Woman who dropped cigarette end fined by court (Carmarthenshire County...
(Source: Carmarthenshire County Council) A woman who dropped a cigarette end on the pavement near Llanelli's Asda supermarket has been fined £100 by magistrates. Kayleigh Jane Thomas, aged 21, of...
View ArticleShrien Dewani's mental health 'improving,' extradition court hears
The 33-year-old is accused of orchestrating the murder of his wife Anni, who was shot on the outskirts of Cape Town in November 2010. He is facing extradition to go on trial in South Africa over her...
View ArticleFamily of murdered bride Anni Dewani to learn if husband will face...
Shrien Dewani, 33, is accused of orchestrating the killing of his 28-year-old Swedish bride who was shot as the couple travelled in a taxi which was hijacked on the outskirts of Cape Town in November...
View ArticlePigeon lady faces court for ‘breaking no-feeding Asbo’
Nadia Lee, 66, spent 25 years scattering seed on the pavements near to her home and taking home injured pigeons in...
View ArticleDewani spends days in a van, UK court told
London: UK-based Indian-origin businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of masterminding the murder of his wife while on honeymoon in South Africa, spends his days in a camper van at a mental hospital, a...
View ArticleCongress MP Sanjay Nirupam moves high court against summons in defamation case
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam today moved the Delhi high court challenging a trial court order summoning him in a criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP MP Smriti Irani, for allegedly using...
View ArticleHoneymoon murder hearing to begin
Shrien Dewani, 33, is accused of orchestrating the death of his 28-year-old wife Anni, who was shot as the couple travelled in a taxi on the outskirts of Cape Town in November 2010. He has been...
View ArticleDewani extradition hearing to start
--> Dewani, 33, is accused of orchestrating the death of his 28-year-old wife Anni, who was shot as the couple travelled in a taxi on the outskirts of Cape Town in November 2010. He has been...
View ArticleFeeding the Pigeons, in Memoriam
Metropolitan Diary More Reader Tales From the City » Dear Diary: A few days ago I saw my neighbor feeding pigeons in Riverside Park, a no-no for some, a cause for others. I asked him why he was engaged...
View ArticleWoman stuns court with plea for leniency of neighbour
A woman left persons inside the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court this week stunned after she displayed neighbourly love and begged for bail for her neighbour who reportedly stabbed her twice,...
View ArticleASBO for traffic light beggar (The Metropolitan Police)
(Source: The Metropolitan Police) 04 July 2013 A prolific beggar has been issued a two year Anti Social Behaviour Order (ASBO). Charles Alfred Waller aged 51 years (DOB: 12/11/1962) of Bowater Close,...
View ArticleDewani considered returning to SA
--> We suggest that there has been significant and sustained improvement (in his depression), largely as a result of the administration of drugs The British Press Association reported that the...
View ArticleFirst among the feathers
It was the male Pakistani hybrid who proved to be the game changer for Bindosh Kumar this summer. The ‘Ablagh’ clocked more than seven hours in the sky before returning home, overhauling his 11 team...
View ArticleDewani 'considered trial return'
The businessman is being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression following the murder of his 28-year-old wife Anni, who was shot in the outskirts of Cape Town in November...
View ArticleAs Arizona fire raged, homeowner raced to save her 50 pigeons
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - It wasn't the recollection of the "wall of fire," the blaze sweeping through the scrubby terrain, that caused Cindy Carrillo to take off her glasses and wipe away tears. It was...
View ArticlePeaceful passenger pigeon waits for resurrection
(Image: Marc Schlossman/Panos) PASSENGER pigeons once formed flocks so vast that they would darken the sky for days as they flew past. In the 19th century there were some 5 billion individual birds in...
View ArticleFacing jail: professional beggar who fleeced the public but lived in...
Simon Wright is facing jail after he was spotted begging in Leicester Square a month after magistrates handed him an Asbo banning him from begging in the capital. The 37-year-old professional beggar...
View ArticleFacing jail: professional beggar who fleeced the public but lived in...
Simon Wright is facing jail after he was spotted begging in Leicester Square, weeks after magistrates handed him an Asbo banning him from begging in the capital. The 37-year-old provoked outrage last...
View ArticleTrapped pigeons rescued by three emergency vehicles
Three trapped pigeons were rescued by two fire engines, a police car and the RSPCA on a Durham high-street. Three trapped pigeons were rescued by two fire engines, a police car and the RSPCA on a...
View ArticlePassenger pigeons may come back from the dead
By Jackson Landers, Special to The Washington Post Posted: 07/09/2013 06:24:49 PM PDT Updated: 07/09/2013 06:24:59 PM PDT Taking a page from â œJurassic Park," scientists might be able to patch...
View ArticleDewani’s mental health ‘has improved’
London - Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani's mental health has improved and he has talked about returning to South Africa to fight a murder charge, a London court heard on Monday. The British...
