5 h. ago Two men due in court after £500,000 cannabis farm discovered in Lanarkshire

A total of 874 plants were recovered in Merry Street with an estimated street value of £522,000.

Economics

4 d. ago Drugs conspiracy to sell cocaine and cannabis involved more than 1,000 'text bombs' to customers

Lloyd Davies, 23, Callum Pascoe, 22, and Ashton Cleverley-Jones, 19, were found to be involved in the conspiracy.

Events

5 d. ago Pictured: Drugs mule caught with almost £80,000 of cannabis in suitcases at Manchester Airport who was spared jail over her tough childhood

Cannabis mule Kiala Wyles, 22, sobbed uncontrollably as Recorder Jeremy Lasker told her he would not be sending her to prison after she admitted smuggling drugs.

Events

5 d. ago Pictured: Drugs mule caught with almost £80,000 of cannabis in suitcases at Manchester Airport who was spared jail over her tough childhood

Cannabis mule Kiala Wyles, 22, sobbed uncontrollably as Recorder Jeremy Lasker told her he would not be sending her to prison after she admitted smuggling drugs.

Events

6 d. ago Woman, 22, who agreed to smuggle 30kg of cannabis from Thailand in exchange for free holiday and cash sobs as she's spared a jail sentence

Kiala Wyles, 22, who agreed to smuggle 30kg of cannabis worth £79,000 into Britain in exchange for a free holiday in Thailand and £10,000 cash sobbed as she was spared jail.

Events

6 d. ago She was told she'd earn £10k with free flights thrown in, but her world came crashing down at Manchester Airport

Kiala Wyles, 22, was promised £10,000 for bringing in almost 80 kilos of cannabis from Thailand

Events

7 d. ago Cannabis and ketamine worth over £150,000 found during police raid

Officers executed a warrant after spotting a man in possession of drugs on a Glasgow street.

Economics

1 week ago Trump scores major win as court throws out $500 million fraud penalty

Donald Trump secured a financial victory when an appeals court on Thursday struck down a $464 million fraud penalty he was ordered to pay last year.

Politics

1 week ago Trump scores major financial win as appeals court TOSSES out nearly $500 million FRAUD penalty

Donald Trump secured a financial victory when an appeals court on Thursday struck down a $464 million fraud penalty he was ordered to pay last year.

Economics

1 week ago Man jailed after police find out what he was doing at derelict bank

Saimir Gjoniku had been tending to a cannabis farm worth up to £452,000

Events

1 week ago Massive £250,000 cannabis haul discovered in Dundee as man arrested

Officers executed a warrant at an address on Blackness Road in the city at around 8.35am on Monday, August 18.

Economics

2 w. ago Man who sold family home to HS2 for £1.2m discovers it was being used as cannabis farm

Alan Wilkinson, 85, bought Ravenswood in Staffordshire during the late 1970s and settled there with his wife Gillian but moved out when HS2 planned to build a tunnel under his hillside village.

Society

2 w. ago Gardener who tended to £200,000 cannabis factory was caught when police found a set of keys

Blloshmi Albi, 33, who came to the UK illegally in order to 'make money', was stopped by police who found his mobile phone and a set of keys

Events

2 w. ago Court lifts block on Trump’s mass firings at top US consumer watchdog

Judge previously blocked president from laying off 1,500 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection BureauA federal appeals court set the stage for the Trump administration to resume firings at the top US consumer watchdog, ruling in a split decision that a lower court lacked jurisdiction in temporarily blocking the mass layoffs.The ruling will not take immediate effect, the court said on Friday, to allow lawyers representing workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and consumer groups to file for a review of the case by the full circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar review – whimsical fantasy in a kingdom long, long ago

In this first adult novel from the acclaimed children’s author, an immortal magician returns to tell the story of a royal court where he cast his spells some 500 years beforeThe American author Louis Sachar’s most celebrated book, 1998’s YA novel Holes, was a huge word-of-mouth success on both sides of the Atlantic. Its short, punchy chapters tell the story of plump, hapless Stanley Yelnats, sent to a summer camp for wayward boys, where a terrifying Warden has peculiar ideas about character reformation. The 5ft-deep holes the boys are required to dig turn out to have a surprising purpose. Shifts of time, register and perspective render a simple premise mesmerisingly intricate. It has peril, love, crime, wickedness, redemption and friendship in, well, spades.A quarter of a century later, Sachar has written his first supposedly adult novel, in which many of the same ingredients reappear. A man “dressed like a typical American tourist”, but with an odd habit of storing cake crumbs in t...

Politics

2 w. ago What will happen to people arrested at Palestine Action demonstration?

After more than 500 arrests on Saturday, anyone convicted under s12 of the Terrorism Act could get up to 14 years in jailThe consequences of being arrested for expressing support for Palestine Action could be “life-changing”, one of those detained during Saturday’s protests, Jonathon Porritt, has admitted.While the former government adviser said he had carefully deliberated over a decision to take part, the road ahead for the more than 500 people arrested on Saturday involves possible criminal charges, court cases and convictions. Ultimately, custodial sentences of as much as 14 years could be imposed. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Police raids across Renfrewshire uncover £160,000 worth of drugs

Cocaine with an estimated street value of £130,000 and cannabis with an estimated street value of £31,000 were recovered.

Events

3 w. ago Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen sad over devastating farm discovery 'it's a tragedy'

Amanda Owen was left emotional as she discovered the tragic reason why the original owner of Anty John's came back to live in the farmhouse

Politics

3 w. ago Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen emotional as she makes heartbreaking discovery

On Saturday, Amanda Owen will be back on screens with a repeat episode of Our Farm Next Door.

Politics

3 w. ago Police bust £87,000 cannabis farm in raid on 'large operation'

Officers executed a warrant at the address in Stockport

Economics