Broken Britain
Music teacher jailed for string of child sex offences
Paul Johnson was while working as a music teacher when he abused four children
Police release man and woman under investigation after van ploughs into house killing pensioner aged 90
Two people arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a van ploughed through the front of a house killing an elderly woman have been released under investigation. Joan Woodier, 90, was in the front room of her home on a quiet street in Clevedon, North Somerset, when a Ford Transit van crashed into the house on Wednesday night. A woman aged 34 and a 33-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. They have now been...
Mobile phone footage shows thug blasting shotgun at gang rival’s home
Jamie Wood videoed the sawn-off shotgun being fired at the house following long-running conflict with a feuding gang member in Birmingham.
Watch – A plague of rats the size of small dogs have taken over a neighbourhood
A mother claims a rat the size of a small dog ran up her son's leg after a plague of the rodents has hit her neighbourhood. Kaylee Kennedy, 28, says the rodents are out of control after invading the area around her home. She claims they have chewed through the wires of her car and caused her to run out of gas as she's too terrified to go outside. Kaylee said: "The rats are huge, they are massive. “If you...
Watch – Cop caught on CCTV mowing down man during police pursuit
This is the shocking moment a cop uses his police car to mow down a suspect - before saying 'that's how you deal with that'. Footage shown to a police misconduct panel captured PC Rowan Huskisson, 33, mounting the pavement and driving into pedestrian Sam Whitmore. After seeing him fall to the floor, police bodycam footage caught him saying: "That's how you deal with that". But despite his “utterly unacceptable” behaviour and being found guilty of misconduct, PC Huskisson has...
This is the moment a road rage thug drove over pedestrian’s head because he thought they were holding up traffic
Shocking footage captured the moment Shahid Ali ran over Patrick Colbert's head in his Mercedes
Police reveal list of timewasting 999 calls including a person who complained about the Red Arrows waking up their baby
A timewaster dialled 999 to complain about their baby being woken up by the RED ARROWS flying overhead, police have revealed. Another person rang the emergency number to moan someone had stolen the fuse from a plug in the staff room so he couldn't watch an England football match on TV. Others who misused the service included people reporting that their pet mouse had escaped and a homeowner in a flap over a squirrel getting into their house. One caller...
Windrush scandal: A father was denied passport and forced to miss daughter’s wedding because ‘he doesn’t exist’
A man born to parents who came to the UK on the Empire Windrush has been forced to miss his daughter's wedding - because he has been denied a British passport. Joseph Bravo, who has lived in the UK for 54 years, says he was unable to travel to daughter Charmaine's wedding in Cyprus because 'he does not exist.' Mr Bravo says he was left heartbroken after being forced to watch the ceremony on Facetime instead earlier this month. The...
Disabled woman with speech impediment thrown out of Wetherspoons because managers thought she was drunk
A disabled woman with a speech impediment was thrown out of a Wetherspoons pub because managers thought she was drunk. Grace Currie, 24, was ordered to leave when she tried to order a vodka and coke while enjoying a night out with friends. Despite trying to explain that she had suffered a brain injury which caused her to slur her words, a bouncer frogmarched her out the pub. Grace almost died when she was mown down by a car in...