A high-flying city banker who was snared on Facebook Live by paedophile hunters trying to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex has been jailed for 15 months. Citibank business manager Balachandran Kavungalparambath, 38, travelled over 100 miles to meet the teen after grooming her online. But a court heard how...
A Christian of Pakistani origin was hospitalised after being brutally beaten up by a gang of 'Muslims' - because he had two POPPIES on his car. Tajamal Amar, 46, who fled Pakistan to escape violence, suffered a broken nose and several lacerations to the head and body after being attacked...
A football coach told at birth he would never be able to walk has run two marathons and raised almost £30,000 for charity. Patrick Barden, 24, conquered the London Marathon and the Manchester Half Marathon to raise funds for the cerebral palsy and motor difficulties charity Step and Learn. The...
At a young age it is often hard to save as you need to consider a number of things such as your rent, food, a night out with friends and unexpected expenses, let alone additional funds that you can’t touch for another 40 or so years. So when should really...
By Antony Percy, author of Misdefending the Realm ‘The Communist Threat’? Weren’t the Russians our allies in the Second World War? That might be a common reaction to the idea that the UK faced the challenge of countering Soviet spies and subversives when war was declared on Nazi Germany in...
Misdefending the Realm by historian Antony Percy is an eye-opening account of the Soviet Union’s infiltration of the British government during World War Two, and the shocking failing of MI5 in dealing with the threat effectively. Having thoroughly researched MI5’s activities during the critical era of the Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939...
A father who entered a swimming pool with his son despite being refused entry for trying to pay with an old £1 COIN was threatened with POLICE action. Michael Bury, 42, says he defied staff because his toddler Milo, two, was singing 'swim, swim, swim’ and would have been devastated...
Police are hunting a pair of lowlife thieves who were caught on CCTV distracting a elderly woman before snatching her a purse as she shopped in a supermarket. Shocking footage shows the callous crooks targeting the 87-year-old victim as she wheeled her trolley around an Aldi on Tuesday (24/10). One...
Research suggests that when viewing a house, prospective buyers often make up their mind before they even step through the door. The decision is often made by location, and how the house looks and what state it is in; what estate agents call 'curb appeal'. Some developers have made fortunes by purchasing 'ugly' houses...