Man used old reduced-price stickers at Asda self-checkout to commit £800 fraud
Robert Byrne, 36, got a "buzz" out of fiddling the cost of items at the self-service tills in Asda
Suspected Florida MAGAbomber dreamed of becoming WWE wrestler & obsessed about women
Cesar Altier Sayoc faces 48 years in prison after being accused of sending 14 pipe bombs to well-known Democrats including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Deptford pays homage to Kath Duncan 100 years on from key civil and LGBTQ rights battles
The International Deptford Heritage Festival will pay homage to Kath Duncan 100 years on from key civil and LGBTQ rights battles with a production of the play Liberty. Red Blouse Theatre, a local radical theatre company first formed in the 1930s and newly re-formed for the festival, will stage the ...
Restaurant Review: Zuma London
Since launching in 2002, Zuma has become renowned as one of London’s (if not the world’s) best loved contemporary Japanese restaurants. Introducing the Japanese robata grill to Europe, Zuma’s original site occupies an isolated Knightsbridge side street, launched by chef/restaurateur Rainer Becker and business partner Arjun Waney. Born in in ...
Council housed boy, 17, in a tent who then became emaciated & detained in psychiatric hospital
A vulnerable 17-year-old who was housed in a tent by a council became emaciated and was detained in a psychiatric hospital, the local government watchdog has said. The shocking story will leave many aghast at how the council dealt with this young man, who can't be named for legal reasons. ...
Son of ‘real-life Apu’ says dropping Simpsons character would be a mistake
Amar Shah, 38, said his father Harish, who move to the USA from India in 1968, had a lot in common with Apu
Brexit has turned into an abusive relationship
With indications of economic turmoil, countless job losses, food shortages and with peace in Northern Ireland on the line the notion that British people can be bought off with blue passports and a commemorative coin has been branded a vacuous attempt at self-congratulatory symbolism by commentators today. Even the chancellor himself ...
Budget “more trick than treat” as Amazon let off & potholes get more cash than pupils
I don't know how the Government have the cheek to say austerity is over then deliver this budget with a straight face says GMB Union Chancellor Philip Hammond’s budget has been ‘more trick than treat’ after Amazon were given a free pass until 2020 at least and school children were handed a ...
Man jailed for homophobic bus attack which left teen ‘scared for his life’
'He came towards me and I was just frozen, I couldn’t move or speak but I remember everything he said. He was shouting “you f*cking gay boy”.'