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A "fragile and vulnerable" woman has been JAILED for six months for begging on the streets - for just 50p. Marie Baker, 38, who can't read and write, was sentenced without legal representation because she was unable to get a defence lawyer or legal aid. She was caged for 26 weeks at Worcester County Court in February after she twice breached a civil injunction which banned her from begging in the city. But the judge who sentenced her has blasted...

US lobbying association Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is using a spike in violent crimes in the UK to peddle pro-gun laws in the US, despite gun homicides and mass shootings in the States eclipsing UK figures. According to Scotland Yard, there has been a 42 percent increase in so-called "gun violence" and a 24 percent rise in "knife offenses" during the 2016-2017 financial year. The report reveals that a "significant spike in knife and gun offenses"...

A couple have told why they have turned their front garden hedge into an 8ft-tall PAC-MAN. Patrick and Sandra Moyle have spent the last two years shaping the bush to look like the pill-popping game character. They've even designed it so that its mouth includes the road sign for their cul-de-sac in Ivybridge, Devon. Patrick, 66, a retired police officer, said the idea first took root with their son-in-law Thomas Merkl. He was waiting for a knee replacement two years...

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron's general election campaign got off to a flying start yesterday morning with a statement of intent within a few minutes of the Prime Minister's surprise call for a snap election on June 8. Customarily quick off the mark, the LibDem leader rose to Theresa May's challenge: “This election is your chance to change the direction of our country," he announced. “If you want to avoid a disastrous Hard Brexit. If you want to keep Britain in...

A man whose Trip Advisor style review of his PRISON CELL went viral is back behind bars after committing further crimes so he could "clear his head" in custody. Christian Willoughby, 35, hit the headlines exactly a year ago when he posted a Trip Advisor-style review from custody on social media for "light-hearted banter". The review joked he would give his cell at Grimsby Police Station "4 stars. It's the all day breakfast that lets it down really. Apart from...

Britain's first real 'heartbreak hotel' service vows to give couples the chance to wine and dine, relax and then after a romantic weekend get - a DIVORCE. Costing up to a staggering £10,000, the 'quicky-divorce' creation allows partners to vent their arguments and views in neutral territory without hefty lawyer fees. Couples will check in, stay in separate rooms, but promise to settle their affairs and seal their divorce within two days - and be officially split three months later....

A Simpsons superfan is trying to set a new world record after getting Homer tattooed on his arm - 52 TIMES. Restaurant manager Ricky Viner, 32, fell in love with the cartoon series as a child and said he saw Homer as a "father figure". Ricky, 32, of Warminster, Wilts, said: “I was adopted as a kid so in a funny way Homer became the father figure I always wanted.” "I instantly fell in love with the programme when I...

A driver was pulled over for driving without due care and attention after spectacularly missing their turn-off on the M6. Lancashire motorway police spotted the driver of a blue Ford Focus estate attempting a ‘manoeuvre’ at the Tickled Trout on Wednesday afternoon. Watch – "CCTV of vicious hammer attack in Birmingham City Centre" Click Here Watch Video Here

This footage shows a vicious attack on a 15-year-old boy outside of the Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham at 6pm on Feb 6th 2017. The thugs, one carrying a hammer, left the young lad with a fractured skull, after the vicious beating. He is motionless as they casually walk off. West Midlands Police have released the footage hoping to find these two savages.   The clip shows one of the thugs smashing his victim around the face with the hammer...