A homeless man has been fined hundreds of pounds for missing a £1.50 train fare. Thomas Draper was ordered to pay more than £645 after he did not pay for his fare in August 2017. The 38-year-old’s registered address was a shelter in Bristol and run by charity St Mungo’s....
An 18-year-old Egyptian student has died three weeks after she was brutally battered by a 10-strong girl gang in a suspected racist attack. Mariam Moustafa was left in a coma after being jumped by the group of female yobs outside a shopping centre while she waited for a bus at...
Britain's oldest football fan who never missed listening to a single game of her favourite team on the radio has died - AGED 107. Dedicated Dolly Smith followed Derby County FC for more than 70 years and always wore her scarf every time they played. She remarkably only went to...
The under 20s are an "overlooked generation" when it comes to healthcare and have been neglected , storing up problems for the future, Britain's leading paediatrician has warned. And it's endangering future prosperity with every pound spent on youngsters being returned tenfold over a lifetime, he says. Professor Russell Viner...
A white van man has paid tribute to the late Professor Stephen Hawking by drawing a picture of him on the back of his muddy flower delivery vehicle. Ricky Minns, 42, who goes by the name Ruddy Muddy, spruces up vans in need of a wash by drawing works of...
Facebook has removed the pages of the anti-Islamic group Britain First and its leaders. The social media company said the group had repeatedly violated its community standards. London's mayor, Sadiq Khan has also issued a statement. He said: "Britain First is a vile and hate-fuelled group. "Their sick intentions to...
We cannot now, or in future, be reliant on Russia to heat our homes and keep the economy ticking GMB, the energy union, says the spy poisoning scandal shows the utter folly of relying on Russia to keep Britain’s lights on. Prime Minster Theresa May today announced a series of...
Thousands of families face the awful choice between cutting their working hours or losing their school dinners GMB, the union for school catering staff, has criticised the Government’s new free school meals cap for forcing hard up families off a financial cliff edge. Under the new rules, which come into...
A drinker reckons he found a different kind of spirit in an historic pub - after this spooky apparition appeared in a photograph he snapped on a night out. Tom Evans, 25, took the shot inside the Old Fish Market Pub in Bristol and sent it to a friend. But...