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Mansfield Town striker Lucas Akins jailed for causing death of ‘adrenaline junkie’ father Adrian Daniel Lucas Akins arriving at Leeds Crown Court(Image: PA) A professional footballer who knocked over and killed a cyclist has been jailed. Lucas Akins, 36, was driving his seven-year-old daughter to a piano lesson in Mercedes …

A court has heard that prison segregation is ‘making Tommy Robinson ill’ Tommy Robinson Tommy Robinson should have his jail term reduced as his prison segregation is ‘making him ill’, the Court of Appeal has heard. Robinson – whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – was jailed for 18 months …

Royal Mail worker Sean Woodward rammed his work van into a car and threw a brick through a house window in the early hours of the morning. The 40-year-old was a cleaner for the postal organisation when he repeatedly drove into his brother’s neighbour’s car which was shunted into another …

Scottish postmasters whose lives were destroyed by the Horizon IT scandal have been forced to set up a new campaign group claiming they have been “left behind”. The newly formed Scottish Postmasters for Justice and Redress will launch at the Scottish Parliament next month with the hope of reaching more …

A pervert postman whose victim took her own life could be locked-up for longer. Michael Stewart was convicted of sexually assaulting five women while employed by Royal Mail. One of his victims tragically went on to end her life while on the phone to the company about how the abuse …

Ellie Marsden and Ryan Duffy were found dead at the side of the road 10:26, 11 Mar 2025Updated 10:26, 11 Mar 2025 Ellie Marsden, 20, and Ryan Duffy, 24, who died in a crash in Cumbria (Image: Cumbria Police ) A young couple were found dead at the side of …

A cannabis dealer who was spotted riding a stolen moped in Grimsby while not wearing a crash helmet quickly told police when he was caught: “I have got a bit of weed on me.” Troy Toynbee had a large number of messages on his mobile phone advertising sales of cannabis …

The chamber contains an empty coffin, “life-sized Egyptian figures and a metal bench”. 12:55, 28 Feb 2025Updated 13:25, 28 Feb 2025 Lochdhu Lodge.(Image: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4439137.) The remote mansion where twisted Scots fiend Kevin Booth tortured women in a trapdoor-guarded dungeon has an interesting history all of its own – and was …

One of the victims of former postman Michael Stewart, 63, who was convicted of multiple sexual offences against women in Northumberland, says she is still waiting for a direct apology from Royal Mail. While the company issued a general statement apologising about Stewart’s “abhorrent” behaviour, one of the women affected …

A thug who threatened to put his ex-partner in a coma was caught on the roof of her shed after being tracked on Find My iPhone. Kim Forth, 39, sent a series of voice notes and messages to his ex-partner that include threats to smash her windows and torcher her. …