BBC to crack down on people who don’t pay their £150 TV licence fee, after figures reveal 1.9million households are watching illegally ‘Evasion rate’ for non-payment rose from 5 percent in 14/15 to 7 percent last year Around 1.9 million household may be avoiding the £150.50 annual charge Failing to cut license fee dodging costs the BBC tens of millions […]

LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Northern Ireland police carried out a controlled explosion on a vehicle that was hijacked by masked men in Londonderry on Monday and were examining two other abandoned vans, two days after a car bomb exploded in the city. There was a large bang and black smoke from the first van after an army bomb disposal […]

The widower of Const. Sarah Beckett, the Victoria-area RCMP officer killed on duty by a drunk driver fleeing police nearly three years ago, says he wasn’t informed of a parole hearing for her killer. On Monday, Kenneth Fenton was granted limited day parole to attend alcohol abuse treatment. Fenton pleaded guilty in the deadly crash in May, 2017 and was sentenced […]

More than 5,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were left in the dark on Monday afternoon as crews worked to repair damage at one of the company’s substations. Officials with Nova Scotia Power say that someone broke in and stole copper wire from a substation in Spryfield, forcing crews to make emergency repairs on Monday. “These crimes endanger thieves & the workers […]

Brantford police continue to investigate an alleged hate crime at a local mosque and have released photos of two suspects in the case. In the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, police say two suspects were at the Brantford Mosque on Greenwich Street, where they allegedly spray painted the walls of the mosque and the parking lot with hateful […]

After the release of a new study, scientists are now concerned that the ice in Greenland is melting at a rate that is four times faster than expected. The study also found that the ice melt is coming from the land-fast ice sheet and not from Greenland’s glaciers. As National Geographic points out, “the largest sustained ice loss from early […]

North Vancouver RCMP say they have arrested a 51-year-old man in connection with the 2014 death of a two-year-old who is believed to have been poisoned by snake venom. Police say on May 18, 2014, Henry Thomas, who is a resident of Seabird Island, Agassiz, had a two-year-old girl in his care. In the early morning hours, he returned the […]

London police have charged one man in relation to a weekend shooting and stabbing investigation but remain on the lookout for a second suspect. Just before 2 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to the area of 495 Cleveland Ave. with reports of one person having been shot and another having been stabbed. Upon arrival, police say they found two injured men, […]

A day after the the Ontario government announced a 10 per-cent cut to post-secondary tuition and the number crunching continues. It works out to around $340.00 for college students and $660.00 for those attending university. While the reduction is being welcomed by students, there are some downsides they might not be aware of. “A lot of folks haven’t read into […]

Carjacker, 50, who robbed a string of women at gunpoint by attacking them on their driveways is jailed for more than 18 years Mark Stokes, 50, found guilty of robbery following at Birmingham Crown Court The carjacker struck six times in the space of two days in areas of Birmingham  Black balaclava found in one of the stolen cars also […]