Broken Britain
Staying within our comfort zones is becoming increasingly prominent
Risk-averse Brits are increasingly playing if safe, with nine out of ten admitting to living within their comfort zones. According to new research seven in ten say they typically try to avoid change or trying new things, preferring the tried and tested. Reasons for people staying put include worrying about what will happen after trying something different, with one in five admitting they’re not very adventurous. How depressing. Nearly a third of Brits will avoid changing their hairstyle to stay within...
Watch – Driving tutor sacked after shouting & swearing at kids on horseback
A Leigh driving instructor has been fired after a video emerged of him shouting abuse at two children on horseback. Craig Allred, who joined the AA Driving School three years ago and has been a qualified instructor for a decade, was caught on camera in a confrontation with 12-year-old Callum Mullock about riding a horse on public roads. The argument broke out on Friday afternoon, while the two schoolchildren were riding their ponies around the roads of Martland Mill. During...
Yobs with sledgehammer cause hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage at car dealership
Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cars have been destroyed after yobs went on the rampage at a dealership - with a SLEDGEHAMMER. A total of 35 cars and three camper vans were smashed by vandals during the attack in the early hours of this morning. Dramatic pictures show rows of vehicles with their front and both windscreens smashed with shards of glass covering the bodywork. The rampage has caused hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage at Lowdham...
Watch – Police chase after suspected Stourbridge murderer
Dramatic Footage captured on a vehicle dashcam shows the moments the murder suspect tried to flee the scene in a Land Rover, which was stolen from the house in Stourbridge, West Midlands. It shows officers chasing the car, which later crashed into a garden wall after it was rammed off the road by police in Norton Road about 30 minutes after the attack. A 23-year-old homeless man has been charged with the murders of a mother and her 13-year-old son...
Bungling burglars spark search after posing for mannequin challenge
Police who released footage of a 'mannequin challenge' as part of a theft investigation are still searching for the final suspect. Roger Bosion, 20 of no fixed address, is wanted in connection with two robberies in Salford. On the 16th November last year, a man was attacked on the street in Salford, Greater Manchester by two men. The men had pulled up in a blue Ford Focus before stealing the victims gold-coloured iPhone 5s. Just five minutes later, a separate...
Teenager refused free ice cream prize because of gambling laws
A mum slammed McDonald's for refusing her 13-year-old son a free ice cream prize - because of GAMBLING laws. Teenager AJ Reeves peeled off a voucher for a £1 McFlurry on his Monopoly Prize Choice wrapper after buying a Big Mac last Thursday (23/3). He returned to the fast-food resturant in Blackpole, Worcester, that evening to claim the prize but was left devastated when staff told him he was "too young". McDonald's say only customers aged 16 and over can...
Telegraph hires phone-hacking Coulson to promote them as “truthful and authoritative”
Telegraph Media Group has hired former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as a PR adviser to improve the publisher's reputation. Coulson, who was imprisoned for charges relating to the phone-hacking scandal, has been brought in to promote the Daily and Sunday Telegraph as truthful and authoritative papers, something a journalist working at the publisher has called “wholly inappropriate” given his background, the Guardian reports. The group’s chief executive Murdoch MacLennan is understood to be one of Coulson’s close friends, and even...
Watch – Shocking! Arsonists set fire to car on homeowner’s driveway
CCTV footage reveals the moment a gang of three men set fire to a Mercedes on a driveway as the owners slept. The masked attackers struck in Selly Wick Road, Selly Park, smashing a rear window before throwing a Molotov cocktail in. A police spokesman said: “However the blaze could easily have caused more damage or resulted in serious injury as it was parked so close to the house. “The three men in the CCTV have their faces covered, but...
Watch – Find these thugs! Shocking moment outnumbered driver is attacked
Two men decide to attack another driver in a road rage incident. The cowards are happy to both attack the man, one of the men even carries a weapon. Allegedly the driver of the Silver Vauxhall Astra cut in front of a white transit van - almost causing a crash. However, that is no reason to launch such a vicious attack. Video footage filmed on a mobile phone shows a raging passenger landing six heavy blows as he leans through the...