THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham.- POTENTIALLY deadly 120mph street racers have been handed bans totalling 300 YEARS following a major police crackdown. Officers arrested more than 250 drivers in a bid to stop them using a busy Birmingham A-road as a makeshift “drag strip“. Traffic officers used a covert micro-camera hidden in road signals on the A47 in Nechells, to secure driving bans totalling more than 300 years. The crackdown was launched in response to what police described as a high-speed free-for-all with residents complaining of screeching tyres and revving engines.
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .
A grandma who lost almost 12 stone after undergoing a gastric bypass has revealed that she now gets chatted up by men half her age .
CONTRACT CANCELLED - DO NOT SYNDICATE!! .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .
The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .