11 h. ago Britain’s oldest drug driver claims cocaine was slipped into his lemonade during birthday party

Arthur Ball’s motability car had a police marker on it amid claims the vehicle was being used by a drug dealer

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12 h. ago Britain's oldest drug driver, 81, took cocaine at his own birthday party before getting behind the wheel

Arthur Ball, who needs hearing aids, uses two walking sticks, and has had a carer for 15 years, tested three times the limit when officers stopped his Motability car.

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13 h. ago 'It must have been slipped into my lemonade at my 81st birthday party'

Arthur Ball claims cocaine was slipped in his drink at a celebration for his birthday

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3 d. ago Car thief smashed into care home and broke resident's back in police chase

Sam Asgari-Tabar admitted robbery, relating to stealing a BMW 3-series, and causing serious injury by dangerous driving to a resident who suffered spinal fractures

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4 d. ago The Colombian immigrant who became 'Britain's Pablo Escobar': How Jesus Ruiz Henao built a £1bn drug empire in the UK

Jesus Ruiz Henao reflected on his story in a two-part Discovery+ docuseries The Bus Driver: Britain's Cocaine King that marks the jailed drug baron's first TV interview.

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6 d. ago Driver has miracle escape after train obliterates van stuck on level crossing

A driver had miraculous escape after a high-speed train slammed into his van when it got stuck on a level crossing after running a red light.

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6 d. ago Train slams into van at level crossing after driver runs red light

Watch the moment a high-speed train slams into a van on a level crossing after the driver ran a red light and got stuck.

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7 d. ago Plane crash leaves at least six people dead as jet flying doctors smashes into homes

The aircraft was carrying doctors and nurses.

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7 d. ago Plane crash horror as aircraft smashes into homes killing at least six people

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: A plane has crashed into residential homes near Ruiru, Kiambu County, in Kenya, with at least six people dead and two others injured after the aircraft went down

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7 d. ago Kiambu County plane crash: At least six dead as jet smashes into homes

At least six people have been killed following a plane crash in a residential area in Ruiru, Kiambu County, Kenya

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9 d. ago Police issue update after Bee Network bus driver 'drug driving arrest'

An eyewitness described the bus being full at the time

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1 week ago Home Office gives extra £100million for effort to smash people

The cash will pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers

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4 w. ago Video: Tractor smashes into homes after drug driver runs red light

A drug-driver crashed into a tractor, causing it to smash into a row of houses in Chester.

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4 w. ago Reliable Sweden meet unpredictable England in a contest of razor

Sarina Wiegman’s side must respect opponents who smashed Germany and are a model of tournament consistencyThe homeless man lies in the doorway of England’s team hotel every morning and every night. The players pass him as they go to training and pass him again as they come back at the end of the day. His shirt is unbuttoned as he sleeps, dirt-smeared bags perched under his resting arm. The hotel staff barely even notice him any more. Security do not move him on. After all, he’s supposed to be there.And unless you decided to peer particularly closely, you might not even notice that the homeless man in the doorway of the Dolder Grand hotel in Zurich is not a human being at all but a hyper-realistic sculpture called The Traveler, created by an American artist called Duane Hanson in the 1980s and bought by the Dolder Grand hotel in Zurich in the late 2000s as a symbol of well, what exactly? Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Moment tractor smashes into homes after drug driver runs red light

A drug-driver crashed into a tractor, causing it to smash into a row of houses in Chester.

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4 w. ago Drunk man punched girlfriend and assaulted police officer during arrest

Ethan Jones, 22, was under the influence of alcohol and drugs when he punched his girlfriend and broke her glasses, before smashing up items in his mother's home.

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4 w. ago Moment JCB tractor veered off the road and crashed into a house after colliding with drug driver's Mercedes when it jumped red light

Matthew Cumpsty, 52, had been snorting cocaine when he drove his Mercedes through a road junction without stopping.

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4 w. ago Mum dies after young son killed by drunk driver on way home from school

Gemma Painter, 29, had been looking forward to six-year-old Leo coming to live with her again when he was killed by drunk and drug-fuelled driver Joe-Lewis Tyler.

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