Almost 4,000 motorists are being captured by CCTV cameras in London contravening moving traffic laws every day, a new investigation shows. Fines dished out for offences including incorrect bus lane use, performing a prohibited left or right turn, failing to comply with a no entry sign, stopping in yellow box junctions and others increased by 30 … Read more
At the weekend, I noticed how, even in its infancy, coronavirus is already beginning to influence our habits. Hundreds of people had gathered in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, for the annual literary festival. Walking along the seafront to the Jubilee Hall, where the events take place, I bumped into an old friend. I noticed he was wearing … Read more
Family members watched in horror as a three-year-old girl was ‘thrown higher than a house’ as an inflatable trampoline exploded, an inquest heard today. Ava-May Littleboy was playing on the trampoline on the beach at Gorleston, Norfolk when it exploded beneath her with a loud bang, ‘like someone had set off a cannon’. Little Ava-May was … Read more
A boat carrying up to 113 migrants from Africa to Europe has been intercepted off the coast of Spain as it attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The sub-Saharan migrants disembarked late last night at a port in Malaga, southern Spain after they were picked up as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean in a … Read more
Cheeky sea lion hitches a ride on the back of fishermen’s speedboat and tucks into their catch The sea lion perched itself on the back ledge of a fishing boat off coast of Mexico Footage shows the mammal helping itself to food while a fisherman pats its back The playful animal basks in the bright … 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