He was given lifelong ban not to contact her again

Brandy is making a triumphant comeback, and it’s about time. Released at the end of last year, research into festive online searches, from the University of Warwick, suggested brandy is the UK’s favourite Christmas spirit, beating gin, rum, vodka and whisky. Though Christmas is well and truly over, brandy still seems the perfect spirit for supping and enjoying through long, cold winter evenings. The latest expression from the world’s oldest Cognac house, Martell VS Single Distillery is crafted with passion...

A crowd-funded anti-Brexit bus that quoting government figures for the cost of leaving the EU launched today, but got stuck on London's narrow streets. The "Is It Worth It?" campaign bus is making 33 stops on an eight-day tour of the UK. The bus is in Brexit Bus red, but instead of the much back-tracked on claim that Brexit will give Britain an extra £350 million a week to spend on the NHS, this bus has the slogan: "Brexit to cost...

The tiny black cats could be heard crying from within a cardboard box after being tossed into a heap of rubbish

Freedom of Information request revealed last year there were seven instances of children committing sex crimes in Northamptonshire, up two from the previous year

A ceiling fixer has made £400 from selling £10 KFC bargain buckets online - for £100 each. He posted an ad on Facebook selling ‘rare’ ten-piece bargain buckets for £100 from the chicken takeaway chain, which had to close more than half of its stores nationwide due to a problem with their supplier. The man managed to flog each chicken portion for a whopping £10 each - a 1000 per cent mark-up. The 30-year-old said he drove from his home...

A Big Issue seller who spent £30 on a contactless card machine has seen his sales soar - and paid off the investment in a day. Robin Fabian, 50, has been selling copies of the magazine for seven years on his patch close to the University of Bristol. But he was struggling to shift copies because so few of his potential customers carried cash. In a bid to overcome this issue, Robin invested in a £30 contactless card machine –...

Britain's longest-serving councillor has died - after serving his community for almost 70 YEARS. Great-grandfather Lloyd Wilce, 89, joined the authority back in 1949 because he wanted to improve local sporting facilities in his town. His remarkable tenure saw him secure a running track and a swimming pool in the town and twice serve as the town's mayor. The pensioner has also paid visits to the House of Commons and House of Lords, and has twice attended the Queen's garden...

Modern Indian food is in vogue. While Mayfair has reached saturation point, with a ratio of almost one Indian fine dining restaurant per local resident, surrounding areas such as Soho and Marylebone are thriving with more casual restaurants celebrating Indian and South Asian cooking (Kricket, Hoppers, Tamarind Kitchen). Bridging the gap between the two, a second branch of Hankies opened within the Montcalm Hotel near Marble Arch earlier this year, taking over Nirvana Kitchen’s former site. While Hankies’ original London...