1.6 million UK motorists (4%) have knowingly driven home over the limit after a Christmas party on more than one occasion
Men are significantly more likely to drink-drive at Christmas than women. Almost one in five men have done so (17%), compared to just over one in 20 women (6%)
One in five drink-drivers (19%) said they drove home over the legal limit as ‘they
Hundreds of students and members of the Pakistani community gathered on Monday outside the embassy in London to protest against the recent vote in Pakistan, which they say was rigged.
Last Saturday's election saw the victory of Nawaz Sharif, the head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Sharif denied allegations of rigging and asked Imran Khan, former national cricket...
Three criminals have been sentenced today (Monday 22 April 2013) to a total of 25 years following a series of audacious robberies across the south of England (including one in Plymouth), stealing in excess of £68,000.
Each was charged and pleaded guilty to conspiring together with other persons to commit robbery between 8 January and 2 March 2012.
Having been convicted of causing the death of six of his children - Jade, 10, John, 9, Jack, 8, Jesse, 6, and Jayden, 5 - in a fire at his Derby house on 11 May 2012, Mick Philpott, 56, has been told at Nottingham Crown Court today that he would serve a minimum of 15 years in prison.
He was convicted of manslaughter along with his wife Mairead and friend Paul Mosley, who were told they...
Government plans to build Britain’s biggest prison are a titanic waste of money that will do nothing to cut crime, the Howard League for Penal Reform said today (10th January).
In a move which echoes the ill-fated Titan jail proposal of the last decade, the...
