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Fundamentalist American christian group targeting UK homes with “homophobic and transphobic” leaflets blasting “queers”
Residents in Birmingham, which has been the centre of a vicious row between Muslim anti-LGBT groups and inner city schools, were shocked to get the leaflets through their letterboxes
One Loch Ness monster theory remains plausible, scientist says
Professor Neil Gemmell has been investigating the waters of Loch Ness – but he’s keeping his theory secret for another month.
Pensioner makes miraculous recovery after being treated by his own granddaughter on ward where she works
John Maiden, 78, was nursed back to health by granddaughter Simone, 24, after being rushed to hospital following a nasty fall at home
Police officer sacked for failing to investigate theft of wheelchair from disabled woman
PC Daniel Pierson was dismissed without notice for gross misconduct over the case involving the victim in Taunton, Somerset
Man who repeatedly stabbed ex-wife before calling 999 to describe what he had done has been jailed
Richard Austin, 47, attacked his ex-wife, also 47, after arranging for a taxi to collect her during the early hours of January 29
Man who sexually abused teenager while she slept & filmed it on his phone is jailed
James Kipps-Bolton, 38, was found guilty of assault by penetration and sexual assault by a jury at Warwick Crown Court following the shocking attack on a girl in her late teens
Police called after box full of snakes found outside a vets
The snakes were abandoned in Frome, Somerset
Doctor who began working as NHS surgeon in month of its inception continues to work five days a week – 71 years later
Professor Harold Ellis, 93, qualified as a doctor in July 1948 and immediately began training as a surgeon in the service's earliest days
Seaside town to spend £170,000 on anti-sex toilets that spray users with water
Violent movement sensors will automatically open doors and sound high pitched alarms, with fine water jets soaking the interior of the units.