Swindon bar's six-day alcohol sales ban
A Swindon bar is to stop selling alcohol for six days after staff were caught serving underage drinkers. Mackenzies, in Wood Street, will also have to close for 48 hours as part of the penalty imposed...
View ArticlePolice find 800 cannabis plants at Ibrox flat
A large-scale cannabis farm worth an estimated £250,000 has been discovered by police in Glasgow. Officers found more than 800 plants when they raided a Copland Road flat in the Ibrox area...
View ArticlePolice response to Liverpool pub shooting investigated
The way police responded to phone calls made before a shooting outside a Liverpool pub is being investigated. Two doormen were shot in the legs...
View ArticleSmuggled uranium-238 seized in Moldova
Moldovan police have seized 1.8kg of uranium-238 in the capital, Chisinau, interior ministry officials say. Seven...
View ArticleSurrey Police warn drug users over 'bad batch' heroin
Drug users in Surrey have been warned by police to be aware of a possible "bad batch" of heroin in circulation....
View ArticleProject to support Ipswich orchards
Ipswich residents are being asked to support a project to bring new life to derelict orchards in the town. Ipswich Borough Council has started...
View ArticleAbsconder highlights 'failings' at HMP Sudbury
The Prison Officers Association (POA) has said "weaknesses in the system" allowed a convicted killer to abscond from an open prison in Derbyshire. Ashley Squires, 27, failed to return to HMP Sudbury...
View ArticleMan named after motorbike crash on A483 in Shropshire
A man who died when his motorcycle crashed into a tree in Shropshire on Sunday has been identified. Alan Hickman, 62, of Church Road in...
View ArticleKenya seizes two tonnes of ivory
Kenyan authorities have seized nearly two tonnes of...
View ArticleManila police admit bungling deadly bus siege
Philippine police have admitted they did not have the skills, equipment or training to handle...
View ArticlePassengers rescued from sinking plane in the Bahamas
The passengers of a small plane that...
View ArticleSomali MPs killed in hotel suicide attack
Islamist gunmen have stormed a hotel close to Somalia's presidential palace and killed at least 32...
View ArticleM&S confirms three store closures in Lincolnshire
Marks and Spencer stores in three Lincolnshire towns will close, the company has confirmed. Branches in Grantham, Skegness and Scunthorpe will close early next year. Campaigns to stop the closures...
View ArticleGuard suspended over disabled ramp row in Manchester
A train conductor has been suspended after a disabled passenger filmed him refusing to help him board a carriage. Qamar Khaliq captured the guard's refusal on his mobile phone as he pleaded with him...
View ArticleIn pictures: Somalia hotel suicide attack
At least 32 people have been killed, including six MPs, in a suicide attack on the Hotel Muna in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Warning - readers may find some of the following images disturbing. Two...
View Article'Bullying' man made partner 'poison' laxative drinks
A "bullying" bodybuilder who tried to "poison" his partner with laxatives as a way of controlling her has been given a 26-week...
View ArticleStudent rises boost house prices in parts of Wales
House prices in some of Wales' university towns have shot up as demand for student accommodation increases, figures suggest. In Carmarthen, the price of property has increased by almost a...
View ArticleClaudy bomb: relatives' justice call over 'IRA priest'
Justice must be served for nine people killed in NI bombings who were "failed" by a cover-up of a priest's suspected role, victims'...
View ArticleWoman sentenced for Exeter gun threat woman
A Devon woman armed with two replica guns had a "death wish" to be killed by police, a court has been told. A "drunk and aggressive" Christine Stafford had aimed one of her guns at...
View ArticleFirms fined £125,000 after worker injured in Newcastle
Two construction firms have been fined a total of £125,000 after a worker fell more than 60ft (20m) from a hospital building site in Newcastle. Steven McColgan, 37, from Edinburgh, was seriously...
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