Co-op starts putting GPS satellite tracking tags on MEAT in bid to stop shoplifters 

Co-op starts putting GPS satellite tracking tags on MEAT in bid to stop shoplifters Co-op has put the hi-tech boxes to house meat being sold in their stores  The devices have been spotted on items including rump steak and pork loin It comes after the chain introduced body-worn cameras for some of its staff By … Read more

Tree-planting drive takes root as National Trust record first 60,000 saplings in bid for 20million

Tree-planting drive takes root as National Trust record first 60,000 saplings in bid for 20million more National Trust has received £500,000 in public donations for its campaign  Charity has planted 60,000 trees so far and plans to plant 20million by 2030  More locations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been earmarked  By Xantha Leatham Health … Read more

Banned ‘pitbull-type’ dog may be put down as owner loses High Court bid

Banned ‘pitbull-type’ dog may be put down despite ‘excellent temperament’ as ‘devoted’ owner loses High Court bid to save his life after failing to keep him muzzled and on a lead Jenner Stronge was convicted of possessing a prohibited pitbull-type dog  Was allowed to keep the dog on the condition it was kept on a lead … Read more

Suez Canal chiefs launch last-ditch bid to use supermoon high tide to free the Ever Given

Salvage teams have intensified excavation and dredging efforts around a massive container ship blocking the busy Suez Canal after canal chiefs launched a last-ditch bid to take advantage of the king tide brought on by the supermoon to help free the vessel. Officials said operations were under way to make use the high tides created by … Read more

Women celebrate victory in Asda equal pay bid

Women celebrate victory in Asda equal pay bid: ‘Made in Dagenham’ case paves way for shop workers to earn same as male warehouse staff The Supreme Court ruled that lower-paid staff who work on the shop floor can compare themselves with higher-paid workers in warehouses  This has been a contentious issue and the 44,000 claimants … Read more

Family anger over MI5 bid to keep terror attack evidence secret

Secret evidence could shed light on whether MI5 and police failed to prevent the Fishmongers’ Hall attack, a court has heard. Cambridge University graduates Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were killed by convicted terrorist Usman Khan at a prisoner rehabilitation event near London Bridge on November 29 2019. Khan, 28, who was armed … Read more

Johnny Depp LOSES bid to overturn High Court ruling that he beat Amber Heard

Johnny Depp LOSES bid to overturn High Court ruling that he beat Amber Heard and left her in ‘fear for her life’ By Rory Tingle For Mailonline Published: 10:06 GMT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 10:07 GMT, 25 March 2021 Johnny Depp has lost a bid to overturn a damning High Court ruling which concluded … Read more

Laurence Fox warned by police on doorstep for ‘breaking Covid rules’ over London Mayor election bid

Police officers knocked on Laurence Fox’s door to warn him about ‘breaking Covid rules’ over his London Mayor election bid today. The 42-year-old ex-actor claimed he faced a ‘bit of mild intimidation’ from ‘the boys in blue’ when two officers turned up at his home this morning. Mr Fox – who launched the Reclaim Party last year to … Read more

Members of the Shrewsbury 24 win bid to clear their names at Court of Appeal

Members of the Shrewsbury 24 – including Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson – who were convicted for unlawful assembly during the 1972 builders’ strike have won a bid to clear their names at the Court of Appeal.  Two dozen trade unionists who picketed during the 1972 national builders’ strike were charged with offences including unlawful … Read more

Dozens of subpostmasters begin legal bid to clear their names at Court of Appeal 

Dozens of subpostmasters who say they were wrongly convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting in the Horizon IT scandal are battling to clear their names at the Court of Appeal. Between 1999 and 2015, hundreds of postmasters were sacked or prosecuted after money appeared to go missing from their branch accounts. Post Office bosses were … Read more