video was posted on social media by Chicago Fire Department on Thursday The fire-fleeing feline missed a wall as it came … Read more