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One in 10 Brits know someone who has been made homeless during the last 10 years, a study has found. An ‘out of sight, out of mind’ attitude towards those affected by homelessness is no longer viable, suggests the research. It found the likelihood of a friend or family member finding themselves without somewhere to live is on the up - indicating it is a bigger problem than many feared. Worryingly a quarter of the 2,000 polled think it’s possible...

Nigerian father-of-five Abolaji Onafuye, 54, was jailed for five years at Isleworth Crown Court

University of Leicester boffins figured out how to make your house visible to astronauts on the International Space Station and maybe even Father Christmas as he dashes delivering presents.

“The Home Office published reports about corporal punishment in approved schools … they analysed with charts and graphs how useful lashing was to stop boys from running away. “Nobody asked why the boys were running away … This was state-approved and sanctioned child abuse and it was universally known of.”

Student members of a law society have been given a stern warning from their president after they “clicked fingers” and “waved money” at staff at their Christmas Party. According to reports made public in a Facebook post Newcastle University law students smashed glasses and mocked staff members for where they studied at the event as well as threatening to sue them and waving money and clicking at them. President of the Eldon society Tara Drew emailed members and posted on...

Leary Dalton-Byrne, 18, repeatedly knifed Dean Ward after approaching him in a park and asking for a cigarette

Jamie Patterson, 34, cut a gap-toothed figure in his mugshot after he was arrested following the "nasty and completely unwarranted assault".

Scientists at the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) launched the device in 2011 to measure the world's largest ocean current.

Locals in Cheltenham., Glos, say one neighbourhood has seen 11 parking restriction signs painted over.