Two members of the ‘Freshwater Five’ cocaine smuggling gang, who were jailed over the £53m plot to import 250kg of the Class A drug, have lost their fight to clear their names at the Court of Appeal. Jonathan Beere, 51, and Daniel Payne, 46, were jailed in 2011 for 24 and 18 years respectively for … Read more
Members of the Shrewsbury 24 – including Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson – who were convicted for unlawful assembly during the 1972 builders’ strike have won a bid to clear their names at the Court of Appeal. Two dozen trade unionists who picketed during the 1972 national builders’ strike were charged with offences including unlawful … Read more
The Post Office ‘has turned itself into the nation’s most untrustworthy brand’ as a result of its attempts to ‘protect’ its defective Horizon IT system from concerns about its reliability, the Court of Appeal has heard. Dozens of subpostmasters who say they were wrongly convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting in the Horizon IT … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon is facing fury today after making clear she will ignore a bombshell inquiry finding in a leaked report that she misled the Scottish Parliament over her handling of sexual harassment claims against Alex Salmond. A committee of MSPs said the First Minister’s ‘inaccurate’ evidence to them amounted to a ‘potential breach of the ministerial … Read more
Made In Chelsea’s Jamie Laing pranks girlfriend Sophie Habboo by using her as a MOP to clear up a puddle of water in his latest lockdown joke By Lydia Spencer-elliott For Mailonline Published: 02:30 GMT, 16 March 2021 | Updated: 02:30 GMT, 16 March 2021 The laughs haven’t stopped since they confirmed their relationship in … Read more
Campaigner and broadcaster Deborah James has said it should be made ‘loud and clear’ that cancer treatment is a priority amid the Covid-19 pandemic – and has revealed she’s now had her vaccine. The mother-of-two, 38, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in December 2020 when she was 35, and given five years to … Read more
Kris Jenner proves business never stops as she sports a clear face shield and a tailored black suit while filming a commercial in LA By Sarah Abraham For Dailymail.com Published: 22:59 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 22:59 GMT, 6 March 2021 Momager extraordinaire Kris Jenner knows the hustle never stops when you’re trying to … Read more
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy today vowed to ‘go all the way’ to clear his name, two days after being handed a three-year prison sentence for corruption. A Paris court ruled that Sarkozy had formed a ‘corruption pact’ with his lawyer Thierry Herzog to convince a judge to obtain and share information about an inquiry … Read more
Jaw-some escape! Impala leaps clear of snapping crocodile as it suddenly pounces out of watering hole Female impala seen sipping at a watering hole in Luangwa National Park, Zambia A crocodile, weighing 700lbs, springs out from the water to catch its prey But in a remarkable display the impala jumps up and narrowly avoids being eaten … Read more
An Indonesian volcano erupted on Tuesday morning spewing a spectacular column of ash thousands of feet into the air, nearly obscuring the powder blue sky from the view of locals watching below. Vulcanologists recorded 13 separate blasts as Mount Sinabung leapt to life, belching debris up to 16,400 feet (5,000 metres) above Sumatra. There was … Read more