Mother-of-eight avoids jail after taking nearly £100,000 in illegal benefit claims

Saaba Mahmood, 36, was spared jail after admitting to scrounging almost £100,000 in illegal welfare claims at Manchester’s  Minshull Street Crown Court A mother of eight who scrounged almost £100,000 in illegal welfare claims has been spared jail after she offered to enrol on a taxpayer funded programme to help her realise her crimes were … Read more

Birmingham police drone uses thermal imaging to reveal more than 300 illegal ravers

Police thermal-imaging drone reveals more than 200 illegal ravers in Birmingham – while officers are pelted with missiles as they break up Manchester street party The illegal gathering come as coronavirus infections in Birmingham skyrocketed West Midlands Police busted the huge DJ-led block party in the city centre Friday Drone images show the Covidiots partying … Read more

Illegal rave on Kent beach sees revellers ignore social distancing rules

Hundreds of partygoers descended on a beach in Romney Marsh, Kent, last night, to attend an illegal rave while openly breaking social distancing rules. The event, on Greatstone beach, started at around 3.30pm, and came after plans for an unofficial ‘beach cookout’ on Sunday night in nearby Camber Sands, East Sussex, were foiled by police. … Read more

Illegal rave on Kent beach sees revellers ignore social distancing rules

Hundreds of partygoers descended on a beach in Romney Marsh, Kent, last night, to attend an illegal rave while openly breaking social distancing rules. The event, on Greatstone beach, started at around 3.30pm, and came after plans for an unofficial ‘beach cookout’ on Sunday night in nearby Camber Sands, East Sussex, were foiled by police. … Read more

Police shut down illegal rave in Epping Forest as 500 lockdown revellers keep angry residents awake

Police shut down illegal rave in Epping Forest as 500 lockdown revellers keep angry residents awake until the early hours Police received eight noise complaints from neighbours about the illegal rave Around 500 ravers were packed tightly together in the heart of Epping Forest It is illegal for people to gather in groups of more than … Read more

Illegal house party with 160 guests at Airbnb keeps furious locals awake until 3am in London

Furious locals were kept awake until 3am after around 160 guests attended an illegal house party in north London.    Metropolitan Police officers broke up the event, said to have been held at an Airbnb property in Tavistock Terrace, Archway, on Friday night, following complaints from neighbours.  Police were in a battle this morning to shut … Read more

Police battle to shut down illegal rave in the Forest of Dean

Police battle to shut down illegal rave in the Forest of Dean and warn it will take ‘some time’ to clear crowns of lockdown revellers Gloucestershire Constabulary say ‘large volume’ of people are in area for ‘rave’ Officers are in the beauty spot near to Speculation Car Park dispersing revellers Police chiefs today warn that … Read more

Night of carnage in London as FIVE people are shot and police shut down illegal rave

Carnage broke out in London overnight as at least three shootings took place – one reportedly involving a sub-machine gun – and multiple illegal raves were held. Two people were reportedly shot in Hackney while another two men were shot in Brixton and a third shooting took place in Croydon just yards from West Croydon … Read more

Night of carnage in London as ‘FOUR people are shot’ and police shut down illegal rave

Carnage broke out in London overnight with at least two shootings – one reportedly involving a sub-machine gun and multiple illegal raves were held. Two people were reportedly shot in Hackney while another two men were shot in Brixton with reports of a sub-machine gun being used. The first shooting reportedly took place on the … Read more

National Park boss slams illegal ‘wild campers’ who leave litter

National Park boss hits out at illegal ‘wild campers’ leaving rubbish behind to despoil Britain’s great beauty spots Trevor Beattie shared images of South Downs beauty spots covered in rubbish  He explained ‘wild camping is damaging our National Park’ in a series of posts Images from Southwick Hill and Midhurst Common ‘examples of a greater issue’ … Read more