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This is the moment police had a real-life 'Hot Fuzz' moment - by rescuing an escaped SWAN. Two PCSOs found themselves chasing a lost bird near Trowbridge in Witlshire - replicating the scene from the Simon Pegg and Nick Frost blockbuster, But unlike the bumbling antics of Sergeant Nicholas Angel and PC Danny Butterman the officers recovered the stray bird with ease. They even posed for a selfie with the bird in their cop car. PCSOs Maria Badder and Laura...

Nine care homes, all owned by one company, are being investigated by police looking into the deaths of 12 residents. Initially only two homes were named by the local authority, but now seven more care homes at the centre of the police investigation have also been revealed. A total of nine homes - all run by Sussex Health Care - are now being scrutinised following serious concerns over the safety of patients. Last month West Sussex County Council admitted that...

The monks behind a controversial tonic wine have blasted a Scottish confectioner as "highly irresponsible" for making BUCKFAST FLAVOURED SWEETS. Buckfast have struggled to shake off a reputation which has seen the drink directly linked with violent crime and anti-social behaviour. And confectioners Ross's of Edinburgh have now concocted the flavour to appeal to "the younger generation". The sweets, called Buckfast Flavoured Creams, have only been on sale for a few weeks and there is already a growing demand for...

A Range Rover driver who killed a cyclist as he dashed to work after he overslept following a night boozing and snorting drugs has been jailed. Bar manager George Hacker, 26, was more than 90 minutes late for work when he got behind the wheel of his powerful £30,000 Range Rover Evoque. As he was driving to work and chatting to a pal on the phone using Bluetooth he drifted onto the opposite carriageway and smashed head-on into cyclist Simon...

A gung-ho 20-year-old man has been blasted for sparking a huge police manhunt after he joined the French Foreign Legion - without telling his family. Charles Luck has since apologised and admitted his actions were 'idiotic', say family. He was last seen by relatives in June when he apparently left on his way to start a new gamekeeping job in the South of France. But he instead secretly signed up with the military service branch of the French Army, established...

A small but highly-important ceramic dish from Imperial China sold for a world record £28 MILLION. The "virtually unobtainable" brush washer is around 1,000 years old and was commissioned by the imperial court during the Song dynasty. It was made by Ru guanyao, which is one of the most revered of the Five Great Kilns used during this period. The dish, which has a diameter of just 13cm and would have been used to clean brushes, has a glowing, intense...

These are the first pictures of a man shot dead by police after a rush-hour motorway chase. The CCTV footage from 2016 was captured in a locksmiths' shop and showed Spencer Ashworth as he threatened a shopkeeper and demanded he "empty the till". Pete Taylor, 60, said Ashworth came into the shop Avon Lock & Key in Bristol and bought a keyring before returning the next day to return it. He called the police and Ashworth disappeared - but was...

A 15th century mansion with some of the best views in the UK is up for sale for only the third time in history - for £3 MILLION. Historic Harlyn House was the property of one family for over 400 years and was only sold for the first time in 1856 and then again in 1947. The Grade II-listed property stands in five acres near Padstow, Cornwall and boasts breathtaking views of nearby Constantine Bay. It has 31 rooms, 10,000sq...

A primary school has banned an eight-year-old Sikh boy from wearing a religious bangle he has worn since birth - because it breaches the uniform policy. Kaiden Singh was told he would not be allowed to wear his Kara - a silver bracelet worn by many Sikhs as a symbol of faith - because it is classed as jewellery. Kaiden's father Sunnie, 29, has vowed to fight the ban, claiming Summer Hill Primary School in Tipton, West Mids., is discriminating...