All news by author: Adam Dutton
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Major police update in Sycamore Gap tree felling
Northumbria Police has issued an update about one of several men arrested after the iconic tree on Hadrian's Wall was felled overnight between September 27-28
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Chippy festive menu stuns fans with deep-fried mince pies and pigs in blankets
Previously Oh My Cupid have deep-fried Crème Eggs, Oreos and Mars bars in his signature batter and wanted to come up with something special again for the festive period.
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Man jailed after brothers killed in car crash when driver went through red light
Mohammed Sullaiman Khan, 28, reached speeds of over 90mph in a 40mph limit before the fatal collision which forced the BMW into metal railings, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard
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Two of Queen Victoria's creepiest Christmas decorations sell for whopping £1,500
Some Christmas tree decorations that once belonged to Queen Victoria have sold at auction for £1,443 - they were described by Charles Hanson as the 'ultimate festive bauble'
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Grandma ordered to leave UK after 42 years due to Home Office email blunder
Leonarda Zarcone, 74, was born in Italy and moved to the UK as a child. She then lived in France and was given French citizenship before she and husband Marcel Brunetto emigrated to the UK in 1981.
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Horror as labourer killed after falling into industrial shredder while at work
Davis Wallis, 29, accidentally toppled into a machine designed for commercial waste and wood after he was instructed to remove a blockage in the shredder while it was running
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Thieving couple raided dozens of Tescos stealing thousands in booze and makeup
Prolific Tesco thieves Marian Oprescu, 27, and his girlfriend Alexandra Radu, 24, were caught with a haul of stolen goods at their Scunthorpe home after a stealing spree worth thousands
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'Pathetic beanstalk' Christmas tree without tinsel or baubles slammed in town
Residents in Willenhall, West Midlands are furious that their festive display hasn't been decorated with tinsel or baubles and has just a string of lights dangling from a few branches
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Man flattening £500,000 lockdown 'monster mansion' after neighbour war
Gurwinder Singh spent £200,000 to build the four-bedroom house in the West Midlands, with its value now estimated at around half a million pounds - but he didn't have planning permission and Walsall Council ordered him to tear it down
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Couple planted Xmas tree outside house in 1978 – and now it's a major attraction
Avril and Christopher Rowlands planted their £6 fir outside their home in Inkberrow, Worcestershire, back in 1978 - it now stands 50ft tall and has become a festive attraction
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Disney-obsessed Brit travels to all 12 theme parks to go on every single ride
Ben Wooldridge, 35, has forked out thousands of pounds on his globe-trotting adventure travelling to every Disney park across four countries and three continents
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Family learns daughter passed long-awaited exam 3 days after she died in crash
Lucy Leahy, 23, died in a three-vehicle collision on the A509 between Bozeat and Wollaston, Northants. on November 24 and now her family have learned bittersweet news
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Ancient Qing Dynasty cup found gathering dust in garage set to sell for £5,000
A rare Chinese treasure dating back to the late 17th or early 18th century is estimated to fetch between £3,000- £5,000 when it goes under the hammer on November 30
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Shopkeeper hid £10,000 worth of illicit fags and vapes in secret compartment
Derby City Council and Derbyshire Police worked together after the illicit stash was found when a sniffer dog picked up a scent in a hidden chamber under the floor at a shop
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UK's roughest estate where yobs, 10, rip pigeons apart and squash rats in park
An area of Walsall in the West Midlands has been dubbed Britain's roughest estate after residents liken it to 'war-torn Ukraine' and say knife-wielding youths have been causing misery for three years
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Furious drivers hit out at 'ridiculous' new rules after hefty parking fines
Traders, including a laundrette, near Henwick car park in Worcester have also slammed the rule changes because they feel it has impacted on business significantly
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National Lottery winners spent month ignoring emails saying they'd scooped £120k
James Briggs missed four emails from the National Lottery trying to tell him he was the winner of Camelot's ‘Set For Life’ draw because he was 'busy with work' and 'had a holiday to Berlin'
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Rare one-of-a-kind 1969 car gleaming after epic 12-month restoration job
The Hillman GT may be the last one in existence - and it has been restored to its former glory after being bought at auction last year for £5,300
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Killer husband went to Sainsbury's to buy petrol before setting wife on fire
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT CCTV captured Georgian Constantin purchasing a green plastic jerry can, filling it up with petrol and paying for it at Sainsbury's petrol station before he doused Valentina Cozma in it and set her on fire
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Royal chocolates found under bed after woman refused to eat them for 82 years
A woman's box of Royal souvenir chocolates from 1935 have been found under her bed 88 years later - after she refused to eat them because her dad told her not to
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Thug murdered daughter's father-in-law in broad daylight after wedding gifts row
Ahmad Al Sino fatally stabbed dentist Mohammed Salem Ibrahim, 55, and slashed his son Aram at their home in Birmingham in March following a row over wedding gifts
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'UK's best car park' chosen by 'Britain's dullest man' after two-year search
The University of Warwick's Kirby Corner, in Coventry, has been awarded the accolade of "Car Park of the Year" by Kevin Beresford
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Family gets huge shock as they find 5ft python having a snooze on their boiler
The huge reptile was found by the family's nanny curled up in their South London home and is thought to have escaped from a nearby home or been cruelly dumped locally
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Homeless man banned from begging as he makes over £20k a year outside McDonald's
James Chamber, 30, was hauled before a court and banned from asking people for money after he was making over £20,000 a year begging outside a McDonald's in Lincoln city centre
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'Britain's dullest man' shares this year's 'mundane' calendar for allotment fans
Kevin Beresford has spent months travelling around his hometown to find the best green spaces on offer - he hopes his new calendar will prove that Redditch isn't a bad place to live
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