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Getaway driver with no legs jailed for leading police on 90mph car chases
He used hand operated rods attached to the accelerator and brake pedals to steer the vehicles - but crashed them on both occasions
Man jailed for stealing £26K of chairs that police were “too busy” to investigate
Business owner Jack Whiteley, 69, captured perfect CCTV of thieves making off with garden furniture - even noting down the licence plate of the van they were taken in
Drag queens entertained primary school children on World Book Day in a performance designed to teach tolerance around LGBT issues
Drag queens entertained primary school children on World Book Day in a performance designed to teach tolerance around LGBT issues. Pupils at Parsons Street Primary School in Bedminster, Bristol, shrieked with laughter during the storytelling sessions and joined in enthusiastically with singalongs. Head teacher Jamie Barry invited entertainers from Drag Queen Story Time to come to the school, prompting outcry from some parents but emails of support from others, including many who came along to watch. Drag queen Alyssa Van...
Convicted child sex offender used gardening gloves and a rope made of face towels to escape from prison
Gintautas Urbonas, 52, fled from HMP Peterborough by running ahead of a group being escorted from the gym and scaling the "very high" prison wall
Parents of a talented tot are appealing for help in raising £80,000 for life-changing surgery to allow him to carry on playing football
Ronnie Leys, three, first kicked a ball before he could even walk and was picked for a local team at the age of two.
Man faces life behind bars after being found guilty of brutally murdering an 83-year-old grandfather because he hated dog walkers
A former paratrooper faces life behind bars after being found guilty of brutally murdering an 83-year-old grandfather because he hated dog walkers. Alexander Palmer, 24, repeatedly stabbed Peter Wrighton so viciously in the throat and eye that cops thought he had been savaged by an animal. The retired BT engineer from Banham, Norfolk, suffered nine wounds to his neck and another 22 to his body before his corpse was dragged under brambles. His injuries were so severe that his head...
Met issues first ever ‘Red’ Weather Warning & hundreds of schools closed as UK gripped by the Beast from the East
Freezing conditions continue
Three people die in catastrophic head on car crash with lorry after heavy ‘Beast From The East’ snowfall.
The crash, involving a blue Renault Clio and a white Scania lorry, took place at 6.15am this morning (tue) on the A15 in Baston, Lincs.