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A bargain shop has been handed the biggest ever fine after inspectors discovered a rodent infestation that was so bad some of the rats were DEAD. Poundland was fined £100,000 and forced to shut after health inspectors discovered a widespread and uncontrolled rodent infestation throughout the store. Mouse droppings and evidence of urine were found on food shelves alongside gnawed and soiled packets of biscuits, nuts, sweets and popcorn. Droppings were found throughout the store and the behind-the-scenes storage areas...

A perverted loner who smuggled a grotesque sex doll of a CHILD into the country has narrowly avoided a jail sentence. Paedophile Brian Hopkins, 40, had a vast collection of sickening images and wanted to add the 3ft 9in mannequin to his sordid inventory. But he was caught out when Border Force officers discovered the doll at Stansted Airport, addressed to Hopkins' home in Plymouth, Devon. The flat-chested doll was 'anatomically correct' and immediately raised suspicions as it came in...

A pub known as the luckiest in the UK after three separate million-pound lottery wins in the last four years is sporting a new lucky sign. Cashing in on the unlikeliest of winning streaks, the Mallard's brand new sign welcomes visitors to 'The Lucky Duck'. Pub regular, Dave Long, smashed odds of more than 283 billion to one when he scooped two separate million pound prizes on the Euromillions in two years. But then, to top off the streak, the...

A highflying banker was chased down The Mall by angry teachers after they noticed his manhood was 'poking out from his shorts' as he sat next to young girls. Robert Moore, 56, was confronted after the Italian teachers became concerned over how 'unusually close' he was to four schoolgirls on a bench in St James's Park, central London. The American, who flits his time between his home in New York and a £1.3 million London pad, was sat next to...

A shocking video shows a group of 30 youths launch a vicious attack on a special needs victim that witnesses feared could have killed him. The disturbing footage, which was widely shared on social media, appears to show a teenager initially shoving the defenceless man to the floor. Several members of the yobbish teen group then proceed to kick, punch and stamp on his head and body while he lies helplessly on the ground. A shocking video shows a group...

An estate agent who famously survived eight days locked in a box after being kidnapped by crazed killer Michael Sams in 1992 has died of cancer. Michael Sams Stephanie Slater, 50, was held in a cramped wooden coffin for over a week after she was taken captive by the convicted murderer at the age of 25. She was snatched and held at knifepoint by one-legged Sams who pretended to be a potential buyer of an empty property in Great Barr,...

  A devoted barber chose to give his one-legged client a fresh trim OUTSIDE - because his mobility scooter wouldn't fit inside the shop. Kieran Worthington, 28, moved his clippers and scissors outside to give Billy, whose in his 70s, a short back and sides in the reflection of the shop window. The barber realised that poor Billy didn't have crutches and his mobility scooter only had 'one speed' fast setting. It meant that the scooter couldn't be navigated inside...

A homeless man has appeared in court charged with killing a mum and her teenage son during a triple stabbing. Aaron Barley, 23, is accused of murdering Tracey Wilkinson, 50, and her son Pierce, 13, at their detached family home. Businessman Peter Wilkinson, 47, was also knifed six times at the £600,000 property in Stourbridge, West Mids, on March 30, but survived the brutal attack. He was discharged after two weeks in hospital and has since spoken of the agony...

A thug who killed a grandfather with a single punch following a petty pub row has been jailed for six years. Ashley Lawman, 25, got into a row with 60-year-old John Olver after exchanging no more than five words. They took their disagreement outside, where Lawman felled the grandfather-of-seven with a single blow before telling bystanders: "He started on me". He pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Plymouth Crown Court in Devon, where relatives of Mr Olver said their family had...