An ice cream parlour in Portsmouth city centre that served a live cockroach to a customer has turned its fortunes around, securing a five-star hygiene rating after a major shakeup
Sprinkles Gelato, in Commercial Road, suffered a damning hygiene report when inspectors uncovered ‘significant cockroach activity present in areas where food was being prepared, handled and stored. The store’s parent company, Sprinkles Gelato Franchise Ltd, based in Southampton, was fined £5,000 for the health breaches – and had to pay £100 compensation to one diner […]
New gadgets have been introduced to help slash the time taken to move a stranded vehicle out of a live line to safety on motorways or major A roads
National Highways has invested £200,000 in new equipment and training for all Traffic Officers to help speed up the time it takes to move “non-rolling” broken down vehicles – including electric vehicles – to a safe place and keep traffic moving. As part of the change, all 262 National Highways traffic officer vehicles have been […]
Police will not carry out a formal investigation into the Covid-rule-breaking party held in the garden of 10 Downing Street in May 2020, unless an internal probe uncovers evidence of criminality
The Metropolitan Police said it will only consider whether to launch its own investigation if Sue Gray, the civil servant running Downing Street’s internal probe, “identifies evidence of behaviour that is potentially a criminal offence. The force said it has “ongoing contact” with the Cabinet Office in relation to the Number 10 garden party, which […]
Just in time for Christmas: Young children and a baby girl are among migrants arriving in Dover minutes before midnight after crossing the channel in heavy rain
Thirty-Five migrants were rescued from boats in the early hours on Christmas Day in the English Channel and further Migrant Vessel was rescued by the RNLI Dover lifeboat. Those onboard were Iraqi, Iranian and Afghan along with very young children as the rain lashed down on them. A young baby girl was heard screaming she was was among the 68 people who arrived in […]
A man who murdered his mother with a hammer and continued to live in her home with her body for two months has been sentenced to life in prison
Dale Morgan, aged 43, of Honeyborough Green, Neyland, will serve a minimum of 21 years and six months after being sentenced at Swansea Crown Court for murdering Judith Rhead. Her body was found in her home in Market Street, Pembroke Dock, on Saturday, 20 February 2021, with a plastic bag over her head. She had […]
A Salisbury man has pleaded guilty to breaking into a 71-year-old woman’s house and subjecting her to a terrifying rape more than 40 years ago
Kenneth Wells, 63, of Verona Road, Salisbury, appeared at Salisbury Crown Court today (01/09/21) and pleaded guilty to burglary, rape and false imprisonment.He was arrested in June of this year after officers from the Major Crime Investigation Team reopened the cold case into a horrifying crime which took place back in the early hours of […]
Police appealing for witnesses after a teenager was found with serious injuries in a live lane on the M27 motorway in Southampton
Officers were called to the westbound carriageway, between junctions 7 and 5, shortly after midnight in the early hours of this morning (Sunday 18 April). Enquiries remain ongoing to establish exactly how the 17-year-old boy came to be on the motorway and how he became injured. Police are appealing for anyone who saw any pedestrians […]
A recovery truck driver who continued his journey despite the winch which held a car in place breaking, has been fined by police
Police Scotland said the driver “felt it was ok to transport a car in this position and without being tied down”. The driver, who was caught near Whitburn, was given a fixed penalty ticket for having a dangerous load. The motorist was stopped from driving by the police until the car had been removed.
The complex and sensitive work of Kent Police officers who tackle online child sex offences is the focus of a ground-breaking Channel 4 documentary
Due to be broadcast over the next three weeks, Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles is the culmination of three years’ work where producers and camera crews embedded with Kent Police’s Paedophile Online Investigation Team and officers from the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit. The three-part series will be aired on Monday 8, 15 […]
Stores up and down the country are now implementing a ‘No mask – No entry’ policy, as NHS reach breaking point and cases of the new Covid-19 variant rapidly increase
Supermarkets, banks and local stores including Tesco’s and Sainsbury’s are getting tough on customers who visit stores and ignore the Government rules on wearing face coverings at indoor public places. Stores up and down the country are now implementing a ‘No mask – No entry’ policy, as NHS reach a breaking point and cases of […]
Police ‘astounded’ after breaking up party on a roof top the group were having a rave
Metropolitan Police officers stopped the gathering after they were called to a report of loud music coming from the roof by discussed residents who cheered the police on. Shouting could be heard coming from the property on the roof on Pages Walk. Officers found more than 20 people drinking, eating and playing music, […]
A drink-driver who ran over a firefighter, pinning him to another vehicle and breaking his legs, has been jailed after we found she was almost three times the legal limit
Jill Carvell, aged 61, was in a Dacia Duster when she reversed at speed in Louise Street, Gornal, hitting the off-duty firefighter and trapping him between her car and a stationary vehicle. The 55-year-old firefighter, who was just weeks away from retiring, suffered breaks to both of his legs. He is making […]
