San Francisco police raid illegal nightclub where 150 gathered despite lockdown orders

San Francisco police raid illegal nightclub where over 150 revelers were caught defying lockdown orders and seize DJ equipment, two fog machines and two pool tables San Francisco authorities shut down an illegal nightclub where over 150 people gathered on Saturday in the Bayview District They violated the city’s lockdown orders issued March 16 to … Read more

Illegal migrants given coronavirus tests in Dover as 169 people found trying to cross the Channel

Dozens of illegal migrants are given coronavirus tests before being detained by immigration officers in Dover as 169 people are intercepted trying to cross the English Channel The migrants were on six boats and they were taken to the Port of Dover today Before being handed to immigration officers, they were tested for coronavirus  Natalie … Read more

Police break open locked car roof box at M25 service station to find suspected illegal immigrant

A suspected illegal immigrant was found by police inside a locked car roof box at a service station after he was heard ‘banging and screaming’.    A British family were returning from a trip abroad and stopped the night before their arrival back in Britain in Calais, where it is thought the man climbed inside the … Read more

France implements harsh new law that makes it illegal to hot rod e-bikes

France implements harsh new law that makes it illegal to hot rod e-bikes to make them go faster, punishable by up to a year in prison, a $34,000 fine, and a three year license suspension A new law in France makes it a crime to hot-rod e-bikes to make them go faster The legal limit … Read more

France proposes harsh new law that would make it illegal to hot rod e-bikes

France proposes harsh new law that would make it illegal to hot rod e-bikes to make them go faster, punishable by up to a year in prison, a $34,000 fine, and a three year license suspension A new law in France makes it a crime to hot-rod e-bikes to make them go faster The legal … Read more

Britons think Heathrow SHOULD have a third runway, despite court ruling £14bn expansion was illegal

Britons think Heathrow SHOULD have a third runway, despite court ruling £14bn expansion was illegal due to climate change concerns being ignored, poll reveals Court of Appeal ruled that £14bn project was illegal because of climate change  Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said ministers would not appeal the ruling  YouGov poll of 3,001 people shows voters … Read more

English Heritage calls for an end to illegal metal detecting at historic sites

English Heritage calls for an end to illegal ‘nighthawking’ as metal detectorists pillage historic sites such as the Battle of Hastings battlefield Conservation charity accused the activity of ‘robbing us of our past’  Says illegal nighthawking doubled in 2019 when compared to 2017  Sits targeted include the Battle of Hastings battlefield and Goodrich Castle By Joe Pinkstone For … Read more

Sending Julian Assange to US for ‘political offences would be illegal’ and break Extradition Treaty

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot legally be handed to the US for ‘political offences’ because of a 2003 extradition treaty, his lawyers have claimed.  The 48-year-old is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May 2010. A US grand jury has indicted … Read more

Masterminds behind the UK’s largest illegal tobacco factory jailed

Masterminds behind a £10million fraud which saw the UK’s largest illegal tobacco factory produce 140 packs of cigarettes a minute have been jailed. John Watson Snr, 47, who was a director of Doncaster Greyhound stadium, Terence Jacques, 60, and security guard Russell Haywood, 48, led a 12-man gang who made millions of counterfeit cigarettes which … Read more

Spanish police smash British gang behind illegal cigarette factory hidden underground

Six workers trapped in squalid, airless conditions were rescued from an elaborate cannabis farm and counterfeit tobacco factory hidden beneath a mountain village in Spain after police arrested the suspected masterminds of the operation.  Spanish police smashed a British-led gang behind Europe’s first-ever underground illegal cigarette factory. The secret operation, complete with machinery that could … Read more