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police officer who worked as part of a child protection team has been jailed
A former police officer who worked as part of a child protection team has been jailed after being caught with indecent images of children for the second time in a year. Robert Branney, 71, who served in the police for 28 years, was initially caught last year after he went on internet chatrooms with other paedophiles. He was given an eight-month suspended sentence in May 2016 for possessing indecent images on his laptop, many in the most severe category. Now...
Woman loses six stone and ‘looks ten years younger’ thanks to extreme diet 95 per cent fruit based
A legal secretary lost almost six stone and claims she looks a decade younger thanks to a diet which sees her eat 95 per cent FRUIT. Fresh-faced Rebecca Rosenberg also says she has banished her lifelong acne problem and cured herself of MS since becoming a fruitarian. The 33-year-old munches on ten peaches, oranges or apples, a family-size bag of grapes or an entire watermelon in a single sitting. She guzzles 1.5 gallon smoothies, devours ginormous salads and gets through...
Pregnant mum creates a buzz with maternity photos – which show 20,000 BEES swarming around baby bump
A pregnant mum has created a buzz after posing for maternity photos - with 20,000 BEES swarming around her baby bump. Brave Emily Mueller got the honeybees to settle on her stomach by holding the queen bee in a cage in her hand. The 33-year-old is a full-time beekeeper who keeps 24 hives containing around 1.2 millions bees and says she’s been stung a whopping 350 times this year alone. But she said she wasn’t scared about having the photos...
Man cheated death when a rogue plank of wood flew off a van and smashed through his windscreen
A man cheated death when a rogue plank of wood flew off a van and smashed through his windscreen - just centimetres from his chest. David Smart's life was saved by his own steering wheel, which blocked the path of the piece of timber but was bent in the process. However, he still suffered serious injuries and is tomorrow (Fri) having surgery to amputate the top part of his index finger, say relatives. A shocking photo posted on Facebook...
Teacher jailed for sending naked selfies to schoolgirl with smiley face EMOJIS covering his modesty
A secondary school teacher has been jailed after he sent naked selfies of himself to a schoolgirl - with his genitals covered by smiley-face EMOJIS. Pervy Christopher Wood, 33, sent the explicit pictures of himself to the teenage pupil on Snapchat, who then responded by sending a topless snap of herself. A court heard he had a "sexual interest" in schoolgirls and also made internet searches for '"student, teacher and sex" before he joined the school in 2015. The Chemistry...
A $1 million prize has been announced for anyone who can solve an allegedly “simple” chess puzzle.
A $1 million prize has been announced for anyone who can solve an allegedly "simple" chess puzzle. Researchers have thrown down the gauntlet to computer programmers to find a solution to a chess puzzle -- but it could take thousands of years to solve. Computer scientist Professor Ian Gent and his colleagues at the University of St Andrews are now challenging computer programmers to solve it for $1 million (£776,478). They believe any programme capable of solving it would be...
Diana “superfan” splashed £3,000 travelling from Australia to lay flowers at Kensington Palace, on the 20th anniversary of her death.
A self confessed Diana "superfan" splashed £3,000 travelling from Australia to lay flowers at her former home, Kensington Palace, on the 20th anniversary of her death. An emotional Trish Hoskin, 56, told how she desperately wanted to attend Princess Diana's funeral in 1997, but couldn't due to work commitments. The software developer said when she realised the 20th anniversary of Princess Di's death was approaching she arranged flights from Adelaide as she 'had to be in London to pay tribute'....
Health spa boss says alleged victim was in gay relationship with masseur
A female health spa boss accused of drunkenly groping a male client claimed he had been in a gay relationship with his masseur, a court heard today (thurs). Kerry Brocklebank, 43, said she may have interrupted an "inappropriate relationship" when she walked in on her alleged victim as he was waiting for a massage. Jurors heard that the man - who cannot be named for legal reasons - was lying on a massage table just in his underpants and in...
Drug dealers caught with 11kg of cannabis – and a SUBMACHINE GUN
A pair of drug dealers were caught with 11 kilograms of cannabis - and a SUBMACHINE GUN. Dajour Shakeem Da Costa, 21, and Jordan Oxley, 22, were arrested after police discovered their Skorpion submachine gun, a type of submachine gun once used by Soviet Union special forces. Cops seized the weapon along with cannabis worth an estimated £125,000, weighing scales, drug paraphernalia, mobile phones and a large amount of cash. Da Costa and Oxley, both from London, have now been...