Day: September 19, 2017

    A bomb disposal squad was called to the M1 after a suspicious object was found under a motorway bridge. The road is closed in both directions between junctions 14 and 15 in Buckinghamshire - and police are urging motorists to stay away. One Twitter user said the lockdown was caused by a smoking package containing yellow bubbling liquid. There are reports a controlled explosion was carried out by emergency services, but this has not been confirmed by police. Motorists said they had been sitting in queues for four-and-a-half hours - and some even started playing football to pass the time. 
In a statement, Thames Valley Police said: We are urging the public to avoid the M1 as we are currently dealing with a report of a suspicious object. It was found underneath one of the mo...

    A calculating sex predator posed as a Justin Bieber lookalike online to lure schoolgirls into sending him indecent images over webcams. Yohann Ramchelawon, 30, was brought to justice thanks to the courage of a 12-year-old schoolgirl from Greater Manchester. She told police that someone she believed was a boy called Ryan Smith had asked her during an online chat to send him naked pictures. It emerged that Ramchelawon concealed his true identity behind a photo of a teenage boy he took from the internet. He also used bogus social media profiles, in which he claimed to be a lookalike of the pop star, as well as many aliases to groom children across the country. Invision The NSPCC said the disturbing case was a ‘stark reminder’ of the dangers of sexual predators on social media...