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A drunk driver who drove through a road closure and into a collision investigation site has been banned from getting behind the wheel for 12 months. Richard John Payne, from the Maltings in Yatton Keynell, admitted to driving under the influence when he made his way through the site on …

A criminal lawyer has shared her top tips on how to tell if someone is is lying to you Liars could give themselves away with the body language sign (stock photo)(Image: Getty) A lawyer has shared the body language she looks out for when she thinks someone is lying to …

She had been jailed for life in 2023 Mahek Bukhari was jailed in 2023 A TikTok influencer who murdered her mother’s lover and his friend in a high-speed car chase has had the minimum term of her life sentence reduced at the Court of Appeal. Mahek Bukhari was jailed for …

Richard Scatchard, 70, who drugged his victims, went on the run and was later found dead in a caravan Richard Scatchard was later found dead in a caravan in Somerset(Image: Avon and Somerset Police) Police who allowed a man with Leicestershire links to flee after the killing of a woman …

Men and women from Leicestershire and elsewhere, aged 20 to 66, have been charged with trespassing Police at the U-TacS factory in Meridian Business Park(Image: Leicester Media Online) The latest protest at a drone factory in Braunstone Town has led to 17 people being charged with trespassing. The 17, who …

A Somerset Budgens store can serve alcohol to its customers 24 hours a day, despite nearby residents fearing it will bring noise, crime and “rowdy behaviour” to the area. The Wells branch of Budgens is located within the Esso petrol station on the B3139 Bath Road, in a residential neighbourhood …

It has been subject to anti-social behaviour over the years The former Belgrave Police Station, in Leicester’s Loughborough Road(Image: Google) A historic Leicester police station could be brought back into use as new homes, planning documents have revealed. The former Belgrave Police Station, in Loughborough Road, was built almost 150 …

Barrymore James, 65, would sexually abuse the girl two or three times a week Barrymore James.(Image: Leicestershire Police) A man who sexually abused a child after making her smoke crack-cocaine and heroin has been jailed. Barrymore James began carrying out the crimes in the 1990s when the child was just …

Police are looking to speak to the people who helped him The assault may have been linked to an earlier road rage incident(Image: Google) A man was violently attacked on a busy road in Cardiff. Police believe the assault may have been linked to a road rage incident. A 35-year-old …

Millions of pounds of the illicit cash was splashed on art, private school fees, homes and holiday trips 00:01, 17 Oct 2025Updated 06:48, 17 Oct 2025 The picture of an office used by the holiday investment scam, left, Joanne Taylor from East Yorkshire, inset, and the Lowry sketch bought by …