View ArticleCong MP Nirupam moves HC against summons in defamation case
New Delhi: Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order summoning him in a criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP MP Smriti Irani for allegedly...
View ArticleMI5 spy cleared of assaulting ex-girlfriend
Man accused of violent campaign to win back fellow spy argued that her complaints were retribution of a woman scorned The MI5 headquarters in central London. Photograph: Reuters An MI5 spy has been...
View ArticleHit-run driver fined, faces sentencing over car theft
The driver who killed mother-of-two Linda Cox in a hit-run outside the Canberra Hospital, has been committed for sentence to the ACT Supreme Court over the theft of another car only weeks before the...
View ArticleForgery case: Deputy chief whip first Mizoram MLA to be jailed
AIZAWL: The deputy chief whip of the ruling Congress in Mizoram Assembly became first legislator in the state to be jailed following his surrender in a forgery case on Thursday. R L Pianmawia spent a...
View ArticleCouncil criticised after taking farmer to court over loud chickens
A council has been criticised by a magistrate after taking a farmer to court for failing to stop his chickens from crowing too loudly. Anthony Block with one of his cockerels Photo: EAST NEWS By Josie...
View ArticleClampdown on nuisance animals
Residents who own dozens of cats could be forced to pay if the Invercargill City Council adopts its Keeping of Animals, Poultry and Bees Bylaw this month. The bylaw would give the city council more...
View ArticleLong-extinct passenger pigeon could be brought back to life in near future
Tweet Washington, July 9 (ANI): Passenger pigeon, which was once among the most abundant birds in North America, is now extinct because of hunting and habitat destruction but scientists are planning...
View ArticleStowaway pigeons rescued off UK coast by the Royal Navy
Two stowaway pigeons have been rescued by a Royal Navy warship off the coast of Plymouth, Devon after they became exhausted. Sailors aboard HMS Diamond created a makeshift aviary for the two racing...
View ArticleRalph Heimans' defaced Queen portrait back on display
A painting of the Queen by Ralph Heimans has been restored and placed back on display at Westminster Abbey after it was defaced in May. Tim Haries, 41, from Doncaster, South...
View ArticleHow to get ahead ... as a leader of the troubled families initiative
The government's flagship programme is creating jobs for senior managers across the public and voluntary sectors Louise Casey, troubled families tsar. The troubled families scheme was recently...
View ArticleTwo year city centre ASBO given to Hull man (Kingston-upon-Hull City Council)
(Source: Kingston-upon-Hull City Council) A Hull man has been handed an anti social behaviour order for two years following violent and abusive behaviour. Scott Stelloo of Blake Close was given the...
View Article£75 littering fine for feeding pasty scraps to a pigeon
A woman was issued with a £75 litter fine - for feeding a scrap of her leftover lunchtime pasty to a pigeon. Bolton council said that feeding pigeons was classed as littering because pigeons are...
View ArticleCovent Garden Tesco 'plagued by protein fuelled supermouse'
They also found mouse droppings, dead rodents in the warehouse dairy section and food waste in the warehouse of the store, which attracts 55,000 shoppers a week. Staff had failed to fix doors, pipes...
View ArticleTimeline: Anni Dewani murder
Key dates in the investigation into the murder of Anni Dewani, the new bride murdered while on honeymoon with her husband, Shrien, in South Africa. 13 November 2010 Shrien and Anni Dewani, from...
View ArticleThomson says no crime in any listings on credit card
Former Federal Labor MP Craig Thomson is accused of using a Health Services Union credit card to pay for prostitutes. Photo: Penny Stephens Craig Thomson will argue there was nothing criminal in...
View ArticleHigh Court calls for CrPC change
Hyderabad: The AP High Court on Friday stressed that there was an urgent need to incorporate a provision in the criminal procedure code (Cr-PC) prescribing the procedure to deal with cases wherein...
View ArticleCraig Thomson case to be heard at magistrates court
MP will face 173 fraud-related charges in Melbourne court where he could not be jailed for more than five years if found guilty Craig Thomson arrives at the Melbourne magistrates court. Photograph:...
View ArticleAuthority to use card key to Thomson defence
Federal independent MP Craig Thomson is unlikely to dispute many of the facts of the fraud case against him, a court has heard. Thomson is accused of misusing credit cards on items including X-rated...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Former brokers in UK court on Libor fraud charges
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - Two former brokers, who appeared in court on Friday on fraud charges, conspired with employees at UBS, HSBC, Rabobank, Citi and Tullett Prebon to manipulate...
View ArticleTwo before London court over Libor rigging
Two former brokers have appeared in a London court over an alleged conspiracy to defraud in connection with the rigging of interbank lending rate Libor. Terry Farr, 41, and James Gilmour, 48, are...
View ArticleFormer brokers in UK court on Libor fraud charges
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - Two former brokers appeared in a London court on Friday accused of conspiracy to defraud in connection with a global investigation into the Libor interest rate rigging...
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