All news by author: Adam Dutton
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Inside filthy fish and chip shop deemed 'health risk' and fined nearly £3k
Hygiene inspectors uncovered a litany of failures at the Pisces takeaway in Boston, Lincolnshire, including filthy conditions, meat stored at unsafe temperatures and broken fridges
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Brave shopkeeper fights off knife-wielding robber with a cardboard box
Soran Sharifi was behind the counter when the masked thug burst into his shop and demanded cash, so Soran grabbed a parcel weighing about 22lb and shoved him with it
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'Our seaside village is overrun with A-listers - locals are being pushed out'
Mawgan Porth in Cornwall, where Hollywood stars Cate Blanchett, Jason Momoa and Jason Statham, as well as Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, all have holiday homes, is becoming increasingly expensive to live in
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'Doctors blamed my wife's symptoms on Covid jab, it was terminal cancer'
Tom Cronin's wife and mother of their two children, Katie Pritchard, died this summer after becoming concerned about a lump she came across - that medics believed to be side effects from the Covid vaccine
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Mum's stark warning after kids almost kill son, 10, playing viral choking game
Lisa Hill felt sick to her stomach when she discovered her 10-year-old son had been forced to take part in a viral social media challenge, that left him 'blue and purple'
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'We live on UK's dirtiest road with giant rats and waste you can see from space'
Locals have put up with fly-tipped rubbish, giant rats and disgusting human waste at the back of their homes for a decade, and now they're fed up of the council 'doing nothing'
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'We live underneath Spaghetti Junction - it's loud and dirty but we love it'
Gravelly Hill Interchange in Birmingham is one of the country's most iconic concrete structures. Some people live underneath it love it, but others don't like how noisy it is
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Mum bought rare teddy bear at car boot sale that was actually worth a fortune
Savvy mum Jeanette Davies saw the antique teddies on a stall at Monmouth Show Ground, South Wales, in June while browsing with her son Kyle Johns
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Chocoholic loses 12st after crippling Double Decker addiction put life at risk
Tobie Vermeire was eating 35 bars of chocolate a week and consuming 10,000 calories a day. Weighing 26st, he realised his addiction was killing him and took drastic action
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'I'm losing my council home weeks after my boyfriend died - I've nowhere to go'
Everleigh Frame lost her partner Devon Singleton and, weeks later, Newark & Sherwood Council, which the Tories lost this year, told her she was being evicted from her home
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Britain's 'wonkiest pub' with optical illusion 'shuts forever' after boozer sold
The Crooked House, in Himley, West Midlands, has long attracted tourists from all over the world due to its unique wonky structure and the optical illusions this creates
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Pub serving UK's 'cheapest pint of Guinness' for just £2 - but only for a month
The Feathers is offering a pint of the black stuff for less than half of its average price, as owner Justin Cull explains the escalating price of food and drink inspired them to do "something mental"
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Tesco shoppers disgusted by 'gross poo smell' that's lingered for six long years
Sickened customers are having to hold their noses whilst venturing into Tesco to do their weekly food shop, as the smell of raw sewage is still lingering after six long years
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'Neighbour blasted holes in my wall and I had to play Queen to drown out sound'
Gurwinder Singh has been ordered to knock down his 'monster mansion' which neighbours say had been making their lives a misery as they were forced to blast music to drown out the sound of construction
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Dad saves farmer's life with three words after half ton of hay crushes him
Michael Moss, 39, had been eating lunch in his garden when he heard screams for help and ran to find a local farmer trapped under half a ton of hay
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Son of 'lotto gran' who falsely claimed £33m jumped into canal to escape police
Susanne Hinte's son Brandon Scott admitted his latest crime as four new thefts when he appeared in court yesterday. On one occasion, he jumped into a canal to escape from the police
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'I was bullied for being fat in school - then I became a model and Miss England'
Alisha Cowie was taunted by her classmates about her weight in school. But she overcame the bullies and is now one of the UK's most successful beauty queens to date
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Beautiful town plagued by swarms of flies that crawl over locals in their sleep
Residents in a charming Regency town are 'too scared to open their windows or sit outside' after being plagued by thousands of flies that crawl over them at night
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Harry Potter book bought from library for 30p is rare first edition worth £5k
The collector, who bought the book for pennies, kept it stashed away in a box at his home, before the unlikely treasure was discovered by his family after he passed away
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'Dedicated' dad who was stabbed to death on tram remembered as 'loving soul'
Dad Kyle Knowles, 32, was riding a tram into the Highbury Vale stop, in Nottingham, when he was stabbed, leading to his tragic death in a shocking incident
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'We were fined £70 while waiting to use Asda car wash - we won't be going back'
Danielle Tucker waited to use a self-service jet wash at the 24-hour garage on June 4 at the Asda petrol station in Northfield Avenue, Kettering, Northants, before receiving a fine days later
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Pensioner barricaded in own home after bungling workmen dig trench in his garden
Frank Farmer, 67, was woken up to the sound of diggers tearing up his lawn and patio outside his home in the village of Claines near Worcester
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'I have been left with half a skull - but my attacker is about to walk free '
Kyle Stephenson, 32, punched Braden Stromberg, 27, in an unprovoked attack from behind causing him to smash his head on a street in Bosolver, Derbyshire, causing severe brain swelling
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Refugees 'scream for their lives' after being locked inside 'coffin' wardrobes
Romanian people smuggler Adrian Constantin, 36 - who acted as a "minder" to assist gang members - was jailed for over three years after being extradited back to the UK to face justice
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Luckiest UK city for lottery wins named - does your postcode make the list
Compiling an official list of all winners since the National Lottery's launch in 1994 - hopeful players can now check how their hometown compares to others across the UK
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