Labour has acknowledged that proposals to cut the number of post offices in half will disproportionately affect the elderly in rural regions. It says ‘nearly half’ of all those nationwide are no longer profitable and subsidies are unsustainable, meaning almost 6,000 of the 11,500 risk being scrapped. Part-time ones, which open a few days aContinue reading “Post Office Closures Will Hit Rural Areas Hardest”
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Marijuana Raid By Bungling Police
An elderly couple who like to keep the heating on at home were left ‘shaking in fear’ when police burst into their home searching for a cannabis farm – after a thermal camera on a helicopter mistakenly identified it as a drugs den. Pensioners Barry and Mavis Lovelock were finishing their breakfast when the ‘terrifying’Continue reading “Marijuana Raid By Bungling Police”
Wheelchair-Bound EasyJet Passengers Stranded On Tarmac
An EasyJet flight left three wheelchair-dependent customers behind when it took off without them. Liz Weir was one of three wheelchair passengers who were left stranded at Belfast International Airport after their flight to Edinburgh flew off with their luggage. She said she was sitting on the tarmac waiting to be boarded after other passengers when the doors wereContinue reading “Wheelchair-Bound EasyJet Passengers Stranded On Tarmac”
This Serial Dine-And-Dash Solicitor Shut The Door On The Delivery Driver Without Paying For A £43 Takeaway Order From Just Eat
After ordering a £43 takeout and slamming the door on the delivery man, a habitual dine-and-dash solicitor was fired. Kerry Ann Stevens told a professional tribunal that she had previously paid online for the Just Eat order from a kebab shop, but this was a deception, and the innocent driver had the money taken outContinue reading “This Serial Dine-And-Dash Solicitor Shut The Door On The Delivery Driver Without Paying For A £43 Takeaway Order From Just Eat”
A Convicted Burglar Who Was Stabbed 16 Times In A Prison Canteen Is Suing The Ministry Of Justice For £5 Million After Being Left Wheelchair-Bound
A convicted burglar who was left wheelchair-bound and ‘unable to work’ after being stabbed 16 times whilst working in a prison canteen is suing the Ministry of Justice for a massive £5 million in compensation. But government lawyers say that because burglar Steven Wilson, 36, had ‘next to no history’ of having earned an honest penny inContinue reading “A Convicted Burglar Who Was Stabbed 16 Times In A Prison Canteen Is Suing The Ministry Of Justice For £5 Million After Being Left Wheelchair-Bound”
An Innocent Man Was Wrongly Imprisoned For 17 Years
An innocent man who was wrongly jailed for 17 years for a crime he didn’t commit faces having to pay for prison ‘board and lodging’ as he blasted his ‘kidnappers’. Andrew Malkinson, now 57, on Wednesday finally won a 20-year battle to clear his name after he was in 2003 given a life sentence withContinue reading “An Innocent Man Was Wrongly Imprisoned For 17 Years”
Dropping Like Flies
British children are on IV drips in Turkish hospitals after falling ill at a five-star TUI resort, with one little girl’s worried mother saying she’s suffered seizures and guests said to be dropping like flies. The Rixos Sungate Resort saw a spate of food poisonings over the Easter holidays, and now TUI is investigating asContinue reading “Dropping Like Flies”
Customers Are Furious After HP Disables Printers If Cheaper Ink Is Used
Hewlett Packard, or HP, have disabled the printers of customers who used ink cartridges from more affordable rival companies. This sparked outrage after they issued a ‘firmware’ update blocking customers from using cheaper, non-HP ink cartridges in their printers. HP printers won’t function now unless they’re fitted with the approved ink cartridges after they wereContinue reading “Customers Are Furious After HP Disables Printers If Cheaper Ink Is Used”
A 45-Year-Old Autistic Man Has Been Held In A Secure Hospital For 21 Years
Tony Hickmott was sectioned in 2001 and moved away from his home in Brighton. The man, who has autism, was held in a secure hospital and treated like an animal. A whistleblower last year said that Tony Hickmott was the loneliest man in the hospital, but after a bruising court battle, he’s now expected toContinue reading “A 45-Year-Old Autistic Man Has Been Held In A Secure Hospital For 21 Years”
The Ministry Of Justice Has Paid £660,000 In Damages
The Ministry of Justice has been forced to pay out compensation to seventeen staff contaminated by dirty needles in drug-ridden prisons over the past six months. Settlements, including legal costs, came to £660,000 from 2016 to 2021 after staff contracted diseases like hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV on the job from sharps injuries. NeedleContinue reading “The Ministry Of Justice Has Paid £660,000 In Damages”
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