Broken Britain

A man who was left in A&E with a perforated bowel says he could have died after being forced to wait for more than 14 hours. Eddie Thomas, 50, was in desperate need of urgent surgery when he first arrived at hospital after suffering from intense pain in his stomach and vomiting. He arrived at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital at 10.40pm, but was made to wait 14 hours, visiting two different hospitals, before he finally went under the knife...

This is the moment a plane full of passengers cheered as two rowdy women were escorted off an easyJet flight by police – for shouting “Allahu Akbar”. Thomas Hayward, 25, captured the moment officers boarded the flight at London Stansted after it arrived from Prague. Essex Police confirmed they were called to reports of disruptive behaviour and escorted the pair off the plane at 9.15pm on Valentine’s Day. Thomas, a teacher from Twickenham, south west London, was returning from a...

An amputee granddad whose only transport is an 8mph mobility scooter has been fined for driving a 180mph PORSCHE in a red-tape mix-up. Richard Sullivan, 63, lost his left leg in November after a work accident and has ridden a scooter since he was forced to stop driving two years ago. But the disabled dad-of-two is now fighting a £130 penalty notice accusing him of going the wrong way down a one-way London street in a £100K Porsche Targa. Baffled...

Police say they are treating claims that a group of black revellers were turned away from a nightclub as a hate crime. Mahalia Hamid paid £300 to pre-book a VIP table to celebrate her 24th birthday with nine friends at award-winning club called Volt. But when the group of six women and four men arrived at the city centre club on January 28 they were barred from entering because they "didn't fit criteria". Mum-of-one Mahalia said they were forced to...

A hospital porter sacked after being accused of stealing a £4 fried egg and bacon sandwich and a cup of tea when he forgot his wallet could spark a strike. Aldren Tomlinson was fired from his job of 15 years at King George Hospital in east London, because he asked to pay for his lunch later after forgetting his money. But two hours later the 45-year-old was told he would be suspended for stealing the cup of tea and a...

An autistic 16-year-old girl was left with these horrific facial injuries after being brutally attacked by a female teenage yob in the street. Emily O’Reilly had been walking to a friend’s house on Monday evening (13/2) when she was pulled to the ground by her hair during the unprovoked assault. The teen was then repeatedly punched, kicked and had her face stamped on by the 16-year-old thug who stole her iPhone and bracelet in Darlaston, Walsall, West Mids. Shockingly, Emily...

A pair of homeless men have set up camp in a graveyard to escape the abuse they receive on the streets - which they describe as "the jungle". Chris Stanford and Jonathon Martin said they have had things thrown at them, been spat at - and mean-spirited locals have even tried to wee on them. Each day Chris, who uses crutches, helps Jon, who is paraplegic, into his wheelchair and the pair head to the high street in Chatham, Kent,...

This is the shocking moment a huntsman allegedly appears to WHIP a female saboteur across the head - with a riding crop. Body-camera footage from the West Midlands Hunt Sabateurs reveals a clash with the Atherstone Hunt on a footpath. The protesters claim the horsemen were backing into the sabs before one rider shouts: "It's dangerous here. Come on, be fair." Then a loud thump is heard followed by a scream before the riding man is caught on camera with...

A posh toff at one of the world's top universities set fire to a £20 note - in front of a freezing homeless person. A shocked passer-by watched while a drunk University of Cambridge student in a white bow tie and tails attempted to burn the banknote in front of the vagrant. Video of the incident was seen by hundreds of students after it was shared on Snapchat. In the video the student struggles to light the note, while the...