Broken Britain

Sick group locked up for decades

A midwife sacked for a poor sickness record claims she was ill after contracting a kidney infection at work - because the birthing centre didn’t have a staff TOILET. Jane Greaves, 46, says low staffing levels meant she was unable to leave the unit to go to the toilet, which is a two-minute walk away in another department. Her dismissal has been described by bosses at a trade union as the “most unjust” firing they have witnessed in 35 years....

A paedophile who kept a sick library of almost 25,000 indecent images and movies of children has been spared jail - so he can keep his JOB hiring boats out to families. Marine Engineer David Evans, 64, was caught with 24,948 snaps and videos of children, mostly featuring pre-pubescent girls. He had 47 movies and 136 stills of Category A abuse, which is classed in law as the worst level of sexual exploitation of children and babies. There were a...

A sikh had his turban pulled, was branded a muslim and told to go home in an attack outside Parliament, police have revealed. The 42-year-old victim was waiting in a queue at a building opposite Parliament when he was abused. No medical treatment was needed for the victim, who held onto his red turban in what police have called "a hate crime attack." The suspect was caught on CCTV clutching a bottle as he fled the scene in Westminster yesterday....

A pair of cruel men staged illegal blood sports and posted videos of the chickens on Facebook - fighting to the death. Bill Ripley and Moses Brinkley narrowly avoided prison after animal inspectors uncovered evidence of their cruel cockfighting bouts on the giant social network. The pair were caught by a RSPCA special operations investigation unit and police, who raided their travellers' site in Bean, Kent, and discovered 242 birds. Some of the poor animals were found to be suffering...

The rubbish, which included a mattress, various pieces of furniture, ladders, and a watering can was strewn across the road, blocking the route

This is the shocking moment in which a black Audi appears to be frozen mid air after careering off the road and colliding with a metal bollard. The driver lost control and veered across the frost-covered pavement before getting caught at a seemingly impossible angle. Police were called to the scene in Peterborough, Cambs., on Sunday morning and said the suspected driver was standing by his car when they arrived. This is the unbelievable moment in which a black Audi...

A teenage yob has been spared jail for a series of drug-fuelled attacks after a judge said sending him to prison would "ruin his future." Oliver McKinney, 19, punched his first victim, 21-year-old Thomas Barr, in an unprovoked attack after deliberately barging into him in the street. The teenage thug knocked Mr Barr to the ground and punched his friend before fleeing. A court heard Mr Barr suffered four fractures to his right cheekbone and eye socket. McKinney was arrested...

An 18-year-old Egyptian student has died three weeks after she was brutally battered by a 10-strong girl gang in a suspected racist attack. Mariam Moustafa was left in a coma after being jumped by the group of female yobs outside a shopping centre while she waited for a bus at 8pm on February 20. The teenager had been shopping in Nottingham city centre before she was repeatedly assaulted by the women in an unprovoked attack on Parliament Street. The engineering...