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Two teenagers arrested on suspicion of murder after 14-year-old girl is found battered to death in a park
Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 14-year-old girl who was found battered to death in a park. Officers were called to picturesque West Park in Wolverhampton after the schoolgirl's body was found by a passer-by at around 7am on Thursday (12/4). West Midlands Police said it quickly became apparent that nothing could be done to save her and she was pronounced dead at the scene. A post mortem has since revealed the girl, who has...
Watch: Waitress makes meals for the homeless & has dished up 75,000 in six years
A kindhearted waitress whips up fresh meals for the homeless in her community and says she has dished out 75,000 DINNERS from her own kitchen. Granny Gloria Lewis, 54, spends her weekends making 225 fresh dinners and 180 breakfasts from her two-stove, four-fridge kitchen after years of living on the brink of homelessness in her low-income job. Gloria, who moved to the US from Barbados in 1987, spends $700 on groceries every weekend to make dozens of home-cooked meals for...
Man filmed firing racial abuse at black woman on a train
A man who launched a foul-mouthed rant at a black woman on a train after she asked him to stop swearing is being hunted by police. The white passenger hurled verbal abuse at the unidentified woman who was travelling with her children when she politely asked him to watch his language. The dark-haired man, who appears to be in his 20s, who also claimed he was carrying a knife during the incident last week. In a video taken by another...
Animal group slams farm supplying Nando’s, Lidl and Asda after filming footage of chickens living next to corpses in cramped and squalid conditions
This shocking footage filmed by animals rights campaigners shows the squalid and cramped conditions of chickens living at a farm which supplies Asda, Lidl and Nando's Thousands of birds have allegedly been forced to live alongside the carcasses of rotting corpses in sheds with no natural light. The video, released by animal welfare charity Peta, shows the small chickens cooped up in long rows with barely any walking space at Stewkley Farm, Bucks. Other distressing images of a dead bird...
Campaign to change name of road named Bell End gets nobbled by rival campaign to keep it up!
A counter petition was set up to save the rude-sounding road in Rowley Regis, West Midlands
Men living in UK’s most deprived areas are likely to die nearly 11 years sooner than their better off peers
Northern poor men are more likely to die younger than poorer women, a new study found. Men living in the UK's top five deprived areas of Middlesbrough, Knowsley in Merseyside, Kingston-upon-Hull, Liverpool or Manchester are likely to die nearly 11 years sooner than their better off peers. Although life expectancy is increasing overall and the life expectancies of men and women are converging, any improvements are slower paced in more deprived areas, with the net gap between rich and...
Mugger spared jail despite turning up to court with a knife
Stuart Cooke, 43, triggered a metal detector at Warwickshire Justice Centre as he tried to conceal the blade in his hand
Husband jailed for forging ex-wife’s signature on divorce papers as she was treated for cancer
Nicky Jones, 44, applied for a divorce without the knowledge of wife Lucy, 41, only discovered the letters by chance
Handing swollen goods: policeman forced to quit after working as prostitute on sick leave
Former Detective Constable Richard Holder, 41, set himself up a male gigolo on escort website Adultwork.com