Student Jailed For Mowing Down Doctor After Failing to Clear Frost From Windscreen

An uninsured driver who killed a female doctor on Zebra crossing in January 2017 after failing to clear frost from his windscreen has been jailed for 10 months. Alexander Fitzgerald, 26 of Selwood Road, Essex, was sentenced at Kingston...

Junior Doctor Jailed

Dr Raza Laskar Found Guilty of Grooming and Sexually Abusing Children A junior doctor from Greater Manchester has been sentenced to seven years behind bars after being found guilty of sexually abusing a child and grooming and abusing a number...

Ten Years of Trauma

7/7 Survivor Says Britain Needs to Combat Homegrown Terror 7th July 2005 is a day which Sajda Mughal will never forget. An average Londoner on her way to work, she sat on the Piccadilly tube on the London Underground -...

Ikea store set to close in Birmingham City Centre

Ikea announced the shop in Dale End will be set to close on 9th August because of "a number of factors" which included the location of the shop. The shop is part of the broader Martineau Galleries plans, opposite new...

Child Grooming “Normalised” in Manchester

Report suggests sexualisation of children contributing to child exploitatation A report suggests that children are being exposed to sexually explicit material via music videos and the internet, which may be escalating abuse cases. It states in some parts of Manchester...

Fly-tipping Costs Taxpayers £58m

At a cost of £58m, more than one million incidents of fly-tipping were dealt with by councils in England in 2016-17. It was the fourth year in a row that incidents increased. Around 56,000 fixed penalty notices were handed out by...

Police Awards Ceremony Recognises Bravery of Officers and Members

Imran Hussain and Ali Kurnaz Both Recognised for Bravery A prestigous awards ceremony recognising the courageous and innovative actions of local people and police officers to tackle crime and improve their communites has been held in Wakefield. Mark Gilmore, Chief Constable...

New Historic Low for Interest Rate, 0.25%

Mark Carney, the Bank governer, has announced a slash in the UK interest rate from 0.5% to 0.25% There’s been a sharp drop in the services sector, a slowing of the construction industry and a fall in factory activity. Last month,...

Owen Smith Now Sole Challenger Vying for Labour Leadership

After dropping out of the race, Angela Eagle has thrown support towards Owen Smith, the only remaining contender in the Labour leadership race. Before getting into politics, Smith worked as a BBC producer and lobbyist for Pfizer, an American pharmaceutical...

Singer-Songwriter Sees Her Fans for the First Time

Farhana Ali Relied on Glasses to Correct Her Poor Vision As an aspiring pop star, Farhana Ali longed to know if her audiences were enjoying themselves when she performed live. The short-sighted 27-year old-relied on glasses to correct her poor...