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Lee Rigby’s son smashes charity target by five times amount – help boost it

In May 2023, 13-year-old Jack Rigby had to endure the 10th anniversary of his dad Lee’s death. Wanting to make a positive impact, the youngster heroically walked a marathon in a bid to raise £10,000 – £1,000 for every year he has grown up fatherless – and has absolutely smashed his target, hitting £50,000. Jack […]

Police in major ‘Al Capone-style’ crackdown on pop-up brothels rife in UK city

Police are targeting so-called “pop-up brothels” by adopting what one senior officer confirmed as an “Al Capone” approach to crime. Humberside Police are seeking to get to grips with the problem by trying to nail offenders for financial crime, as opposed to going after them in respect of modern slavery offences. In doing so, there […]

The ‘crack den’ estate where kids can’t play due to people having sex outside

New Mexico: Drugs linked to deadly 2021 balloon crash People living in an estate in Middlesbrough are frightened to leave their homes due to “crack dens” and prostitution on their streets. A council meeting was held to discuss the problems on the Newport estate last week with police and partner agencies to raise awareness. Residents […]

CCTV of moment boy racer smashes into bus stop – missing pedestrian by inches

Driver collides into bus station while driving uninsured in Cardiff Shocking CCTV images have shown the moment a teenage boy racer hits a traffic island before ploughing his car into a post box and bus stop, narrowly missing a pedestrian who was forced to run for cover. Ismail Adan, 19, was caught on camera driving […]

Fighting, insults and threats on side-lines blight children’s sport

Some 28% claimed to have witnessed kids facing negative behaviour at a sports club or activity. As a result, 68% of these parents said they or their youngsters had felt uncomfortable because of it but almost one in five parents said no action had been taken to stop it. The NSPCC, which did the study, […]

'They were breaking the rules without a care while my daughter died in lockdown'

On 15 May, 2020, Boris Johnson and his Cabinet colleagues dined on wine and cheese in his Downing Street garden. They’d rushed outside to make the most of the sun after a press conference where Matt Hancock had described the ‘shared sacrifice’ the British public were making during the pandemic. On the same day, just […]

Jenrick doesn't want refugee kids to feel welcome – so I'm giving them gifts

As Robert Jenrick was inspecting a children’s refugee centre in Kent in July, he saw a Disney-style mural and, according to Enver Solomon, CEO of the Refugee Council,  said it gave ‘an impression of welcoming’, which he ‘didn’t want to show.’ So he reportedly demanded it was painted over, and while the Home Office didn’t respond directly […]

Mum 'left her 3-year-old son to drown at water park while on her phone'

A mother allegedly ignored her toddler and was preoccupied on her phone for hours until he drowned at a water park. Jessica Weaver’s 3-year-old Anthony Leo Malave was found in a four-foot deep part of a pool during the soft opening of the Camp Cohen Water Park on the Saturday before Mother’s Day. The boy […]

Transgender women 'won't be treated in female wards in hospitals'

Transgender women will be banned from being treated in female hospital wards in England, the health secretary is set to announce today. Steve Barclay is expected to announce plans to push back against what he calls ‘wokery’ in the NHS in his conference speech later today. He said ‘wokery’ has led to women’s rights being […]