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Scott Goulding, 24, was captured on CCTV climbing through a smashed window of the fast-food restaurant in Mansfield, Notts. He has been jailed for three years for the break-in and for an arson Picture: Nottinghamshire Police / SWNS

Breaking Watch: Burglar caught on camera raiding McDonald's for food

Former England footballer Peter Crouch has launched a promotion in Greene King pubs which will see 100,000 free pints on offer if it rains in Manchester next week Picture: Greene King

Free pints if it rains

Dash-cam footage captured the moment a bus ploughed into a car after the driver pulled out into a bus lane in Small Heath, Birmingham Picture from video by Birmz Is Grime / SWNS

Double-decker collides with BMW in bus lane - three hurt

From left, Sam Ryder, Olly Murs and Beverley Knight will be playing at CarFest this summer

CarFest 2024: All you need to know

Thieves who stole £90,000 of premium booze from a gin distillery were chased by police and caught in a dramatic stop on the M42 near Birmingham. Picture: SWNS

Watch: Booze thieves' lorry stopped on motorway

A puppy missing for five days is carried to safety after a heat-seeking drone camera found him at the bottom of a bramble-filled ditch. Picture: John Watton Drone SAR / SWNS

Puppy lost for five days is found by heat-seeking drone

An arson in Villa Road, Lozells, Birmingham, saw officers help two people to safety. Firearms officers who were out on patrol were the first on the scene after spotting the fire just before midnight on Sunday. After alerting the fire service, officers entered the next-door building and led the occupants to safety.

Watch: Police rescue residents after late-night arson attack

Ellie Chapman claims her pet 10-year-old Jack Russell Ozzy can say her name - and has the footage to prove it Picture: SWNS

Watch: Dog owner claims her pet can say her name

A moped rider snatches Peter's phone in Southwark, South London Picture: Kasun Ekanayake / SWNS

Watch: Moped thief steals £1,000 iPhone

The UK has entered a recession

UK enters recession as economy shrinks

A dogwalker dodged death by crossing a railway and forcing a train to make an emergency stop Picture: Network Rail / SWNS

Watch: Train slams on brakes to avoid dog-walker on level crossing

Finest hour: Britain's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean perform their "Bolero" ice dancing routine to win gold at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, on February 14, 1984.

Olympic legends announce retirement

A builder in Ashton-under-Lyne built a house around a lamppost rather than wait for it to be moved. It will be moved at a later date

House is built around a lamppost

Footage of idiotic drivers caught on dash cams has been released by West Mercia Police Picture: West Mercia Police / SWNS

Britain's worst drivers cheat death - caught on dash cam

The owner of a world-famous house with a 25ft shark sticking out of the roof has been banned from renting it out on Airbnb Picture: Tom Wren / SWNS

Shark House owner is banned from Airbnb

Luke Wagner, 26, was driving his HGV when he saw a silver car skid off an icy road near March,. Cambridgeshire, and plunge down a bank into a river. He help pull the man free Picture: SWNS

HGV dashcam records moment lorry driver rescues motorist

Residents of Bel-Air chalet estates on Seawick road in St Osyth, Essex say they are suffering from "the worst road in Britain" Picture: James Linsell-Clark/ SWNS

"We live on the most potholed road in Britain"

Maria Frasquilho Macarro is campaigning for changes to the law over the sale and storage of e-bike batteries after a blaze killed her daughter Sofia Duarte

Mum campaigns to change e-bikes law after fire that killed daughter

A mum was left horrified as a rat chewed through her kitchen door in the night in Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Mum horrified as rat chews through her kitchen door in the night

The man police want to trace after an assault on a football fan in a pub in Islington, London, left a man with life-changing facial injuries Picture: Metropolitan Police / SWNS

Football fan stabbed watching game

A scooter rider was caught over the drink-drive limit on a motorway hard shoulder Picture: Avon and Somerset police

Scooter rider charged after being filmed over the limit on motorway

The scene of a gas explosion, nearly one year on in Hemmingway in Evesham, Worcestershire Picture: Emma Trimble / SWNS

Watch: Drone footage shows devastation from gas explosion - a year on

Horrifying CCTV shows the moment an elderly cyclist was sent flying through the air after a reckless driver ploughed into her. The 71-year-old woman was left with a bleed on the brain after being hit by a Citroen C3 Flair being driven by Thomas Freeman, 29.

