Broken Britain
WATCH: Shocking footage shows fuming farmer repeatedly ram hunt sabs with his quad bike
Shocking footage shows a raging farmer mow down a hunt saboteur with his quad bike - while screaming “get off my land”. Violence erupted when members of the West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs filmed the Atherstone Hunt on Saturday (14/10) afternoon. The farmer, dressed in green John Deere overalls, drives a quad bike up to three men and shouts at them to “get off my land”. He then jumps off the bike before pushing one of the sabs into a ditch...
Callous thieves ransack a blind couple’s house in “targeted” burglary
A blind couple were left feeling ‘totally violated’ after callous burglars ransacked their home stealing thousands of pounds worth of jewellery. Frank and Nicola Gardner came home after enjoying a night out to find thieves had broken in and stolen nearly £5,000 in cash and jewellery. The couple, who both rely on their guide dogs to get around, now fear the burglars could have staked out their home and seen them as ‘easy targets’ because they are both visually impaired....
Businessmen who stripped Hartlepool United of gate receipts found guilty of fraud
Two businessmen who stripped a football club of its gate receipts are facing jail after being found guilty of fraud. Stephen Murrall, 49, and Peter Harris, 47, were trying to convince the Football League that they were 'fit and proper persons' to take over struggling Hartlepool United. However, a court heard how £42,453 in gate receipts from two home games went into the pair's company, TMH 2014 Limited, but quickly went back out again. When the League made enquiries, the...
Professional dancer who may never dance again has benefits stopped
A wheel-chair bound ex-dancer left crippled by bone and joint problems has said her benefits have been axed and she has been told go back to work. Jayde Chambers' promising dance career dramatically ended after she was diagnosed with multiple debilitating joint problems leaving her unable to move without a wheelchair and high doses of morphine. Jayde Chambers, 21. The 21-year-old suffers from multiple debilitating joint problems including hip dysplasia, twisted pelvis and thigh bones, torn cartilage in both of...
Britain’s most pointless double yellow lines painted down alleyway barely wide enough to fit a car
These double yellow lines are being the branded the most pointless in Britain as they run down a narrow alleyway barely wide enough to fit a car. Residents were left baffled when the markings mysteriously appeared off Walsgrave Road in Coventry last month. The street - which is only around 6ft (1.8m) wide - lies behind large iron gates, and only leads to another back alleyway behind a row of shops. These double yellow lines are being the branded the...
Man exposed himself on a train – first thing in the morning
Police are on the hunt for a man who exposed and touched himself inappropriately while staring at women on a train - first thing in the morning. The victim was on board the 7.26am train from London Victoria to Brighton, on August 20, when two men sat near her at the beginning of the journey. They began to stare at her and maker her feel uncomfortable. Just before arriving at Haywards Heath one of the men stood up and exposed...
Mum stabbed after knifeman got into her car while her daughter slept on the back seat – in a Tesco car park
A terrified mum was left covered with blood after a knife-wielding man tried to carjack her while her baby slept in the back seat - in a Tesco car park. Charlene Gibbard, 31, was sitting in the passenger seat of her car while daughter Eila, two, slept in the back seat. But she says when husband Westley (corr), 31, popped into Tesco in Sheerness, Kent, the vicious knifeman opened her car door and got in - while threatening her...
Outrage as students wear vile ‘consent is a myth’ t-shirts on bar crawl
Horrified drinkers have spoken of their disgust after a group of students on an annual bar crawl wrote "CONSENT IS A MYTH" on their t-shirts. According to people who attended the student event, other t-shirts had "rape is not a crime" and "she CAN be asking for it" hand-written on them. The group, consisting of five males and one female, were allegedly refused drinks at the bar and told to leave by shocked bar staff. A student wearing the 'consent...
Shocking CCTV shows thug setting sleeping homeless man’s tent on fire in arson attack
This is the shocking moment a thug almost killed a sleeping homeless man by setting his tent on fire in a mindless arson attack. Callous Ian Gordon, 51, was captured on CCTV casually strolling up to the tent at around 7am on June 21 before kneeling down to drop a lit match. The yob is then seen setting another corner of the canvas alight and standing back to admire his handiwork before also stealing the man's coat. Matthew Dervan had...