Broken Britain
Paedophile encouraged a nine-year-old girl to expose herself on camera using a popular live streaming app
A paedophile encouraged a nine-year-old girl to expose herself on camera using a popular live streaming app. Glen Friend, 28, posted an intimate video of the young girl on social media site Live.Me, which was viewed by almost 300 users before it was removed. The 'predatory sexual offender' had hidden behind a fake identity to groom the vulnerable girl on the site, which is one of the fastest growing of its kind. He was caught after an intelligence-led operation directed...
Empty property numbers at their highest level in 20 years as homelessness soars
Empty property numbers are at their highest level in 20 years, according to new figures, with Grenfell Tower borough Kensington & Chelsea home to the highest number of empty homes. Government figures have today found that empty property numbers have soared over the past two decades with 1.4 million ‘spare’ homes been left empty for at least six months. The Sell House Fast study shows affluent areas such as south west London boroughs have the most unoccupied homes, despite the capital...
Man who was jailed for 21 days for not buying a £2.70 train ticket is freed by a judge
A man was jailed for 21 days for not buying a £2.70 train ticket, it emerged today. Bradley Howsego, 22, was sent down after admitting that he had admitted to a train conductor that he had 'bunked' the fare. However, Howsego was freed by a Crown Court judge who slammed the sentence handed out as 'entirely inappropriate.' Judge Jonathan Seely said fare evasion was not a crime across Europe. Seely dismissed claims by train operator Greater Anglia that Howsego had six...
RSPCA hunt cruel yob who shot dead fox with a plastic arrow
The RSPCA are hunting a cruel thug who shot dead a fox - with a PLASTIC ARROW. The animal was discovered by a member of the public with the arrow sticking out of his back left leg on Sunday (6/6). The charity were called but when the officer arrived at the scene on Spout Lane in Stoke-on-Trent, the fox had died from his injuries. A shocking image taken by the RSPCA officer shows the dead creature sprawled on the ground...
Grenfell Fire Response: “I’m traumatised, my kids are traumatised, we’re getting no support”
The victims of the Grenfell Fire disaster say they are "getting no support" in the aftermath of the tragic blaze that has displaced scores of people. Residents and officials attended the Grenfell Fire Response Public Meeting from 6pm this evening to discuss concerns which they believe are falling on deaf ears. With rife accusations of cover-ups and allegations that Kensington & Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation are breaking the law by not conforming to the Freedom of Information Act there was a...
Police hunting robber who only targets Greggs arrest 40-year-old man
Police hunting a machete-wielding robber who only targets branches of GREGGS have arrested a 40-year-old man. The suspect is being quizzed by officers after five shops across Birmingham were targeted between February and July this year. West Midlands Police swooped at an address in the Sparkbrook area of the city on Tuesday morning (8/8) and arrested the man and seized a machete. Greggs. Police hunting a machete-wielding robber who only targets branches of GREGGS have arrested a 40-year-old man. The...
15 year old stabbed in second London murder in 24 hours
A schoolboy who was murdered in a suspected revenge attack is the second London teen to be fatally stabbed in just 24 hours. The lad, 15, was stabbed near a row of shops at around 11pm on Tuesday night. Locals say crowds of youths are often seen loitering outside a Co-Op on Green Lane, Thornton Heath, south London where the teen was stabbed. Despite desperate efforts by paramedics the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before midnight. The...
DFS staff suspended for mocking ‘camp’ customer
Several employees at a DFS furniture store have been suspended after allegedly mocking a customer for his 'camp' appearance. Suleiman Al-Sadi, 32, claims members of staff whistled, cracked jokes and laughed at him as he shopped for furniture. Now DFS has launched a formal investigation and suspended 'several' employees over the incident, which left Suleiman in tears. "I have never been so humiliated in my life," he said. "I think my 'camp' appearance didn't go down well. "I was attacked...
Watch – Brave war hero drew on his military past to see off a burglar
A brave war hero drew on his military past to see off a burglar he confronted on the landing of his home in the middle of the night. Heroic Arthur Phillips, 83, said his war-time fighting skills stood him in good stead when he we found himself face to face with Mark Lewis who had broken in. Arthur, who fought in the Malaya as part of the Somerset Light infantry during the Second World War, refused to give ground. Former...