A “manipulative and calculating” police officer who abused his position to have sex with vulnerable women he met while on duty has been jailed. Darren Heath, 45, from Taynton, was sentenced to three years and nine months after pleading guilty to five counts of misconduct in public office. Bristol Crown Court had heard how Heath […]
A former senior hospital nurse has admitted raping, sexually assaulting and spying on female patients including some who were unconscious. Andrew Hutchinson, who worked at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, pleaded guilty to 27 counts including rape, voyeurism and sexual assault. The 29-year-old also admitted spying on women at a leisure centre and sexually assaulting […]
Images of a shirtless man found wandering the streets after he suffered serious burns have been released in a bid to solve the mystery of his injuries. Bilel Ayadi, 34, who is in a medically-induced coma, has been unable to tell detectives how he sustained burns to his torso and neck. He was found walking […]
A man has died after being hit by a Tube train as he attempted to rescue another man who fell on to the tracks. The 35-year-old, from London, was found at Old Street Station after police were called at 00:22 BST on Sunday. A second 32-year-old man, from Manchester, thought to have accidently fallen […]
Jeremy Clarkson hinted that he’s ready to hang up his driving gloves for good during an off-hand joke about the BBC getting rid of him. Talking to the crowd at the Roundhouse Gala on Thursday night, a nostalgic Clarkson was filmed by The Mirror saying: “I thought: ‘I’ll go down to Surrey and I’ll do […]
A teenage schoolgirl looking to avoid a PE lesson was left surprised when she produced a ‘sick letter’ written by her mother to find that it wasn’t quite what she’d asked for. The girl, known only as Olivia, was apparently looking to skive the class and needed a note to say that she had a […]
Hearing that a family member has died is such an awful and wrenching experience for the relative that it’s easy to forget the emotional toll that must be taken by doctors sharing the news. It was laid bare in a photo shared on Reddit this morning however, which shows a doctor stepping outside a hospital […]
Ed Balls has said there was nothing in a “pretty empty” Budget Labour would reverse if it won power – but he would scrap “extreme” Tory spending cuts. The shadow chancellor welcomed George Osborne’s plan to axe tax on the first £1,000 of interest from savings and to give help for first time buyers. In […]
What is believed to be the world’s oldest railway tunnel – dating from 1793 – has been given protected status. Fritchley Tunnel was built as part of the Butterley Gangroad, a horse-operated railway linking the Cromford Canal with quarries at Crich. The Derbyshire tunnel has been scheduled as an ancient monument. Crawshaw Woods Bridge, near […]
Previously unreleased CCTV footage has been screened in York as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence The footage shows two people seen near her home at what police said was a “potentially significant” time. The 35-year-old chef, who lived in the Heworth area of York, was last seen on 18 March […]