When Jim Russell got a “wee sniffle” on March 21, just days before the first lockdown, it didn’t cause him or his fiancee Connie McCreary much concern.
The 51-year-old Glaswegian HGV driver was fit and healthy and hardly ever got ill, and brushed off f…
The two ringleaders of the people-smuggling gang responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people who suffocated in a sealed refrigeration container as they were transported across the Channel from France have received prison sentences of 27 and 20 y…
A Co Armagh lorry driver who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants has been sentenced to 13 years and four months in prison.
Maurice Robinson, 26, from Laurelvale (main image), was handed the sentence at the Old Bailey co…
The two ringleaders of the people-smuggling gang responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people who suffocated in a sealed refrigeration container as they were transported across the Channel from France have received prison sentences of 27 a…
People smuggling takes place by day and by night – and happens hidden in plain sight. Although the crime is international in nature, Irish criminals were centrally involved in the plot that saw 39 Vietnamese people killed in 2019.The investigation by B…
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housands of homes were evacuated overnight as Storm Christoph caused widespread flooding across the UK.
Some 2,000 properties in the East Didsbury, West Didsbury and Northenden areas of Greater Manchester were due to be evacuated on Wednesday night…
The driver who discovered the bodies of 39 illegal immigrants in the back of his lorry had no idea so many had been loaded in, a judge has been told.
Maurice Robinson, 26, picked up the trailer after it arrived at Purfleet Docks in Essex in 2019, …
Desperate voice messages recorded by illegal immigrants slowly suffocating in a lorry trailer have been played to a court.
They were found on the phones of the 39 Vietnamese men, women and teenagers whose bodies were discovered in Essex in October 2019…
Two young children whose parents died holding hands as they were suffocated in the trailer of a lorry still look at their photo every day, a court has heard.
Harrowing statements were read to the Old Bailey today from families of the migrants who died …
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Large New Year’s Eve parties “should not be happening,” police have said as the government tightens coronavirus restrictions across England.Around 44 million people, 78 per cent of England’s population, will be under the highest tier 4 rules from midni…
A BIN crew decided to not only make collections, but some special deliveries too.Colin Hodgson, Paul Bailey and David Heslop, who all work for Durham County Council as refuse collectors in the east of the county, decided to bring some Christmas cheer t…
Thankful parents have praised a County Durham bin crew for going out of their way to bring festive joy to children on their route.
Colin Hodgson, Paul Bailey and David Heslop, who all work for Durham County Council as refuse collectors in the east of t…
Following the Old Bailey trial which ended on Monday, two men were found guilty of manslaughter and two others were convicted of being part of a wider people-smuggling conspiracy.
An “unscrupulous” gang of people-smugglers are facing years behind bars for their part in the deaths of 39 migrants.The Vietnamese victims, aged between 15 and 44, suffocated in the back of a trailer as they were shipped to Purfleet in Essex from Belgi…