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Plans to cut down on 'crash for cash' claims could see insurance premiums fall
Plans to cut down on compensation paid out for whiplash claims could result in motorists' insurance premiums dropping. A consultation on insurance claims followed a promise made last year by government ministers, and could see the right to
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Killer drivers to serve bans outside of prison
Shutterstock / Steve Snowden Motorists jailed for serious motoring offences will no longer be able to serve driving bans while in prison, under new laws to be implemented by the
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Video: Bus handbag thief gets his comeuppance
YouTube / DrumerFunk1 Opportunist thieves rank pretty low in the big criminal hierarchy, sitting much closer to the peeping toms and clumsy shoplifters of the world than the super-devious masterminds topping the
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Cannabis-smoking killer driver walks free from court
A husband has said he has been left 'devastated' after the driver who crashed into his wife, killing her instantly, has walked free from
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PCSO arrested for drink-driving
A Police Community Support Officer who had pulled over a motorist on suspicion of driving under the influence was himself arrested after his colleagues found him to be over the drink-drive
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Incorrigible rogues can sleep safely at night
Incorrigible rogues can sleep safely at night - it is no longer a criminal offence to be one in England and Wales. "Being an incorrigible rogue", under the Vagrancy Act 1824, is one of 309 offences to be repealed and removed from the
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Grayling faces legal aid backlash
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has been accused of having "no regard" for expert views after the UK's most senior judge warned against proposed legal aid cuts. Supreme Court President Lord Neuberger said in a lecture that cutting
