Broken Britain

A council has been ordered to rescue a homeless family-of-five after leaving them "trapped" living in a hotel for THREE YEARS - at a staggering cost of £88,000. The Burns moved into a hotel when they were turfed out their flood damaged private rental flat in 2014 and thought they would be there for a week. But two authorities spent months arguing over who should look after them before they were declared "intentionally homeless" - putting an end to any...

This is the bizarre moment a Mission Impossible-style raider was caught on CCTV crawling across the floor of a village pub during a late night burglary. The crook was seen wriggling between bar stools and tables to avoid triggering the alarm system in the third break-in at the pub in 18 months. The latest raid took place at Smithy’s Marina Bar in Shardlow, Derbys., just before 3am on Wednesday (26/4). The thief used tools to force open the door and...

Millions of pensioners feel unsafe in their own home, a study has found. Falling ill or having an accident with no-one nearby to help, anti-social behaviour and having no support is leaving almost one in five pensioners fearful in their own home as they get older. Others admit to worrying they are going to be targeted by burglars or forceful cold callers when at home alone. Worryingly, despite four in ten saying they wouldn’t want to go into a care...

A woman was punched by a racist punter when she turned him down for sex - breaking her FACE in three places.The horrific incident, happened in Doncaster in the early hours of Sunday morning (Apr 16). The attacker had been demanding sex from the woman, all evening, at the club where she works as an exotic dancer. Anastasia Frances, 21, suffered a shattered cheekbone and broken eye socket due to the sickening blow while trying to break up a fight...

The footage appears to show a boy picking up a stone or pebble and throwing it hard at the white pony only a few metres away behind a fence. The poor animal, called Robin, can be seen jumping in pain at the alleged unprovoked attack at Bourton Vale Equestrian Centre in Gloucestershire. The incident was recoded by an apparent friend of the attacker and put on Facebook. It soon resulted in the video spreading across multiple platforms and people have...

This is the odd moment two OAPs settled an old score with a fist fight outside a care home - before one helps the other look for his glasses. Onlookers said the pair crossed paths with one accusing the other of "ignoring him for months". The argument got heated - with the pair both setting down the carrier bags - before they squared up to each other with the fists clenched on a nearby green. A video taken by a...

This is the moment an epic car smash was caught perfectly on CCTV before the occupants of the vehicle flee from the scene - with their dog. The footage captured a red Peugeot 308 ploughing into a silver car before spinning around 180 degrees and hitting three other vehicles - writing two of them off. But the dramatic CCTV images unbelievably spotted the driver sporting red shorts running away as a woman and another man clutching a dog also fled...

Two horses have suffered severe injuries after their faces were slashed with knives and they were left to die in a burning stable.The chestnut horses were discovered at around 9.20am yesterday (Tues) in their stable in Withywood, Bristol, with burns to their bodies and horrific knife wounds. They had also suffered severe smoke inhalation after their attackers set fire to the doors and walls of the stable. Lucky, aged 18, and Blaine, aged 11, only survived the attack after a...

A shocking GMB report has revealed that some civilian police staff are so badly paid they can’t even afford to buy their children new clothes. The poll, conducted by the GMB - the union for civilian police staff - also reveals 70 per cent are stressed at work, while 75 per cent are unhappy at the Government pay cap. Members were very open about what caused their stress – excessive workloads and poor leadership and management. More than half of...