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DISGUSTED locals claim giant rats “as large as rabbits” roam their streets in one of Britain’s worst fly-tipping hotspots. Residents in Newport, south east Wales, say they are “worse off than the third world” as rubbish is frequently dumped on the streets. Council officials have installed CCTV and operate frequent…

A BOOZE and drug-fuelled thug who used his Mercedes as a “weapon” and ploughed into a crowd of clubbers has been jailed. Mohammed Suffi, 23, mowed down revellers outside The Tunnel Club in Birmingham in a shocking revenge rampage that left a DJ with catastrophic injuries. Harrowing footage showed the…

PRO-PALESTINE activists have defaced a statue of Sir Winston Churchill and branded him a “Zionist war criminal” in graffiti. The red paint scrawled on the Westminster statue also reads “Stop the genocide” and “Never again is now”. Other phrases included “Globalise the Intifada” and “Free Palestine”. The protesters reportedly wrote…

NIGEL FARAGE has blasted “deeply concerning” levels of family voting in a crunch by-election following the release of a volunteer report. Polling stations slammed shut in Gorton and Denton at 10pm on Thursday with the ballot coming down to a tight three-horse race between Reform UK, Labour and the Greens.…

CHURCHES are turning to computerised chimes in a move that threatens the end of traditional bell-ringing. St Sampson’s in South Hill, Cornwall, is the latest to abandon the traditional rope and clappers to ring peels for services, weddings and funerals. Its 17th-century bells were deemed to be too delicate to…

NIGEL FARAGE has blasted “deeply concerning” levels of family voting in a crunch by-election following the release of a volunteer report. Polling stations slammed shut in Gorton and Denton at 10pm on Thursday with the ballot coming down to a tight three-horse race between Reform UK, Labour and the Greens.…

A HUSBAND whose wife killed herself after allegedly suffering a “tsunami of abuse” blames her injuries on rough sex, a court heard. Christopher Trybus is on trial accused of manslaughter after Tarryn Baird was found hanged at home in Swindon, Wiltshire, at the age of 34. The 43-year-old allegedly trapped her in an…

NIGEL FARAGE has blasted “deeply concerning” levels of family voting in a crunch by-election following the release of a volunteer report. Polling stations slammed shut in Gorton and Denton at 10pm on Thursday with the ballot coming down to a tight three-horse race between Reform UK, Labour and the Greens.…

PETER Mandelson has been pictured arriving home after the ex-ambassador was released on bail pending further investigation following his arrest. The former minister, 72, was taken into custody on Monday as part of a probe into misconduct in public office just days after Andrew was quizzed by cops. Mandelson was…

A MONSTER has pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-partner after she was stabbed to death in the street. Michele Kennedy, 55, was discovered outside a home in Warrington, Cheshire, on October 13 last year. The mum tragically could not be saved and was declared dead five days later. Her ex…

A KIM Kardashian-obsessed TV star who dubbed himself Britain’s “Lip King” has tragically died. Surgery-obsessed Jordan James Parke, from Dudley, West Midlands, passed away last week leaving his family “numb, shocked and heartbroken”, his sister said. Parke was arrested in 2024 on suspicion of manslaughter over the death of a…

NIGEL FARAGE has blasted “deeply concerning” levels of family voting in a crunch by-election following the release of a volunteer report. Polling stations slammed shut in Gorton and Denton at 10pm on Thursday with the ballot coming down to a tight three-horse race between Reform UK, Labour and the Greens.…

A MAN has been accused of drugging and raping his wife alongside 12 other men. The shocking 48 alleged offences span more than two decades. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in Manchester Minshull Crown Court today following sexual abuse claims dating back to the early…

A MONSTER dad-of-three who raped a 13-year-old schoolgirl and a woman has been jailed for 20 years. A court heard how the teenager had been “passed from one man to another” from the age of 11 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Father-of-three Riyasth Hussain, 45, was confronted at Sheffield Crown Court…