Watch: Elderly cyclist catapulted into the air after being hit by car

A scooter rider was caught over the drink-drive limit on a motorway hard shoulder Picture: Avon and Somerset police

Watch e-scooter rider being caught over the limit - on motorway

The aftermath of the tornado that swept through Stalybridge in Greater Manchester

Doorbell camera captures tornado sweeping through residential street

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Drug-crazed killer caught on CCTV prowling UK city streets

The critically endangered dancing lemur born at Chester Zoo Picture: Chester Zoo / SWNS

Watch: Baby lemur born at UK zoo that could save its species

Cameron McNeil drove his car through a tornado in Clarksville, Tennessee on Saturday Picture: Cameron McNeil / SWNS

Dashcam captures man driving through deadly tornado

Ishmael Duncan, 24, of Kennington, south east London, has admitted blackmailing dozens of young girls worldwide into sending indecent pictures and videos of themselves by posing as a model agency scout on social media Picture: NCA/SWNS

Blackmailer made young girls send him sexual pictures and videos

Two young men were surrounded by armed police at a McDonald's drive-through and ordered out of their car at gunpoint. Driver Joel Thorogood, 21, said he was "shocked and scared" as guns were pointed directly at him and his passenger during the incident in Taunton, Somerset, on Monday evening (4 Dec). Picture: SWNS

Men terrified as armed police surround them at McDonald's over 'gun'

The home in Sandringham Avenue in Walsall which was built without planning permission - and must now be torn down Picture: SWNS

'Monster mansion' with no planning permission has to be demolished

A fare dodger who posted tips on TikTok about how to avoid paying for train journeys has been caught and fined more than £700 Picture: East Midlands Railway / SWNS

TikTok fare dodger fined - after telling followers not to buy tickets

Craig Gillett, 61, as Santa, runs Santa's Grotto Frome alongside his sister Clare Perry, 59, Mrs Claus but is facing eviction over planning permission Picture: Santa's Grotto Frome / SWNS

Santa faces eviction from grotto over planning permission row

Part of the light trail at Warwick Castle

The castle that's a perfect start to Christmas

Mars has recalled Revels after rubber pieces were found in some packets Picture: Getty Images

Mars recalls popular sweet because it may contain rubber

A murder probe has been launched after a man died in a house fire in Hull, East Yorkshire Picture: Humberside police / SWNS

Murder probe launched after man dies after house fire

Nigel Harman and Katya Jones performing earlier in this year's Strictly series Picture: BBC/Guy Levy

Strictly star explains why he pulled out of live show

Shocking CCTV footage shows shameless shoplifters stealing £300 worth of Lego by hiding them in carry bags at a supermarket self-checkout area. They are among a light-fingered four who have been jailed - clockwise from top left, Yasmin Leech, Emma Fraser, Shaun Fitzgerald and Shakita Maximilian

Video shows shoplifters walking out of store with £300 of Lego

Kate Gearing, 69, was invited to join her daughter, Nessie Gearing and her partner Becca Wolfenden, both 27, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Thailand after being given the all-clear from breast cancer

Mum, 69, celebrates breast cancer all-clear with Thailand backpacking

Rosie Ritchie before and after her surgery Picture: Rosie Ritchie / SWNS

Woman given bag containing stomach after Turkish weight-loss surgery

The world's oldest whisky that was found hidden in a Scottish castle and was sipped by a young Queen Victoria is being auctioned - and many bottles are going for more than £10,000 Picture: Whisky Auctioneer / Spey / SWNS

World's oldest whisky is fetching £13,000 a bottle at auction

A still from a video showing the return of Israeli hostages from Hamas over the weekend of November 25 and 26

Watch the moment a freed young Israeli hostage is reunited with family

Tim Howell, 34, during practice jumps for his wingsuit jump off Everest Picture: Tim Howell / SWNS

Watch wingsuit flyer Tim Howell jump off a mountain

Sussex spaniel Elton, who has recovered from paralysis, with veterinary physiotherapist Holly Finelli and master dog trainer Graeme Hall

Heartwarming video shows paralysed puppy learning to walk again

Kelly Feaviour and her daughters, and the burned-out tumble dryer Picture SWNS

Watch: Tumble dryer blaze ruins family's home

Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting