Fine for dodging rail fares soars five-fold to £100 in major new crackdown DfT hopes to recoup more of the £240million lost to fare evasion on the railways Follows concerns the current £20 fine, introduced in 2005, was not a deterrent It means fines in England and Wales will be higher than many European nations The […]
A MAN has been fined £60 for the time he spent waiting for a parking space and buying a ticket. Paul Adams, 55, said that it appears he would have either pay within a minute of arriving at the car park or before he entered to avoid the charge. While he was on holiday in […]
Berlin: German Social Democrat Olaf Scholz said he had reached a coalition deal to form a new government that will try to modernise Europe’s largest economy and bring the curtain down on the Angela Merkel era. Scholz’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the ecologist Greens and the libertarian Free Democrats (FDP) want to accelerate the transition […]
Inside the town with world’s strictest lockdown where residents are bundled into vans and driven to a quarantine camp, banned from going for a WALK or buying food – as Indigenous elders issue a frightening warning Terrified Indigenous Australians are being taken by army to quarantine facilities At-risk remote Aboriginal communities have been hit by a […]
‘It was unusual to come to us this late’: ITV insider reveals they received 11th hour request to air William and Kate’s Christmas carol concert… ‘amid ongoing row over BBC documentary’ Royals furious at BBC’s new two-part documentary, The Princes and the Press Carol concert has now been handed to ITV in a ‘last-minute offer’, […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of thieves smashed windows at a department store at a luxury mall in Los Angeles, triggering a police pursuit just days after high-end stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area were targeted. The latest incident in a national trend of smash-and-grab crimes targeted a Nordstrom store at The Grove […]
Women are banned from appearing in TV dramas in Afghanistan under new Taliban rules Taliban has banned all TV dramas featuring women from being broadcast Female news readers must wear ‘Islamic hijab’, though it is unclear which kind Rules form part of new edict on TV programs from Ministry of Vice and Virtue Also […]
Jeopardy! contestant Matt King gained notoriety after appearing on Tuesday’s show, but probably not for the reason he would like. The lawyer from Lewisville, Texas, started the game strong, but ultimately finished with -$6,400. While contestants in the past have struggled mightily with categories pertaining to football, that category was where King excelled. He quickly […]
AN SUV ran through a crowd on Nov. 21, 2021 during the Waukesha Christmas parade, killing six people. In Wisconsin people are mourning the loss of those that were killed during the Christmas parade on Sunday, including 8-year-old Jackson Sparks. Who is Waukesha parade victim Jackson Sparks? Jackson Sparks, 8, was one of six victims […]
A HUGE update regarding the autopsy of Brian Laundrie's remains is coming imminently. The Laundrie family lawyer, Steven Bertolino, told a WFLA reporter that the news will come either today or tomorrow. "I'm told today or tomorrow. Check in around mid day," Bertolino said, regarding new information about Laundrie's remains. The skeletal remains of Brian […]
