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Council 'paints disabled bay around man's car and fines him £70'
Graham Tufft, 66, had requested the disabled parking space as he has a below-knee amputation and other health issues
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Midland man filmed himself raping two women and threatened to 'run over' victim
Rapist Jacob Leslie Simcock, 35, told one victim he would 'run' her 'over' and a second woman that he would petrol bomb her house
Council to take hotel to court after woman, 21, found dead in room
Chloe Haynes, 21, was found dead in her Adelphi Hotel room in 2022
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Man arrested after police spot 'suspicious activity' around parked car
Police arrested a man in his 40s
Police say Epsom church rape suspects at large as crowds gather in protest
Police are yet to identify a group of men who raped a woman in her 20s outside Epsom Methodist Church on Ashley Road between 2am and 4am on Saturday, Surrey Police said.
Fire service update after 'significant incident' leaves man in hospital
A 'close windows' warning was issued following a large fuel tanker fire
Police launch CCTV appeal after car stolen in Brierley Hill
Anyone with information has been asked to contact officers
Man accused of injuring six in alleged crowbar attack at hospital appears in court
Omar Momand, 20, has been charged with a number of offences following the alleged incident at Newton Community Hospital in Newton-le-Willows in December 2025
Key details as shamed pet sitter caught on camera mistreating family's dogs
Paige Williams, 26, was paid £1,400 to look after animals while owners were away - but their tech showed the animals being abused
Tragedy as man's body found in river at Midland beauty spot in 'unexplained death'
Police said detectives were treating his death as 'unexplained'
Ambulance statement after Soho Road ram raiders smash into pawnbrokers
A gang of brazen raiders ploughed a Peugeot 207 into H&T Pawnbrokers this afternoon
Leicester man jailed 15 years for fatal stabbing of housemate faces deportation
Amritpal Singh, 45, was jailed for 15 years after stabbing housemate Amit Kumar, 32, to death during a drunken argument at their Evington home in Leicester
£1,400 pet sitter and partner caught out abusing dogs while owners on holiday
Cameras captured Paige Williams and her partner Bradley Regan Archer attacking the animals at the family's home in Balsall Common
Family pleads for answers after man found injured on pavement dies in hospital
Michael Bennett, 38, has sadly died with police appealing to three witnesses to come forward
Trump posts second controversial image of 'Jesus' saying it might offend 'left lunatics'
The US president's previous, now deleted, social media post depicted him as a Jesus-like figure healing a sick man
What you need to know about Soho Road pawnbrokers ram raid
A car smashed into the shop front in broad daylight - sparking a police appeal for information
New HMRC rule 'now live' and could send costs up for UK households
Making Tax Digital (MTD) system "will be the tipping point" for many landlords, with experts warning "it will be passed on to tenants in rising rents".
Birmingham Soho Road ram raid dramatic pictures as pawnbrokers smashed by gang
Police are hunting a gang of ram raiders after a car smashed into a pawnbrokers on Soho Road
Nationwide urges customers using cash to look out for three words
Nationwide, which has branches in Birmingham, issued an update after Dr Luke Evans, MP for Hinckley and Bosworth, visited a branch Earl Shilton.
Major update after passenger left fighting for life in horror Birmingham crash
A 26-year-old man was in a life-threatening condition after ploughing into a tree on Clapgate Lane