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The UK’s worst areas for roadside litter have been identified, amid growing concern that rubbish-strewn roads are becoming increasingly common. More than half of motorists, 55 per cent, say they have noticed more litter while driving. A new AA survey...
Telling a Sick Colleague 'You Let Us Down' Constitutes Harassment, Tribunal Rules A design and technology teacher, Annika Robinson, was awarded £137,112 in compensation after a tribunal found that comments made by her manager following her...
Two neighbours racked up more than £100,000 in legal fees during a five-year row over a fence in Dorset. Jenny Field, 76, and Pauline Clark, 64, have been in dispute since 2020 over a narrow strip of land between their bungalows in Hamworthy, Poole....
The site of Britain’s “wonkiest” pub has been left to decay and is now a “dumping ground” two years after it was destroyed in a suspected arson attack. The Crooked House, in Himley, West Midlands, was gutted by fire in August...
A Worcester homeowner has been ordered to tear down a controversial extension to her 125-year-old terraced house after it both drew fierce criticism from neighbours and was refused planning permission. Rozia Hussain, who owns a local newsagents, added a...
A doctor has pleaded guilty to illegally providing ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry in the weeks leading up to the actor’s death from a drug overdose in October 2023. Dr. Salvador Plasencia admitted to four counts of ketamine distribution, the...
A learner driver, driving without insurance, has been jailed after causing a fatal crash that claimed the life of a 65-year-old woman and left her husband with life-changing injuries. Khizer Ali, 24, was caught on dashcam driving at 59mph in a 40mph...
Suzanne Cherry, a 62-year-old mother of three, was tragically killed by a van while playing golf. Mrs Cherry was struck on April 11 as the van driver was being pursued by police through Aston Wood Golf Club in Birmingham. She had been playing with her...
MPs have voted to eliminate the requirement for a High Court judge to approve assisted dying requests, a move critics say weakens protections for vulnerable individuals. Kim Leadbeater’s Bill committee voted 15 to seven in favour of removing the...
A great-grandfather pulled a gun on his granddaughter during a heated family argument, leading to his arrest. Martin Gordon, 64, was detained in Dudley, West Midlands, on August 11 last year after being filmed brandishing a pistol on a residential street....
