Universities and colleges will be fined for suffocating free speech on campuses, ministers have warned. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will this week unveil a ‘free speech champion’ who will have the power to defend students and academics. Institutions which try to cancel people due to their views will be penalised as part of the government’s … Read more
Traffic warden in Leicester issued £180,000 in fines over 18 months – an average of £10,000 every four weeks – figures show Leicester traffic warden handed out an average of £10,000 in fines every month Over 18 months from April 2019 he dished out more than £180,000 in tickets Figures from Leicester City Council show … Read more
Mother, 30, admits killing church warden, 88, in Co-op during stabbing spree after she was released from mental health treatment at start of lockdown Mother-of-one Zara Anne Radcliffe stabbed John Rees, 88, in Peygraig Co-op He was attacked while his dementia-suffering wife Eunice, 87, waited in their car Radcliffe was suffering from schizophrenia at time, Merthyr Crown … Read more
Parking warden ignores handwritten plea from car owner to spare them a ticket while they are in isolation awaiting the results of their coronavirus test A car owner left a handwritten plea on their windscreen asking not to be ticketed The note explained the driver was isolating while waiting for Covid test results But the … Read more
Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Johnson? Just after 4pm on Wednesday, Boris’s carefully cultivated reputation as a Churchillian champion of British liberty crumbled like stale Stilton cheese. ‘We will boost the local enforcement capacity of local authorities by introducing Covid-secure marshals to help ensure social distancing in town and city centres, and … Read more
A brave nurse has sent a heartbreaking apology to a church warden who was stabbed to death on a supermarket shopping trip saying: ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.’ NHS worker Lisa Way, 53, was also injured in the attack inside a village Co-op where grandfather John Rees, 88, was killed as his wife Eunice … Read more
Parking warden is chastised by angry bystander for dancing while issuing a ticket to an elderly man’s car who was ‘collecting medication for his wife’ Footage shows the moment parking warden dances joyfully while issuing ticket Outraged Ben Toovey, 40, began to film the warden calling him ‘happy as Larry’ Mr Toovey claims the car … Read more
Driver Mr Renshaw says his two passengers were left ‘shaken’ as the warden put a £50 ticket on his specially adapted taxi in Manchester, as passers-by allegedly called the warden a ‘disgrace’. Source link