Adam Aspinall
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Three in 10 pubs to close across Britain next year due to crippling energy price hikes
Fifty pubs in England and Wales were turned into something else last month, according to property experts Altus Group – a steep rise from the average of 32 a month last year → Read More
Firefighters offered £1,000 a shift to cross picket line during upcoming strikes
Fire chiefs are offering service members £1,000 a shift to cross the picket lines during upcoming strikes for 'resilience fire cover' in a move the union slammed as an 'insult' → Read More
Butcher surgeon Ian Paterson could have hundreds more victims after old database found
Surgeon Ian Paterson was jailed in 2017 on 17 counts of wounding with intent, but 1,500 other patients have now been found following a review at Spire hospitals in the West Midlands → Read More
Pub makes it into Camra's Good Beer Guide for 50 years and still has same skittles table
Latest guide published last month says 'little has changed since 1974' in The Queen’s Head, in Newton, near Cambridge - back then it was known as 'friendly place with hot snacks' → Read More
Strep A: NHS in 'meltdown' as panicking parents swamp services over fears
Sick children have been waiting up to 10 hours on hospital floors to be seen in crowded emergency departments as parents fear for the health of their kids → Read More
Queen Elizabeth tinkers under car bonnet in never before seen war photos up for auction
Incredible pictures of the then Princess Elizabeth behind the wheels of a military car and fixing an engine - as well as Her Majesty's driving licence - are set to go up for auction → Read More
Brits of every age and from every walk of life demand: 'Freeze our energy bills now!'
People around the country are worried about how they will afford bills of £6,000 a year, about having to choose either heating or eating, about their jobs, their homes and their health → Read More
Man, 87, forced to wait 15 HOURS for ambulance as family says 'system is broken'
David Wakeley, 87, who suffers from prostate cancer, is fighting for his life in hospital after falling at his home in Cornwall on Monday night. His family laid the blame squarely on the Government → Read More
'Happy' and 'beautiful' girl, 4, named as tragic victim of Croydon gas explosion
Tributes have been left for Sahara Salman by neighbours as flowers, teddy bears, toys and letters have been left just outside the cordon that is still in place on Galpin's Road in Thornton Heath → Read More
Seagull attacks soar in five years with pub forced to install shrieking alarm
Complaints about seagulls dive-bombing people have doubled in the last five years since their nests became protected - with a Wetherspoons having to think outside the box to combat the problem → Read More
Schoolboy hopes to find family of WW1 soldier after picking up his medal in a canal
Finley Hargood, 13, and his dad, Scott, enjoy the treasure hunting hobby together but usually only pick up scrap metal and the odd knife - but they recently found a medal belonging to a WW1 soldier → Read More
One-legged man in care home, 93, with knife dies after being Tasered by police
Police were called to a care home in June after reports an elderly man with dementia was threatening staff with a knife → Read More
Couple celebrate IVF hat-trick joy
Karen and James Marks had their first child, Cameron, four years ago, followed by their second child, Isabella, two years ago. Last month, they welcomed their most recent child, Gabriella → Read More
British vineyards could produce best wine ever this year after summer heatwave
The prolonged period of hot sun this summer means the grapes produced in Britain will be packed with natural sugars and won’t need any artificial sweetening added to them → Read More
Swimmer bitten by shark in first UK attack in 175 years says it was 'very scary'
Shark expert Wayne Comben, who has spent over 20 years shark fishing and has caught and released 'hundreds' of blue sharks, said he wasn't surprised by the incident in Cornwall → Read More
'Terrified' foster carers of Logan Mwangi's murderer warned he was obsessed with killing
Craig Mulligan was allowed to live with his step-dad John Cole and Logan Mwangi's mum Angharad Williamson despite being described as a 'monster' with a 'desire for violence' → Read More
Ex-soldier 'with PTSD' who killed couple in parking row never saw active service
Detective Inspector Neil Meade said Afghanistan veteran Collin Reeves' combat trauma story was a lie as he worked in a hospital in the country and there is no evidence he saw any frontline action → Read More
Queen's Platinum Jubilee marked by thousands braving weather at Sunday street parties
From Morecambe to Cambridgeshire, Bristol to Newcastle-upon-Tyne and even in disaster-hit Welsh village Aberfan, thousands turned out for the Queen on Sunday to mark the end of the Jubilee weekend → Read More
Caretaker sacked after accidentally giving away Tudor artefact worth £5million
Brian Wilson was sacked for gross misconduct from his job at a 16th century manor house after he let a car salesman walk off with the 460-year-old decorative piece → Read More
Biggest ever EuroMillions winners say dad 'prepared' them to scoop £184m jackpot
Joe and Jess Thwaite scooped a record-breaking £184,262,899 with a Lucky Dip ticket on May 10. Hairdresser Jess said her dad played the National Lottery all his life and constantly dreamed of winning → Read More