4 h. ago Parents wrongly arrested over school WhatsApp group messages say they hope 'thought police' will 'think twice' after being awarded £20,000 in damages

Maxie Allen, 50, says he feels 'vindicated' after he and his TV producer partner Rosalind Levine, 46, received a £20,000 payout from Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Events

4 h. ago Parents who complained about school on WhatsApp 'paid £20,000 after arrest'

Parents Rosalind Levine and Maxie Allen were each paid £10,000 each after six police officers arrived at their home following complaints from a primary school about messages shared on WhatsApp

Society

4 h. ago Mum reveals how she saved £6,600 on a family holiday to Lapland

Karen Armstrong, 51, shared how she paid just £1,400 for an £8,000 holiday to Lapland - saving over £6,000 by snapping up return flights for just £50 and booking everything 'individually.' 

Economics

4 h. ago Parents ‘get £20k payout’ after unlawful arrest over school WhatsApp row

Ms Levine told Radio 4 there was a moment she thought the police were coming to tell her that their daughter was dead

Economics

6 h. ago Parents get £20,000 for ‘unlawful’ arrest after complaining about school on WhatsApp

Maxie Allen and his partner Rosalind Levine say they hope damages serves as a ‘positive effect’ in future cases

Society

15 h. ago Parents ‘vindicated’ after police admit unlawful arrest over WhatsApp row

Hertfordshire police agree to pay £20,000 to Rosalind Levine and Maxie Allen, who were held for 11 hours after complaining about daughter’s schoolTwo parents who were arrested after they complained about their daughter’s primary school on WhatsApp have said they felt “vindicated” by the police admitting the arrest was unlawful.Rosalind Levine and her partner, Maxie Allen, said they were held at a police station for 11 hours over their complaints about the school. Continue reading...

Events

18 h. ago Police admit arrest of parents over school WhatsApp group messages WAS unlawful

Hertfordshire Constabulary has admitted the arrest of two parents over a school WhatsApp group was unlawful as parents, Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine, receive a £20,000 payout. 

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20 h. ago Hertfordshire police admit unlawful arrest of couple in school WhatsApp row – report

Force said to have agreed to £20,000 payout to parents who complained about daughter’s school in BorehamwoodA police force has reportedly admitted it unlawfully arrested two parents in front of their nine-year-old daughter after they complained about her school on WhatsApp.Rosalind Levine and her partner, Maxie Allen, said they were held at a police station for 11 hours over the complaints about their daughter’s primary school. Continue reading...

Events

28 h. ago The TRUTH behind Sarajevo's 'human safaris': Shocking testimonies of men who watched 'elite, wealthy hunters' shoot civilians after paying huge sums for a chance to murder women and children

Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italian tourists who allegedly paid £70,000 to shoot innocent people in 'human safari' hunting trips to Sarajevo, with extra charged to kill children.

Events

4 d. ago Katie Price takes another swipe at ex Peter Andre in furious rant about 'parenting rights'

Katie Price made a not so subtle dig at her ex-husband Peter Andre as she complained about 'parenting rights' during a new episode of her podcast.

Politics

4 d. ago Sniper tourists’ allegedly paid £70,000 to shoot civilians in ‘human safaris’

The snipers were considered the most feared element of life under siege in Sarajevo as they would pick off people on the streets at random, including small children

Economics

4 d. ago Tourists 'paid £70,000 to shoot people in human safari hunting trip' during war

Shocking case in Italian courts claims rich foreigners took weekend trips to Bosnia to kill innocent civilians and children during the conflict, which saw more than 11,000 killed by snipers and shelling between 1992 and 1996

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5 d. ago Tourists 'paid £70,000 to shoot innocent people in "human safari" hunting trips to Sarajevo

Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italian tourists who allegedly paid £70,000 to shoot innocent people in 'human safari' hunting trips to Sarajevo, with extra charged to kill children.

Economics

6 d. ago Lebanese authorities release son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on bail

Lebanese authorities have released the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday after he paid a $900,000 bail, ending his 10-year detention for allegedly withholding information about a missing Lebanese cleric

Politics

7 d. ago US sports betting crisis grows as MLB’s Clase and Ortiz indicted over alleged rigged pitches

Pair could face 65 years in prison if found guiltyNBA also caught up in its own gambling scandalThe betting crisis in US sports has spread further after Cleveland Guardians players Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted over an alleged scheme to rig pitches during games.Bettors in the US can gamble on whether individual pitches will be balls or strikes. Prosecutors allege claim that Ortiz was paid $5,000 for throwing an intentional ball during a game on 15 June. His teammate Clase, a three-time All-Star, is alleged to have been given $5,000 for facilitating the rigged pitch. Prosecutors claim the pair did so again in a game on 27 June, receiving $7,000 each. Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago I've saved £300,000 and haven't paid rent for 10 years... all while travelling around the world

Bianca Rappaport, 34, explained that by housesitting in various countries across the world, she is able to be financially-savvy and travel the globe with her husband Paolo, 45.

Economics

9 d. ago Katie Price bags huge pay cheque as she's set to perform at racy awards show

Katie Price is set to be paid £10,000 to perform at the UK Glamour Awards next Thursday, a source has said, adding that she will be performing I Got U and her new Christmas song

Economics

2 w. ago Pregnant UK teenager Bella May Culley freed from Georgian jail

Culley, 19, who was arrested on drug-smuggling charges in May, is released after plea dealThe pregnant British teenager Bella Culley has been released from a Georgian prison, where she had been held for six months on drug-smuggling charges after a plea deal.Culley, 19, who is pregnant, was arrested in May at Tbilisi airport and accused of attempting to smuggle 12kg (26.5lbs) of marijuana and 2kg (4.4lbs) of hashish into the country. She was found guilty by a Georgian court on Monday and sentenced to five months and 25 days in prison, the total time she had already spent in custody. Her family also paid a 500,000 lari (about £137,000) fine as part of a plea deal. Culley and her mother, Lyanne Kennedy, both cried as the verdict was read out. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Care home bosses isolated pensioner, 85, from family & stole £175,000 estate – while being paid £700 a week

THREE cruel care home bosses isolated a vulnerable pensioner from her family before stealing her £175,000 estate. Graham Walker, 74, his wife Lyn, 71, and ex-manager Jamiel Slaney-Summers, 65, plotted to scam frail 85-year-old Rita Barnsley. The heartless trio - who ran Amberley Care Home in Brierley Hill, West Midlands - drew up a "dodgy"...

Economics

2 w. ago Why deported migrants get paid up to £3,000 to leave the country

Hadush Kebatu was given money after threatening to disrupt his deportation flight

Economics