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Drug user has bemoaned abandonment of plastic straws – because he’s unable to use paper ones to snort cocaine
The bizarre complaint was made by a man in his 20s to a refuse collector in London who was emptying a commercial recycling bin
Money launderer claimed he won lottery 123 times
Kashaf Ali Khan, 45, of Prospect Lane, Solihull, said his extraordinary good fortune had enabled him to buy a £412,000 house in the town with cash.
Huge airport drug bust turned out to be bags of vegan cake mix
Cleaners called Gatwick police after finding a suitcase stuffed with blue plastic bags of suspicious-looking white powder on a shuttle train at the busy airport.
Jail for “extremely dangerous” serial sex offender for molesting third woman sleeping on train in London
Reece Francis, 27, was locked up for 21 months after pleading guilty to sexual assault
‘Surprised we haven’t been accused of starting Fire of London’ Homeless people refusing to leave seafront – until council finds them housing
They are asking the council to find them a home.
A prolific female thief and drug addict who was months from death has turned her life around to fight crime
Caroline Best, 36, is unrecognisable from her police mugshot after celebrating a year being clean from drugs
Police officer avoids prison after stealing debit card & driving licence – from dead man
'Opportunistic' PC Oliver Darby, 42, stole a bank card and provisional driving licence from Gary Steel when he discovered him dead at his home during a welfare check.
Teen from east London who shares two-bedroom council flat with parents & two brothers has GCSE grades for £76,000 scholarship to Eton
Hasan Patel, 16, from Leyton, will start at the prestigious school, once attended by the likes of Princes William and Harry, next month.
Dementia sufferer remarried his wife of 12 years after he proposed again – when he forgot their first wedding
After dementia left the groom unable to remember that he was married, he proposed to his wife for the second time and the pair renewed their vows