300 people crossing the English Channel in eight small boats picked up by Border Force
For more than a month, persistent bad weather has kept small boats from making the perilous journey in significant numbers. Due to a break in the weather late Saturday, criminal people-smuggling gangs in France began pushing small boats away from beaches. The majority of the boats took off from Gravelines, near Dunkirk. The boats were […]
Short Breaks and Steak Bakes: Greggs landing soon at Gatwick Airport
London Gatwick Airport is set to welcome its first Greggs store this summer, with the leading food-on-the-go retailer landing at South Terminal arrivals. Opening this summer, it will be the first Greggs store at a London airport, providing passengers, staff and commuters with a range of products including the chain’s famous Sausage Roll, Vegan Sausage Roll and […]
Short Breaks and Steak Bakes: Greggs landing soon at Gatwick Airport
London Gatwick Airport is set to welcome its first Greggs store this summer, with the leading food-on-the-go retailer landing at South Terminal arrivals. Opening this summer, it will be the first Greggs store at a London airport, providing passengers, staff and commuters with a range of products including the chain’s famous Sausage Roll, Vegan Sausage Roll and […]
Business Secretary warns energy suppliers to end the mistreatment of customers
Grant Shapps, Business and Energy Secretary, pledged today (22 January 2023) to crack down on suppliers’ mistreatment of energy users, following reports that some are doing far too little to assist vulnerable customers. He has written to energy suppliers, urging them to stop the harmful and anxiety-inducing practice of forcing consumers to switch to prepayment […]
A man previously sentenced to almost 20 years for a string of child sexual offences has been jailed for three more years
Mark Greenwood, of Normanton, was sentenced to prison in 2019 at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty to six sexual offences and three counts of making indecent images of a child.Following his conviction, a second complainant came forward to say that Greenwood had abused her when she was only eight years old.Wakefield District Safeguarding Unit […]
The eight dogs seized after a woman in her twenties was mauled to death in Surrey could be kept “in kennels for a year.”
UKNIP has learned that the owners of eight dogs seized by police after a professional dog walker was mauled to death at a Surrey beauty spot could be separated from their pets for a year. Determining what role, if any, each animal played in the attack and which one inflicted the fatal wound was described […]
Appeal: Man taken to hospital after a hit-and-run in Bognor
Police are appealing for witnesses after a pedestrian was seriously injured in a collision in Bognor Regis. Officers were called to Woodlands Road at around 4.40pm on Saturday, 14 January, to reports of a collision involving a silver vehicle and a pedestrian. The vehicle left the scene without stopping. The pedestrian, a 69-year-old man, was […]
Updated: Fire service called to a roof fire at a school in St. Leonards-On-Sea
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called at 12:26 to smoke and flames seen in a roof on Ebdens Hill, Westfield. Firefighters from Bohemia Road The Ridge, Bexhill, Battle and Herstmoncuex are in attendance. An Incident Command Centre was set up at the scene. ESFRS said “Four breathing apparatus wearers are using one hose reel […]
Two men, one of whom is a port worker, have been arrested by National Crime Agency officers investigating the attempted importation of co…
The men, aged 54 and 38, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to import class A drugs in Southend, Essex, around 6pm on Thursday, following an NCA operation assisted by Border Force, the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit, Essex Police, and Kent Police.It comes after the discovery of approximately 100 kilos of cocaine in two […]
Two men, one of whom is a port worker, have been arrested by National Crime Agency officers investigating the attempted importation of cocaine worth approximately £8 million on the black market
The men, aged 54 and 38, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to import class A drugs in Southend, Essex, around 6pm on Thursday, following an NCA operation assisted by Border Force, the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit, Essex Police, and Kent Police.It comes after the discovery of approximately 100 kilos of cocaine in two […]