Judge brands bungling burglars ‘three buffoons with utter incompetence’

Burglars who tried to carry out a Hatton Garden-style heist on an antique shop have been branded ‘three buffoons with utter incompetence’ by a judge. David Newman, 42, Mark Rabjohns, 34, and Peter Fitzharris, 42, broke into clothing shop Cheltenham Tweed Company on January 9.  They then drilled through a dividing wall in the basement … Read more

Are you proud of your lockdown DIY? Then read these stories of taking on an utter wreck

For many, weeks in lockdown spent staring at the same ceiling cracks and dated decor is enough to spark a desire to carry out home improvements.  Few, however, will go as far as Emma Meese who this month revealed she bought an abandoned ‘crack den’ in Cardiff last inhabited by squatters and transformed it into … Read more

IAN BIRRELL: Deeming some lives to be ‘more valuable’ than others is utter inhumanity 

Deborah James is a deputy head teacher, a mother of two children and, since her devastating diagnosis with bowel cancer, she has become an inspiration to many for her frank discussions on the subject. She’s written a best-selling book, raised significant sums for charity and become a regular voice in the media despite 17 tumours … Read more

September’s normal increase in coughs and colds causing ‘utter chaos’ in post-lockdown Britain

September’s normal increase in coughs and colds caused by schools going back is causing ‘utter chaos’ in the UK because people are terrified of Covid-19, according to a top scientist. Professor Carl Heneghan, a former doctor and now medicine expert at the University of Oxford, today vented his frustration about the ‘panic’ being stirred up … Read more

Anti-maskers double down by blasting claims that face-coverings are vital as ‘utter claptrap’

Anti-maskers have doubled down in their crusade by blasting claims that face coverings are vital to stop another lockdown as ‘utter claptrap’.  Lara Crabb yesterday garnered attention after uploading a video of herself to social media saying that people avoided her ‘like the plague’ while she filmed herself shopping in a farm store and a … Read more