17 h. ago London minicab drivers crisis: About 2,000 caught in TfL licensing backlog and unable to work

Sadiq Khan backs calls for compensation for drivers left at breaking point

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7 d. ago Brits could face fines of £5,000 if they're caught vaping in these holiday spots

Some Brits could be caught out with a hefty fine for vaping while abroad – with bans sweeping across the world – experts have created a list of restricted areas

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1 week ago Sadiq Khan meeting targeted by protesters after minicab driver caught in TfL licensing backlog chaos dies from heart attack

Veteran driver Rob Dale waited three months for a new licence. It finally arrived - 17 days after his death.

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1 week ago 'Honeymoon' drug mule couple hug and kiss in court as they are jailed after being caught at UK airport with £99,000 of cannabis stuffed in their suitcases

Jeng Chow, 30, and Ley Wat, 25, were travelling from their native Malaysia with 28 vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana and had even made a stop over in Qatar.

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3 w. ago Benefits cheat mother, 50, who lied about her MS to claim more than £20,000 was caught out by her own Facebook posts of running events

Sara Morris, 50, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2005, and in 2020 claimed the severity of her progressive disease had left her unable to stand at the cooker.

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3 w. ago Brazen thief uses wheelie bins to steal £3,000 worth of clothes and shoes

Brazen thief Reece Wheat made off with £3,000 of goods stuffed in a wheelie bin - he was caught in CCTV footage legging it from a Footlocker store in Nottingham

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3 w. ago Drivers could be fined £1,000 if caught over bad habit at traffic lights

Motorists can be penalised if breaking the rules while stationary at traffic lights or in a traffic jam

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3 w. ago Celebrity chef Jason Atherton is banned from driving after being caught speeding in his £150,000 Aston Martin after sexism row and loss of Michelin star

Atherton, 53, who was executive chef at Gordon Ramsay's Michelin-starred Maze until 2010 before kickstarting his TV career, has racked up 12 points thanks to three separate speeding offences.

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4 w. ago 'Gardeners' caught in £450,000 school cannabis farm ordered to pay just £1

The former school was being used to grow and process industrial quantities of cannabis

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4 w. ago Drug mule mum issues stark warning to Bella May Culley as she awaits trial

Levi-April Whalley says she has endured 'months of torture' after she was caught smuggling drugs worth £160,000 into the UK with friend Sophie Bannister

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