Author: Lucas Bennett

Drivers In Spain Face €200 Fine This Easter For Failing To Follow Emergency Corridor Rules As 17 Million Journeys Expected Millions of motorists travelling across Spain this Easter week are being warned they face an on-the-spot fine of €200 if they fail to correctly form an emergency corridor when traffic comes to a halt — as authorities prepare for one of the busiest periods on record for the country’s roads. Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic, the DGT, has launched its Semana Santa road operation from Friday 27 March, with more than 17 million long-distance journeys anticipated over the course of…

An 18-year-old man has been taken into custody after a major blaze tore through a Grade II-listed Victorian mill in Leek, Staffordshire, leaving the historic six-storey building gutted and prompting the evacuation of nearby residents. Staffordshire Police confirmed on Saturday morning that the man, who is from Leek, was arrested on suspicion of arson with recklessness as to whether life was endangered. He remains in custody while a fire investigation is ongoing. Emergency services were called to The Big Mill on Mill Street at 9.35pm on Friday evening. Drone footage captured the scale of the destruction, showing flames engulfing the…

Scotland Yard has made contact with Morgan McSweeney, formerly Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, asking him to provide a formal statement as part of a renewed investigation into the reported theft of his mobile phone. According to the Telegraph, officers reached out to Mr McSweeney on Thursday — a development that indicates the force has revisited a case that had apparently gone quiet since the incident was first reported. The phone is alleged to have been snatched by a cyclist in October last year. Mr McSweeney was serving as the Prime Minister’s chief of staff at the time. The…

A former New Jersey social studies teacher is awaiting a bail hearing after being charged with multiple counts of sexual assault against a minor student, with prosecutors alleging the offences took place both inside her classroom and in her car. Ashley Fisler, 36, of Washington Township in Gloucester County, was arrested last Thursday following a complaint made by the now-adult victim, who alleged the abuse occurred in 2021 while he was a pupil in her class at Orchard Valley Middle School. She appeared via video link for a brief court hearing on Friday, where the charges against her were formally…

Newborns whose mothers received a COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy were significantly less likely to be hospitalised with the virus in their first months of life, according to one of the largest studies of its kind to date. The research, published in the journal Pediatrics and drawing on data from more than 140,000 infants in Norway, found that babies aged two months and under who had been exposed to the vaccine before birth were nearly half as likely to require hospital treatment for COVID-19. Among infants aged three to five months, the likelihood of hospitalisation was reduced by 24 per cent.…

Tiger Woods has been involved in a rollover crash on Jupiter Island in Florida, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed. The incident occurred at approximately 2pm local time on Friday and involved two vehicles, one of which rolled over, according to a source at Martin County Fire Rescue. Officials have said one person is in a stable condition, while a second refused hospital treatment. No serious injuries have been reported at this stage, though the condition of the 50-year-old Woods remains unclear. The sheriff’s office is currently investigating the incident and the full circumstances surrounding the crash are not…

A group that erects Union and St George’s flags in towns and cities across England has claimed its members were physically attacked during an operation in Oxford, as local residents and politicians condemned the demonstration as unwelcome and disruptive. The incident took place at around 5pm on 24 March on Abingdon Road in the Grandpont area of the city, during rush hour. Members of the Raise the Colours group used a cherry-picker van marked as a highways maintenance vehicle to attach flags to lampposts on both sides of the busy road, causing traffic obstruction in the process. Ryan Bridge, one…

A London-based people smuggling ring that used motorway service stations to move migrants hidden in the back of lorries has been dismantled after three of its members were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Friday. Toni Liko, 42, of Wembley, and Klement Gjika, 44, of Islington, each received sentences of five years and eight months. A third member, Stelian Bodnariu, 37, of Edgware, was jailed for three years and four months. All three were convicted of conspiracy to facilitate a breach of UK immigration law by a non-UK national, following a seven-week trial that concluded in February. The network, which…

A man in his 60s has been questioned by Metropolitan Police officers investigating whether individuals helped facilitate or conceal the sexual offending of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, bringing the total number of people interviewed under caution to four. The man was questioned on suspicion of aiding and abetting rape and sexual assault, as well as human trafficking for sexual exploitation. His interview follows that of three women — aged in their 40s, 50s and 60s — who were questioned on suspicion of the same offences earlier this month. The Met confirmed no arrests have been made and that…

Motorists face significantly higher costs at the pumps this Easter after petrol prices climbed above 150p per litre for the first time since May 2024, with diesel forecast to reach a fresh milestone within days. Figures from RAC Fuel Watch put the average price of unleaded at 150.11p per litre, representing a rise of more than 17p in under four weeks. Diesel has climbed further still, averaging 177.68p — a jump of 35.3p, or nearly 25 per cent, since the end of February. The RAC’s head of policy, Simon Williams, described the 150p threshold as an “unwelcome” development and cautioned…