Irate father, 31, is jailed for seven years for taking a SHOTGUN to confront fellow parents

A violently overprotective father has been jailed for seven years for taking a shotgun to confront a fellow parent and firing bullets into the air after a playground bust-up between their children.  John Fleck, 31, turned up at the home of his neighbour William Robertson shouting: ‘You’re getting it, your missus is getting it, and … Read more

Ravers confront police trying to shut forest rave amid new crackdown on illegal parties

Rowdy revellers confronted a line of riot shield-wielding police officers in a Norfolk forest after authorities tried to shut down their 500-person rave. Crowds of police officers wearing helmets and hi-vis jackets moved in to break up the ‘well-established and planned’ all-night unlicensed music event in Thetford Forest. One raver appeared to try to rip a riot … Read more

Jamaica’s High Commissioner urges the Commonwealth to confront ‘the elephant in the room’

Prince Harry has reignited the row over Britain’s colonial history as it emerged today he wanted the organisation to ‘acknowledge the past’, even if it’s ‘uncomfortable’. It is likely to cause a ruckus in the Royal household, with his grandmother the Queen being head of the 54-nation group, and his father Prince Charles to succeed … Read more

Protesters from Seattle’s CHOP confront construction workers and lie down in front of bulldozers

Protesters in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone confronted construction workers as they attempted to remove roadblocks on Friday morning. Employees from the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) arrived around 6.00am with trucks and heavy machinery to haul away the concrete and wooden barriers.   Video taken by Converge Media showed Sam Zimbabwe, head of … Read more

Protesters from Seattle’s CHOP confront construction workers and lie down in front of bulldozers

Protesters in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone confronted construction workers as they attempted to remove roadblocks on Friday morning. Employees from the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) arrived around 6.00am with trucks and heavy machinery to haul away the concrete and wooden barriers.   Video taken by Converge Media showed Sam Zimbabwe, head of … Read more

‘Drunk’ BMW driver with ‘vodka’ in the front seat stumbles out of his car to confront shopper

‘I’ll knock your head off’: ‘Drunk’ BMW driver with a ‘bottle of vodka’ in the front seat stumbles out of his car to confront shopper who accused him of littering Rob Flint was buying essentials at a Co-Op in Southport, Merseyside, on Monday  He claims he spotted a BMW driver drinking vodka in the car … Read more