The bus lane bandits! More than 80% of fines for driving in bus lanes are overturned on appeal as councils are accused of turning roads into ‘money-making traps’ Figures show up to 86% of fines for driving in bus lanes are overturned on appeal In Doncaster 526 of 658 drivers who appealed were let off in … Read more
Students who want to appeal against ‘carefully considered’ A-Level grades awarded to them by teachers amid the coronavirus pandemic could be forced to take a gap year before taking tests, the exam watchdog has warned. Yesterday, teachers were told to submit ‘fair and carefully considered’ GCSE and A-Level grades for their pupils, in lieu of … Read more
Billionaire Dubai ruler Sheikh Al Maktoum’s last ditch-bid to keep details of his martial feud with wife Princess Haya secret is rejected by the Supreme Court Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 70, married sixth wife, 45, in 2004 Believed to have fled Dubai last year and applied for court orders over children UAE Prime … Read more
Princess Haya arrives at appeal court with her lawyer Baroness Fiona Shackleton to learn if estranged husband Sheikh Al Maktoum has won right to secrecy in long-running legal row Ruler of Dubai wants to keep two judgments relating to the legal row in secret Lord Justice Underhill will decide on the issue today at Court of … Read more
Met Police ridiculed for posting rude photo of two ‘inappropriately posed’ baton rams in bizarre tweet asking people to report their neighbours for drug-dealing The safer neighbourhoods team for Borough and Bankside tweeted the image A picture of two battering rams was posted in an appeal to catch drug dealers One social media user questioned … Read more