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Rosie Chamberlain, 3, waves a flag as thousands of people pack into Trafalgar square for the London Heroes return event for the Great Britain Olympic team, London. 18 October 2016.

In Pictures: A Hero’s Return For GB Athletes in London

Team GB Olympians and Paralympians received a hero's welcome home today in London, with thousands of people gathering in Trafalgar Square to see the returning athletes after a successful summer. A GB record was set this summer after our athletes returned with 67 medals, which is two more than they...

GV of the Libra Club, Summerhill Road, Birmingham.   Six crooks who ran a multi-million pound brothel which serviced up to 200 customers a DAY were sentenced yesterday (18/10).  See NTI story NTIBROTHEL.  Police raided the Libra Club and discovered more than a dozen women inside along with sex paraphernalia.  It is estimated the brothel, in run-down Summer Hill Road, Birmingham, generated £7 million before it was shut down after the raid in February last year.  The club - advertised as a massage parlour - was connected to an arson attack where a petrol bomb was thrown at the front entrance on September 25, 2014.  On another occasion gunshots were fired at the premises.  Officers from West Midlands Police seized tens of thousands of pounds in cash believed to be profits from the club after searching a number of suspects' homes.  Yesterday three men and three women admitted involvement in management of a brothel for the purposes of prostitution and were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court.  They admitted involvement in management of a brothel for the purposes of prostitution at a previous hearing and were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court today.

Multi-Million Pound Brothel Shut Down by Police

A brothel in Birmingham was shut down by the police after generating £7 million in revenue. The Libra Club was allowed to be run by six crooks serving some 200 customers a day, with more than a dozen women inside along with sex paraphernalia. It is estimated the brothel generated millions...

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Pro Rugby Players Rescued From Hotel Lift Because they Exceed Weight Limit

Seven professional rugby players had to be rescued when they got stuck in a hotel lift because they broke the weight limit. The Sale Sharks stars, included Wales' all-time great scrum half Mike Phillips, South African prop Brian Mujati and Samoan centre Johnny Leota, spent an hour and a quarter trapped inside...

Waitress saves pensioner who was stuck in bath for FOUR days

What could have been a tragic end of life to an elderly woman, ended positively, after an observant woman noticed her regular customer was missing. Doreen Mann, 87, had been stuck in her bath for four days and only stayed alive by topping up the tub with the hot water...

Pamela Anderson takes down Trump during talk at Oxford University

There are very few people, it seems, with much good to say about Presidential candidate Donald Trump at the moment. It appears to be getting worse by the day for the billionaire, as a number of women have come forward and accused him of being sexually inappropriate with them, however...

820 Pound Pumpkin to Feed 1,000 Homeless and Vulnerable

A giant pumpkin that weighs the same as four baby elephants has been donated to charity to feed almost 1,000 homeless and vulnerable people. Ray and Sarah Armstrong are donating their humble veg to the homeless after the veg tipped the scales at a whopping 372kg (820lbs). Indeed, it’s so big it had...

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