Clampdown 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 ArticleNorton man accused of Full Sutton murder appears in court
A FORMER ink salesman accused of the murder of York businessman Peter Battle has appeared in court facing more charges including the robbery of a man who wanted to sell £4,000 worth of gold three...
View ArticlePigeon whistles: Audible Forces features pigeons 'making music'
The sound is at first disorientating, but haunting and beautiful. Twelve specially-trained pigeons are swooping and weaving through the air, creating a whistling, shifting series of notes, that whip...
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 ArticleFlag riot accused face trial
Two men are to stand trial accused of rioting during loyalist flag protests earlier this year, a judge has ruled. Nicholas Reilly (22) faces charges connected to street disorder in Carrickfergus on...
View ArticleCourt rejects Biju Radhakrishnan's plea to meet Shalu Menon
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The judicial first class magistrate court here on Thursday denied solar panel fraud case accused Biju Radhakrishnan permission to meet co-accused and actor Shalu Menon in...
View ArticleDriver who mowed down mother in court again
The driver who killed mother-of-two Linda Cox in a hit-run outside the Canberra Hospital has been committed to the ACT Supreme Court over another car theft only weeks before the fatal crash. Justin Lee...
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 ArticleMan jailed after breaching ASBO 7 times (The Metropolitan Police)
(Source: The Metropolitan Police) 27 June 2013 A man who admitted to breaching the terms of his Antisocial Behaviour Order (ASBO) has been sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment. 25-year-old Thomas...
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...
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