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09/04/26

A police officer who struck and killed a 74-year-old woman while responding to an emergency 999 call about a choking baby has been sentenced to prison.

PC Mark Roberts drove through a red light during the response, colliding with a motorbike carrying Ronald and Muriel Pinkney. Mrs Pinkney, who was a passenger, suffered fatal head and neck injuries in the crash, which occurred in July 2022 on a 30mph road near the MetroCentre in Gateshead.

24/03/26

A legal challenge claiming low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) were being used as a "fat cash cow" succeeded after a politician admitted the schemes generated significant income.

A High Court judge ruled that Croydon Council introduced six LTNs unlawfully because its primary motivation was to raise millions of pounds through fines.

23/02/26

A security guard who stole more than £11,000 worth of clothes from Harrods is "in trouble with his mum," a court heard.

Abdishakur Osman, 22, was sentenced to nine months in jail after admitting to taking clothing items valued at £11,753 from the Knightsbridge department store on June 15, 2023.

15/01/26

Two male police officers were unlawfully discriminated against on the grounds of gender after being removed from their roles and replaced by female officers, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Suffolk Constabulary reassigned the two men from its proactive policing team in an effort to improve "gender balance", despite being advised that the move was discriminatory. The force has since accepted that "this was not the right way to go about it" following the tribunal's decision in favour of the officers.

18/12/25

A retired salesman killed his wife before taking his own life on New Year's Eve after her symptoms of Huntington's disease worsened, an inquest has heard.

Michael and Heather Newton were found dead at their home in Poole, Dorset, at 11.35am on December 31 last year. An inquest in Bournemouth was told Mrs Newton, 70, died from head injuries and strangulation, while Mr Newton, 76, died by hanging.