Over a third of domestic violence cases are discontinued because the victim has withdrawn their support for a prosecution, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. Law firm Simpson Millar has obtained figures from 38 police forces regarding instances where domestic violence crimes were recorded, with the majority been dropped ...
By Geoff Prescott, Chief Executive Lepra There are countless articles about how our departure from the EU is going to affect people living in the UK, but there are very few about what it means for UK international charities and their overseas beneficiaries. Wherever one stands on the Brexit issue, ...
A self-styled grammar vigilante has been correcting rogue apostrophes on a city's signs - for the last THIRTEEN years. By day the anonymous crusader is a highly-qualified professional with his secret known only to a handful of close family and friends. But at night he becomes a shadowy figure who ...
As UK theatres fret over how to respond to the increasing national and global crises that are hitting or emerging from our shores in wave after wave of tsunami like proportions: Brexit, Syria, the refugee crisis, Russia, Crimea, Ukraine, Belarus, the Greek meltdown, Egypt, Spain, the Occupy movement, Trump, Brexit, ...
By Michael McNulty With the release of Going in Style on Friday we've been thinking about the best heist scenes in film so get your team, your gloves and safe cracking tools together and settle in, here are five of the best heist and robbery scenes that film has to ...
A jail which has been home to some of the most notorious inmates in British history is set to become student accommodation. The infamous lags who have set foot in HMP Canterbury, in Kent, during its 205 year history include the Kray twins and disgraced cricketer Salman Butt. But since ...
It's best not to read this if you hate your job... Do you feel like you’re stuck in the rat race and have you ever found yourself daydreaming about packing it all in, working for yourself; doing something creative or meaningful? That’s exactly what brothers Ben and Harry Tucker did ...
Police who released footage of a 'mannequin challenge' as part of a theft investigation are still searching for the final suspect. Roger Bosion, 20 of no fixed address, is wanted in connection with two robberies in Salford. On the 16th November last year, a man was attacked on the street ...
CCTV footage reveals the moment a gang of three men set fire to a Mercedes on a driveway as the owners slept. The masked attackers struck in Selly Wick Road, Selly Park, smashing a rear window before throwing a Molotov cocktail in. A police spokesman said: “However the blaze could ...