17 h. ago Milkman got caught in sting then threw away chance at freedom

Stephen Ricketts avoided jail after sending sick messages to a 'child' but got caught breaking the law on three more occasions

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48 h. ago My neighbour broke my lawn mower can I make him pay for the repair? DEAN DUNHAM replies

My next-door neighbour borrowed my lawn mower and broke it. He says the mower was old and it wasn't his fault. I want him to pay for its repair - what are my rights? Dean Dunham replies...

Society

49 h. ago My neighbour broke my lawn mower and I want him to pay for its repair

My next-door neighbour borrowed my lawn mower and broke it. He says the mower was old and it wasn't his fault. I want him to pay for its repair - what are my rights? Dean Dunham replies...

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6 d. ago He had just gotten out of prison. Weeks later he was caught breaking the law again

Andrew Davison turned to crime just days after being released from prison because he was unable to get benefits

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9 d. ago I can see my neighbour sunbathing naked in his back garden. Is he breaking the law? DEAN DUNHAM has the answer

Dean Dunham explains the first course of action you should take, and what you could do if they don't cover up.

Politics

1 week ago Drivers face £300 fixed penalty notice for breaking this one key driving law

A Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) is generally issued by police officers as an alternative to prosecution when a driver is found to be in breach of the law.

Economics

1 week ago Transgender student's arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to be a first

A transgender college student declared “I am here to break the law” before entering a women’s restroom at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee and being handcuffed by police

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3 w. ago Republican senators call for investigation into Signal leak as intelligence chiefs deny breaking law – US politics live

More messages from the group chat were made public on Wednesday, showing top Trump officials discussing the attack on YemenTop aides to Joe Biden “aggressively” warned Democratic donors last summer that if the then president was forced out of the 2024 election over concerns about his age and fitness, the party would inevitably make the “mistake” of running the vice-president, Kamala Harris, against Donald Trump, a new book says.“One donor on the receiving end of an electronic message summed up the sentiments of Biden’s top aides: ‘They were aggressively saying that we would wind up with the vice-president and that would be a mistake.’” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Our dog was banned from the restaurant in a 'dog friendly' hotel

My wife and I took our dog for a weekend at a 'dog-friendly' boutique hotel. It was nothing of the sort! We couldn't take our labrador into the restaurant.

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3 w. ago Our pooch was banned from the restaurant in a 'dog friendly' hotel

My wife and I took our dog for a weekend at a 'dog-friendly' boutique hotel. It was nothing of the sort! We couldn't take our labrador into the restaurant.

Society

3 w. ago Richard Osman urges writers to ‘have a good go’ at Meta over breaches of copyright

The author was responding to news that the company used a notorious publicly available database of more than 7.5m books to train artificial intelligenceRichard Osman has said that writers will “have a good go” at taking on Meta after it emerged that the company used a notorious database believed to contain pirated books to train artificial intelligence.“Copyright law is not complicated at all,” the author of The Thursday Murder Club series wrote in a statement on X on Sunday evening. “If you want to use an author’s work you need to ask for permission. If you use it without permission you’re breaking the law. It’s so simple.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Can I claim compensation? Should I cancel my holiday? Consumer lawyer DEAN DUNHAM answers all your questions about the Heathrow fire

The closure of Heathrow today has caused mayhem, with 1,350 flights to and from the airport being cancelled. Here I answer the key questions Mail readers have been asking me.

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4 w. ago I've been sent a parking ticket from a holiday in Italy a year ago

I've been sent two parking tickets for 98 Euros from Italy. I was on holiday there more than a year ago - and they've only just been issued. Do I have to pay?

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last month Urgent £5k daffodil warning as picking flowers in these areas is banned

Tempted to pick those bright-yellow daffodils near your house? You might want to think again - or get slapped with a hefty £5,000 fine for breaking a little-known law

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