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Police release man and woman under investigation after van ploughs into house killing pensioner aged 90

Two people arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a van ploughed through the front of a house killing an elderly woman have been released under investigation. Joan Woodier, 90, was in the front room of her home on a quiet street in Clevedon, North Somerset, when a Ford Transit van crashed into the house on Wednesday night. A woman aged 34 and a 33-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. They have now been...

Watch – A plague of rats the size of small dogs have taken over a neighbourhood

A mother claims a rat the size of a small dog ran up her son's leg after a plague of the rodents has hit her neighbourhood. Kaylee Kennedy, 28, says the rodents are out of control after invading the area around her home. She claims they have chewed through the wires of her car and caused her to run out of gas as she's too terrified to go outside. Kaylee said: "The rats are huge, they are massive. “If you...

Watch – Cop caught on CCTV mowing down man during police pursuit

This is the shocking moment a cop uses his police car to mow down a suspect - before saying 'that's how you deal with that'. Footage shown to a police misconduct panel captured PC Rowan Huskisson, 33, mounting the pavement and driving into pedestrian Sam Whitmore. After seeing him fall to the floor, police bodycam footage caught him saying: "That's how you deal with that". But despite his “utterly unacceptable” behaviour and being found guilty of misconduct, PC Huskisson has...

Police reveal list of timewasting 999 calls including a person who complained about the Red Arrows waking up their baby

A timewaster dialled 999 to complain about their baby being woken up by the RED ARROWS flying overhead, police have revealed. Another person rang the emergency number to moan someone had stolen the fuse from a plug in the staff room so he couldn't watch an England football match on TV. Others who misused the service included people reporting that their pet mouse had escaped and a homeowner in a flap over a squirrel getting into their house. One caller...

Notorious spycop at the centre of Stephen Lawrence Inquiry is finally revealed. Now can we tackle state racism?

  This week the Undercover Policing Inquiry finally releases the cover name used by the most notorious of the police spies that infiltrated anti-racist organisations during the explosion of anger sparked by the murder of Stephen Lawrence, and at the time of the subsequent Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. This officer, referred to as N81 and part of the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) operated under the name of 'Dave Hagan.' Movement for Justice (MFJ) was one of the organisations he was sent to...

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