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A man born to parents who came to the UK on the Empire Windrush has been forced to miss his daughter's wedding - because he has been denied a British passport. Joseph Bravo, who has lived in the UK for 54 years, says he was unable to travel to daughter Charmaine's wedding in Cyprus because 'he does not exist.' Mr Bravo says he was left heartbroken after being forced to watch the ceremony on Facetime instead earlier this month. The...

A disabled woman with a speech impediment was thrown out of a Wetherspoons pub because managers thought she was drunk. Grace Currie, 24, was ordered to leave when she tried to order a vodka and coke while enjoying a night out with friends. Despite trying to explain that she had suffered a brain injury which caused her to slur her words, a bouncer frogmarched her out the pub. Grace almost died when she was mown down by a car in...

A city dubbed the 'Curry capital of Britain' is in a right pickle - after it was discovered that its rivers are being POLLUTED by the popular Indian dish. An underground river which flows through Bradford, West Yorks, became stained yellow from food waste dumped by local curry houses. The problem lies with Bradford’s ancient plumbing system which means age-old buildings often dump their waste into its subterranean becks One of the major culprits are Indian catering businesses whose washing-up...

A cheeky artist has added their own unique touch to a town highlighting a number of potholes - by drawing bright yellow penises around them. Bright yellow penises painteed around potholes in Haverhill, Suffolk The vigilante graffiti artist, whose identity remains a secret, has drawn the penises in many shapes and sizes in what seems to be a call for action. Pictures show clusters of potholes, each painted with fluorescent yellow phallus, in Haverhill, Suffolk. Bright yellow penises painteed around...

Ant McPartlin, the television presenter, has pleaded guilty to a charge of drink-driving after a crash in London. Seven uniformed police are forming a cordon outside Wimbledon Magistrates where TV presenter Ant McPartlin appeared on a drink driving charge. McPartlin faced a charge of being twice over the limit when he was in a three-car smash. The 42-year-old was held after being involved in a collision with two other cars, one of which was carrying a four-year-old girl. McPartlin was alleged...

An Army hero bravely revealed how she was once a child prostitute who was raped hundreds of times after being pimped out by a man she met at her local mall. Amber Causey, now a celebrated US Army veteran with two children and two master's degrees, has devoted her life to ending the child trafficking trade. 29-year-old Amber was just 16 when she was trafficked by a stranger who flirtatiously dropped a note with his number at her feet. She...

Daniel Roberts invented a procedure where leavings are flash frozen before being encased in resin and polished to a sheen - like bowling balls.

A teenage boy has appeared in court charged with the rape and murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl who was found dead in a park. Tragic Viktorija Sokolova was discovered by a passer-by in West Park, Wolverhampton just before 7am on Thursday (12/4). Nothing could be done to save the teenager, known as Tori, who died as a result of "blunt force trauma to the head". A 16-year-old Wolverhampton boy appeared at Dudley Magistrates Court today (16/4) and spoke only to...

A midwife who was sacked for taking too many sick days has won an employment tribunal - and will be heading back to WORK. Jane Greaves, 46, was sacked from Wakefield Pinderfield's Hospital after contracting a kidney infection at work because the birthing centre didn't have a staff toilet. She said low staffing levels meant she was unable to leave the unit to go to the toilet, which is a two-minute walk away in another department. Her dismissal was described...