Broken Britain

Police are investigating after a couple who cancelled a carpet cleaning job because of a miscarriage claim they were told by the firm: "you deserved to lose your baby". Distressed Dean and Charlotte Coutts booked a session with Clean Carpets Plymouth but called it off when she was rushed to hospital. Two weeks after losing what would have been their first child they were stunned to receive an £85 invoice for the job - but refused to pay. They claim...

Railway buffs were left distraught after parts of their model railway were stolen by metal thieves - worth just £36. The entire 720 foot circuit was stripped of its aluminium running rails and almost a third of the track itself was stolen. But the callous thieves' hard work will earn them just £36, and cost the owners thousands. The track was taken during the early hours of Sunday morning from the Canterbury and District Model Engineering Society, based in Sturry,...

    A prolific burglar who appeared in an infamous set of prison selfies boasting about the cushy regime inside is back behind bars - after reoffending when he was released. Simon Inker, 42, starred in a series of Instagram pictures taken on a smuggled camera showing inmates using PlayStations, cooking steaks and taking drugs. He had been released on licence by the time the scandal broke in November and had returned to his life of crime, committing a string...

Four teenage thugs who hurled a brick through a taxi window which hit an elderly woman passenger leaving her with a fractured skull, have walked free from court. The 77-year-old victim, who hasn't been named, was returning from a performance of 'The Sound of Music' with her husband when they were ambushed. But as the driver came to a junction, four yobs, aged between 15 and 17, leapt from behind trees and threw a brick at the vehicle. Shocking footage...

A shocking video shows a hit and run motorist knocking down a cyclist – and then turning off their lights as they drive away. Police released a 25-second CCTV clip of the 4.30am incident in a bid to catch the runaway driver. It shows the moment a Vauxhall Corsa-type car pulls out of a junction in Swindon, Wilts., and hits a male cyclist pedalling past.   The man is knocked off his bike and tumbles to the ground before getting...

A woman left her ex-boyfriend unconscious in the street after she attacked him – with her CRUTCH, a court heard. Angry Aimee Pryor, 23, launched the assault on her former partner after they “exchanged words” outside a bar in Hull, East Yorks. Her victim, who chose not to be named, described it as a “completely unprovoked attack” which left him bleeding from a cut to his head. But despite the brutal beating with the metal crutch, Pryor and her co-defendant,...

A father who admitted beating up his German Shepherd using ‘frightening’ training methods has been spared jail. Neighbours of Dariusz Jakimowicz, 34, described hearing ‘whipping noises’ coming from his home on a daily basis as the dog ‘yelped’ and ‘screamed’ out in pain. They managed to catch him on camera punching the animal named Zeus, before battering it with a metal pole as it tried to get away. One, who recorded the abuse on her mobile phone, told Luton Magistrates...

Police are hunting "industrial fly-tippers" who dumped 50 huge blocks of compressed recyclable rubbish at a beauty spot popular with mountain bikers and walkers. Tens of thousands of discarded plastic bottles, bags and cardboard boxes which had been compacted into 10ft-high cubes were left strewn across the path. Cyclists and walkers were forced to squeeze past the stinking piles of trash after they were discovered on the route between Biddulph and Brindley Ford, Staffs., on Saturday (28/1). Staffordshire Police and...

A top bar has come under fire for hosting an under 18's Valentine's event which seems encourages youngsters to have sex - called 'Pop Ya Cherry Parties.' Teens are being targeted by new events company 'Pop Ya Cherry Parties' who are holding their first night in an exclusive members bar on 13th February for children aged 14 to 18. They describe themselves as "the newest and most exciting provider of under 18's clubbing in the UK" and claim to throw...