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Shop thefts rise as police fail to show up in 76% of cases at Co-op stores that have seen 300,000 incidents this year Shoplifting incidents have surged by 43 per cent in just one year Co-op has complained about police failing to show up for shop thefts  Police are failing to attend hundreds of thousands […]

Vapes could be taxed to make young people quit under plans unveiled in the King’s Speech Ministers are considering a range of measures to make vapes less attractive  Ideas include fines to retailers, a new duty, and sale restrictions on e-cigarettes Move comes as government moves to ban tobacco for those born after 2009  Vapes […]

Britain is ‘falling back’ and lacks a competitive edge because of the controversial tourist tax, business leaders warn Retailers are investing more in Paris rather than London, experts warned MPs Tourism bosses have warned MPs that Britain is losing its competitive edge because it lacks a VAT-free shopping scheme. MPs questioned chief executives on the […]

Queen Elizabeth II suggested David Cameron should have received ‘six of the best’ after he said she ‘purred’ following the Scottish independence referendum, Alex Salmond claims Lord Cameron repeatedly apologised for the blunder which happened in 2014 The late Queen suggested David Cameron should have received ‘six of the best’ after he said she ‘purred’ […]

Moment Ulez ‘blade runner’ dubbed the Phantom Sticker Man is caught on video as he puts hundreds of Sadiq Khan’s cameras out of action Footage shows the figure slapping a sticker on the camera before running away   This is the moment a Ulez blade runner dubbed the Phantom Sticker Man was caught on video as […]

Rocky horror show! Mystery as fiery ‘meteor’ slams into island Fireball seen streaking through sky over remote Scots community  Scientists launch bid to locate fragments of debris from crash site  It is a sleepy island whose 163 residents enjoy a slow pace of life. But now Gigha could become a magnet for meteorite hunters after […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Education Minister Ben Carroll has called for a full investigation into errors in this year’s VCE exams, saying he is disappointed in a series of “stuff-ups” that should never have occurred. Carroll said on Monday he had asked […]

Giles Coren accepts police caution for verbally abusing neighbour after row over parking outside his home He is the restaurant critic known for his fiery temper, who sent abusive emails to colleagues, had a fake Polish Twitter account and wrote ‘sickening’ tweets about the death of a journalist.  Now Giles Coren’s furious row with his […]

Return to Hell: Bartender who survived Nova festival massacre by hiding under a stage, smearing her face with blood and pretending to be dead goes back to the scene and warns the world to ‘wake up’ to Hamas May Hayat, from Tel Aviv, saw Hamas gunmen attack the open-air music festival A bartender who survived […]

Man, 25, tragically dies after falling from hotel bathroom window in Cornwall  Oliver Collier-Timpson died in hospital after suffering a traumatic brain injury A man tragically died after falling from a bathroom widow of a hotel in Cornwall while on holiday with his friends Oliver Collier-Timpson, 25, died at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth in April of […]