Council worker avoids prison after stealing £72,000 to pay off Kenyan scammers
Amirum Begum worked at Portsmouth City Council (Picture: Solent News) A council accountant has avoided prison time after she stole more than £70,000 of taxpayers’ money to pay off Kenyan…
Former working men’s club made famous by Full Monty goes up in flames
The former working men’s club shut down in 2018 (Picture: Shutterstock) Sheffield firefighters battled to save a former working men’s club – made famous by the 2000 film The Full…
Police officer gets escorted drive around Mayfair after Met seizes rare Ferrari
The seizure of this Ferrari Monza gave one officer the opportunity of a lifetime (Picture: Met Police) A Met crackdown on antisocial drivers in central London led to a police…
Helicopter dispatched in search for missing 11 and 12-year-old schoolgirls
The two girls vanished together – police have launched a major search (Picture: Warwickshire Police) A massive search is underway for two young girls, Angelica and Verity, who are missing…
Student police officer arrested after ‘kidnapping and raping woman’
Officers pursued a vehicle after a distress call from a woman in her 20s, the force said (Picture: Getty Images) A serving student police officer has been arrested on suspicion…
Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism cancels book tour after resigning
Arday made history in 2023 as Cambridge’s youngest Black professor (Picture: ITV) Professor Jason Arday has called off upcoming events to promote his book amidst a plagiarism row with the…
Predator used nickname ‘Epstein’ to force more than 100 girls to self-harm online
Some of his victims had self-harmed and carved his aliases on their skin (Picture: NCA) A 17-year-old forced girls to self-harm and perform sex acts in a campaign against more…
Funeral for British ‘crime group affiliate’ gunned down in US takes over London streets
Salis Hanrahan’s funeral took place in Hayes on Monday Traffic in a corner of west London came to a standstill as hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of a…
Why are there so many flies around?
Just tell them to buzz off (Picture: Getty/Metro) Buzzzzzzzzz buzz buzz buzzzzz buzzz buzzz. There’s a good chance that you’re hearing this sound as you read this – UK homes…
Boy, 14, dies from rare brain tumour after doctors dismissed symptoms as ‘migraines’
Max Hall died on Saturday after battling a high-grade glioma (Picture: SWNS) A 14-year-old boy has died from a rare brain tumour after his concerns were dismissed as ‘migraines’. Max…