A professional rubbish remover has been jailed for repeatedly dumping builders' waste. Robbie Frank Johnston, 32, had a licence to collect commercial waste but he illegally disposed of it in picnic areas and bridleways. The huge mounds of rubble included carpets,baths, mattresses, and garage doors which were left to rot. But much of the waste was traced back to residents who identified Johnston and even provided photographic evidence of the van he used. He was tracked via the DVLA in...

A councillor who walked into a police station to report a serious crime was arrested and locked up - in a case of mistaken identity. Cllr Afzal Shah is a member of his local Police and Crime panel and Labour councillor for the second-most ethnically diverse ward in his city. But when he walked into his local police station to report a crime on behalf of constituents - officers nicked him for an alleged offence of making threats of violence....

The Definition of Nearshore Software Development Remote software development by definition means remote collaboration with customers. In IT the term Nearshoring is associated with outsourcing companies, often located in other countries. Nearshore software development allows the company to reduce the cost of implementing its ideas. Basically, the lower development cost using Nearshoring is related to the lower salary in the country where the outsourcing company is located, in contrast to the payment in the country where the customer is located....

Tonight Liverpool face Roma in the Semi-finals of the Champions League, the first English side for a number of years to get to this stage. The game is also a rematch of the 1984 final, when Liverpool beat Rome, in Rome. Many people will remember Liverpool keeper Bruce Grobbelaar’s shaky leg heroics on the penalty shoot out. Football aside, Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp has another European fascination…Brexit. Speaking to the Guardian he said that Britain should hold a second referendum...

The rollout of universal credit has resulted in an unprecedented rise in demand for food banks in the UK, according to a report from the Trussell Trust. The network of 428 food banks distributed more than 1.3 million emergency parcels for three days' worth of food over the last 12 months, a 13 per cent increase compared to the previous year. They said an increasing number of people — 28 per cent of all referrals — were going to their food...

Toronto police have confirmed that nine people are dead, 16 injured after a driver drove a white rental van into a crowd of pedestrians on a Toronto pavement on Monday afternoon. Authorities say the driver is in custody and have identified a suspect named as Alek Minassian. According to witnesses, the driver appeared to deliberately drive at people, leaving a trail of carnage nearly a mile long. Police have confirmed that the suspect is in custody. Police sources said that...

Tadeusz Polanski was seven years old when his parents moved from Poland to the UK

A man who was convicted of a hate crime after he filmed a pet dog giving Nazi salutes and put the footage on YouTube has been given a £800 fine. Mark Meechan was sentenced after a landmark ruling found him guilty of communicating a video which was "grossly offensive". Mark Meechan leaves Airdrie Sherriff Court, with girlfriend Suzanne Kelly, where he was fined after being found guilty of a hate crime. April 23 2018.  The 30-year-old has been given six...

A collaboration between naturally fast food brand LEON and Aylmer Aaharn, Tuk Shop – a new Thai fast food pop-up – will launch this spring. A multi-national food group based in Bangkok, Aylmer Aaharn – run by chef David Thompson - operates a string of restaurants such as Michelin-starred Nahm, as well as farming and sourcing Thai ingredients used for the production of high quality food products. This Thai expertise will be employed at Tuk Shop, seeing LEON work with...