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Speeding drivers slowing down due to scarecrows…including a mooning policeman
Scare tactics were being used on speeding drivers in a quaint village - by effigies of Donald Trump waiting at a bus stop and a mooning policeman. Rather than lobbying the local authority with demands for speed cameras to be installed, villagers took an innovative DIY approach to the problem. Somerton Villagers have filled their streets with scarecrows in an effort to stop people speeding through. Homemade scarecrows have popped up along the edge of the road in Somerton, Oxon,...
Driver lucky to be alive after wrapping car around a lamppost
A driver had a miracle escape when they lost control of their sports car and ploughed into a LAMPPOST. Shocking images show how the Toyota MR2 was almost ripped in half by the impact of the collision at around 5pm on Sunday (17/9). Incredibly, the motorist managed to walk from the mangled wreckage with just minor injuries following the horror smash near Alvaston, Derbs. Derbyshire Police said the driver crashed the flash motor after hitting standing water on the A50...
In Pics – Kate Moss, Stormzy & Jourdan Dunn run the gauntlet of anti fur protestors
Celebrities including Stormzy, Kate Moss and Jourdan Dunn were heckled by animal rights protesters as they turned up for Saturday night’s Burberry catwalk show in central London. The event was due to kick off at 7pm but was delayed by 15 minutes due to the vocal protesters. Model Kate Moss runs a gauntlet of protestors lined with police officers as show appears at a London Fashion Week event, September 16 2017. Activists lined the red carpet outside the Clerkenwell venue...
Car booter unwittingly buys stolen £30,000 painting for £40 before handing it to police
A shopper bought a £40 painting at a car boot sale - and discovered it was a £30,000 original by Dame Joan Collins’ son stolen from a multimillionaire. Lee Broadway, 42, unintentionally found himself at the centre of the international art theft when he innocently bought a rolled up canvas from a Bank Holiday car boot. It was only when he pulled the painting depicting the devil playing cards out of the cardboard tube at home he realised the true...
Drug smuggler drove 7,000 miles to Iran & back to UK only to get caught at final border check
A globetrotting opium smuggler took a 7,000 mile-round car trip then got arrested with a stash of heroin - just a few miles from his final destination. Bungling drug mule Bahram Badiani, 47, was caught with 6kg of heroin hidden in the fuel tank of his BMW – which had forced him to make dozens more petrol stops on the journey return trip to IRAN. The car used by drug mule Bahram Badiani. Police arrested him as he tried to...
Real-life Saving Private Ryan… four brothers who went to war 100 years ago
The story has emerged of the real-life Saving Private Ryan - four brothers who went to war 100 years ago and only ONE. came home. Privates William, George, Ernest and Harry Rea all went to the front line of the Great War - but only Harry survived. William, of the Bedfordshire Regiment, lost his life in the Battle of Passchendaele on September 14, 1917. His two siblings George and Ernest were killed shortly before him, while his other brother Harry...
Eight-year-old rescues five people in three days on his kayak
An heroic eight-year-old boy rescued FIVE people from a treacherous stretch of coastline - in the space of just two days. Brave Steffan Williams was out kayaking when he spotted three tourists - an elderly woman and two teenagers - huddled on a rock. He quickly fetched his rubber dinghy and then towed the terrified trio back to the shore. Steffan Williams on the lifeboat slipway in New Quay near where the rescues happened. And just two days later he...
MOVING WITH THE TIMES: London house seller willing to accept Bitcoin as payment
A posh townhouse has been put on the market with the owner willing to accept BITCOIN - in what is thought to be a UK first. The three bedroom, three bathroom home in Peckham, London, has been valued by estate agents at £1.65 million. And while owner Daniel Roy will be accept Sterling, he is also open to offers "in excess of 500 Bitcoin". The controversial cryptocurrency was launched in 2009 and is free from government control. It allows users,...
A motorist died after he parked on M5 and was hit by a lorry
A motorist has died after he parked in a hard shoulder and was hit by a lorry. The M5 northbound was shut following the smash at 4.40am today (Thurs) causing miles of tailbacks during the morning rush hour. Police have found the victim's car on the hard shoulder and believe he parked up and got out before he was stuck by the HGV and then other vehicles. The horrific crash took place between J16 and J14 in South Gloucestershire and...