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19/06/25
A school crossing patrol officer has been ordered to stop giving high fives to children due to concerns that it may distract them from learning how to cross the road safely.
For the past two years, 57-year-old Neil Cotton has greeted schoolchildren in Howden, East Yorkshire, with cheerful high fives as they crossed the road. His gesture was intended to brighten their day — but local authorities have now told him to stop, citing health and safety risks.
read more >21/05/25
A doctor left paralysed after his £2,300 bicycle snapped in half during a ride has been awarded £4.5 million in damages.
Dr Daniel Gordon, 31, suffered a catastrophic spinal injury in August 2020 when the front forks of his Planet X gravel bike sheared while he was cycling at around 15mph on a grassy slope in Inverness.
The accident threw him to the ground and left him with no use of his lower body, despite undergoing spinal surgery and months of rehabilitation.
read more >25/04/25
A civil servant from the Department for Work and Pensions may face imprisonment after admitting to defrauding the government of over £41,000 in unauthorised expenses, a court has heard.
Maurice Okello, 39, also confessed to submitting a forged sick note to his employer in order to claim more than £4,000 in salary while travelling abroad under the pretence of being unfit for work. During this time, he visited destinations including Tampa, Mexico City, Boston, the Greek island of Kos, and Morocco, as well as making multiple trips to Brussels and Gothenburg, Sweden, between December 2022 and September 2023.
read more >31/03/25
A man who kept an unlicensed alligator in his backyard has been ordered to pay nearly £1,000 in fines and costs. Ashley Betts, 32, housed Cliff, an American alligator, in a custom-built outhouse and tank for over a year before it was discovered and seized by police.
The 4ft-long reptile was found on July 11 of last year when officers visited Betts' home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, for an unrelated matter and asked to see his licence for the animal. At Sheffield Magistrates' Court, Betts claimed he was unaware that a licence was required to keep an alligator, which is native to the US and Mexico.
read more >24/02/25
A teacher suffering from long Covid has been awarded more than £42,000 in compensation after being unfairly dismissed for excessive absences. Joanna White told an employment tribunal that when she raised concerns about her health, her deputy headteacher told her she "just had to get on with it."
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