Eighteen revellers are slapped with fines totalling nearly £15,000 after house party in Essex

Fines have been issued to people attending a gym, a hotel and a house party as police enforce new coronavirus regulations. Eighteen revellers were fined nearly £15,000 in total after holding a illegal house party in Essex that breached Covid lockdown rules on Saturday- and telling Essex police they were shooting a music video. Pictures … Read more

Salon owner in Covid hotspot who stayed open during lockdown is hit with fines totalling £27,000

A salon owner could be fined £27,000 after refusing to close during lockdown and quoting the Magna Carta to justify the rule breach, it has been revealed.  Sinead Quinn, who owns Quinn Blakey Hairdressers in Oakenshaw, near Bradford, West Yorks., initially faced a fine of £4,000 for repeated breaches over the weekend. But council officers visited … Read more

Derian House Children’s Hospice receives donations totalling £10,000 after break-in at charity shop

A hospice charity shop targeted by burglars who broke in by tearing a hole in the building’s roof has been given donations of more than £10,000 – thanks in part to generous MailOnline readers. Raiders targeted a charity shop belonging to Derian House Children’s Hospice in Chorley, Lancashire, by smashing through the ceiling while the … Read more

Two married women get payouts totalling £14k after state pension blunder

Jean Hayes and her husband Richard: ‘Thrilled’ to get £9,000 payment from DWP Two elderly women have received around £9,000 and £5,000 in state pension payments they missed out on due to a government blunder. Many more retired women could be in line for payouts worth thousands of pounds, plus interest, if the administrative error … Read more