Joele Leotta had only ten days in the south of England and his dream seemed well on track. He was happy because he had already found a job and a place to live. This lad of 19 he left his village, Nibionno, near Milan, hoping to improve his English and-perhaps-future open away from Italy. The adventure was cut short tragically, on Tuesday night, when receiving a brutal beating that killed him. Italy is shocked by the incident. READ ARTICLE
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ITV.com reported that detectives are questioning a group of suspected Islamist terrorists amid fears the men were plotting to launch an attack in Britain. ITV News has obtained dramatic CCTV footage of one of a series of arrests across London, in which counter-terror police are seen tackling a 28-year-old suspect on the upmarket Westbourne Grove […]
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According to Sky News, a drunk airline passenger who stripped naked on the tarmac and challenged the flight captain to a fight had to be tasered by police. The burly, tattooed 52-year-old was caught on video stripping to his black underpants, shouting and remonstrating after stepping off the easyJet flight from Malta to Manchester. He […]
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dailyreocrd.uk reported that a GERMAN man has died while deer stalking in the Highlands. Harald Hoffmann, 46, collapsed in the Loch Assynt area of Lochinver, Sutherland, at about 2.30pm on Friday afternoon. He was airlifted to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness by Stornoway Coastguard helicopter and was found to be dead on arrival. Read Article
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Thisisdevon.co.uk reports that thirty people – including children as young as six – were rescued after a blaze tore through an amphibious tourist boat opposite the Houses of Parliament. Flames ripped through the London Duck Tours vessel on a stretch of the River Thames close to Lambeth Bridge. Many of those on board leapt into […]
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According to chichester.co.uk, police are appealing for witnesses after a group of holidaymakers were racially abused in Chichester. The victims were walking in East Street outside the city’s Marks and Spencer store between 6pm and 7pm on Saturday (September 14), when they were racially abused by a man as they passed him. The offender made […]
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Mirror.co.uk reports that a top Harley Street doctor was today jailed for stealing a wallet stuffed with £2,500 that was left in coffee shop by a tourist. Abdul Choudhuri falsely claimed the wallet as his own from unsuspecting staff after it was left behind by a traveller. But the 41-year-old, who counts Hollywood stars and […]
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According to dailyrecord.co.uk, three members of the same family have been shot – one fatally – while on holiday in Turkey, it was reported today. The three victims, all said to be from North Yorkshire, were allegedly shot by a gardener at a holiday villa, it was claimed The Foreign Office said: “We are aware […]
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Dailymail.co.uk reports that an American tourist has admitted she is very lucky to be alive after a car she was driving rolled 500ft down one of Britain’s steepest passes. Jane Lukic, 60, only suffered a cut to the head, a broken arm, bruising and a slight concussion after her car somersaulted down the slope after […]
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According to standard.co.uk, a search was underway for a small plane that ditched in the sea off Jersey in the Channel Islands. The UK-based Cessna crashed about five miles west of Jersey airport this morning. The light aircraft was heading for Jersey airport from Dinan in France, an airport spokesman said. Read article
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