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A great-grandmother from Nottingham was scammed out of £21,000 after she received a text message telling her she needed to order a coronavirus[1] test. Dorothy Baker, 81, was duped out of money by sophisticated fraudsters as she payed ‘postage’ for the…
Italian restaurant chain Prezzo is to shut 46 loss-making sites, with 810 jobs now at risk of redundancy. The firm said the closures were due to soaring costs and changes in customer habits.
Prezzo said its utility costs had more than doubled over the …
A man accused of dangerous driving took his hands off the wheel multiple times before ramming into stationary traffic, a court has heard. Ivan Zhyhan has been accused of driving ‘dangerously’ on the M11 southbound on February 13, 2019 shortly before 10…
A multi-vehicle crash at a Clacton petrol station this morning (April 24) has left two people hospitalised. The incident happened at the Esso garage on London Road were emergency services were called shortly before 9.15 am.
Essex Police (EP), East of E…
A ‘prolific burglar’ who broke into three houses as part of a spree has been jailed. Joseph Carter, 30, stole cars from the driveways outside on two occasions.
The intruder’s first offence saw him sneak inside a property in Park Street, Lenton[1], in t…
North East Lincolnshire Council[1] is “highly unlikely” to issue prior approval for speculative metal detectorists in the area amid a heated debate over the recent ‘ban’.
On April 1, a new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) came into force which will…
A caravan in Eastbourne[1] has been left completely destroyed following a fire on Sunday morning (April 23) that is believed to have been deliberate. The fire, which was reported at around 11.50am in Nevill Avenue, saw East Sussex Fire and Rescue Servi…
A driver has been jailed after overtaking a car on a blind bend and crashing headlong into a taxi full of people. Sean Dray tried to overtake a vehicle in Frinton last year but crashed into the taxi which spun out of control and hit a tree.
On Saturday…
According to one report, two lanes were blocked and there is slow traffic due to a crash on the M62 westbound from Junction 25 at Brighouse to Junction 24 at Ainley Top.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said it was a damage-only crash but there…
Drug dealers Mohammad Hussain and Rizwan Adatlat found themselves in police custody less than 20 minutes after they arrived in Buckinghamshire. The pair travelled from Luton to Aylesbury in a bid to sell heroin and cocaine.
Police say the two men trave…