8 h. ago Drivers and passengers automatically eligible for a Blue Badge

The Blue Badge scheme helps people with certain disabilities or health conditions to park closer to the places they want to go - a list has been released showing who can automatically apply

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57 h. ago Full list of people automatically eligible for a Blue Badge as a driver or passenger

If you are not automatically eligible, you may be able to get a Blue Badge under certain other circumstances.

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5 d. ago The Devil Book by Asta Olivia Nordenhof review – a Danish series that burns with purpose

This incandescent novel takes in lockdown, the devil, bad investments, erotic thrills and the deadly fire on the Scandinavian Star ferryAt about 2am on the night of 7 April 1990, a fire broke out on board the MS Scandinavian Star, a car and passenger ferry operating between Oslo and Frederikshavn. Inadequate staff training coupled with jammed fire doors aiding the spread of the fire and the subsequent release of deadly hydrogen cyanide gas from burning laminates resulted in the deaths of 159 people. The disaster was initially blamed on one of the passengers – a lorry driver and convicted arsonist. The fact that this suspect was also one of the fire’s casualties and thus unable to refute the charges against him was almost certainly part of the reason why the truth about the tragedy took so long to come to light. In 2020, a six-hour documentary revealed that the fire had most likely been started deliberately as part of an insurance fraud.In the first volume of Asta Oliv...

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1 week ago Passenger threatened taxi driver with scissors then stole his cab

In the weeks leading up to the robbery, Nicholas Daniel's family had tried to get him help for his mental health

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2 w. ago Axel Rudakubana's taxi driver accepted new passenger minutes after seeing 'screaming children' fleeing for lives

The Southport inquiry heard the taxi driver saw six and seven-year-old children "stampede for their lives" but he drove away from the scene

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2 w. ago Uber driver asks if passengers like dogs and then unexpected happens

A group of friends were in for a cute surprise as they hailed an Uber together – only for the driver to ask them an unexpected question before revealing an adorable surprise

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2 w. ago People with a Blue Badge cannot park in these 11 places at any time of day or night

Full list of Blue Badge parking rules for people travelling in a vehicle as a driver or passenger.

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2 w. ago Driver and passenger who mowed down and murdered men riding home from pub jailed

Alex Rose and Charles Pardoe were found guilty of murdering William Birchard and Darren George as the pair rode home from the pub on an electric bike

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3 w. ago Full list of Blue Badge rules every holder must know to avoid a fine or loss of parking permit

A Blue Badge must be used correctly someone travelling as a driver or passenger.

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3 w. ago Drug driver who crashed her Mini into tree killing herself and passenger was 'anxious about driving in Britain'

Sara Pancas, 38, died two days after smashing her Mini into a tree beside the A11 at Ketteringham, Norfolk. Backseat passenger Sara Ribeiro, 29, died at the scene of the accident.

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3 w. ago Driver pleads guilty to causing death of taxi passenger in crash

Donna Brighton was killed and two other passengers were injured in Leicester in 2023.

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