Police launch ‘sexual assault’ appeal after lorry driver kisses a woman in her 70s on the cheek for helping him get under a low bridge Social media users have ridiculed Derbyshire Police’s appeal for information A tweet posted by the force sparked a huge backlash and was later deleted Mocking Twitter users likened the police … Read more
Gerry Adams’ historic convictions for attempting to escape from the Maze Prison in the 1970s have been overturned more than 40 years later after the UK’s highest court today ruled that his detention was unlawful. The Supreme Court agreed the former Sinn Fein leader’s two 1975 convictions were unsafe because his detention was not ‘personally considered’ … Read more
Gerry Adams’ historic convictions for attempting to escape from the Maze Prison in the 1970s were today overturned by the UK’s highest court after it ruled that his detention was unlawful. The former Sinn Fein leader won a legal battle lasting more than 40 years as the Supreme Court agreed his two 1975 convictions were unsafe … Read more
Breaking news: Son of ‘Lady In The Lake’ killer loses his appeal against his late father’s conviction for murdering his wife with an ice axe and dumping her body 44 years ago Gordon Park was jailed for life in 2005 for killing estranged partner Carol in 1976 Park later dumped Carol’s body in Coniston Water … Read more
A zoo in Devon was saved from closure during the coronavirus lockdown after more than £44,000 of donations helped it meet its fundraising target in a single night. Dartmoor Zoo, in Sparkwell, can now survive for another month in spite of losing all its visitors after it raised more than double its £20,000 target since … Read more
Pupils will not be able to appeal against exam grades this year under new proposals… and will be told to RE-SIT tests in the autumn if they are unhappy with their marks Exam regulator Ofqual propose to stop appeals against A-level and GCSE results Students will be graded by teachers after exams cancelled due to … Read more
Students who want to appeal against ‘carefully considered’ A-Level grades awarded to them by teachers amid the coronavirus pandemic could be forced to take a gap year before taking tests, the exam watchdog has warned. Yesterday, teachers were told to submit ‘fair and carefully considered’ GCSE and A-Level grades for their pupils, in lieu of … Read more