DWP to Withhold Winter Fuel Payments from Five Groups of State Pensioners Thursday, November 27, 2025 dwp winterfuelpayment pensioners eligibility carehomes pensioncredit universalcredit incomesupport hospitals prison Winter Fuel Payments are being distributed through autumn and winter, but the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that five specific groups of state pensioners will not receive the £300 payment. This decision … Read More
Final Days of ‘Sensitive Soul’ Prisoner Derrion Adams Confirmed Drug-Related Death at HMP Birmingham Wednesday, November 19, 2025 prison death inquest hmpbirmingham syntheticdrugs contraband mentalhealth spice drugabuse winsongreen Derrion Adams, a 29-year-old prisoner at HMP Birmingham, was found dead in his cell on October 31 last year, just days after expressing a desire to overcome his drug addiction. Known to his family as a ‘sensitive soul’, … Read More
Sex Offender Dies in Prison with Less Than a Quarter of Sentence Served Monday, November 17, 2025 sexoffender prison death naturalcauses cancer healthcare investigation prisonhealth hmpstafford legal Colin Harding, a 74-year-old convicted sex offender, died at HMP Stafford on August 3, 2024, while serving a 21-year prison sentence handed down on January 13, 2022, for sexual offences. An investigation conducted by the … Read More
Dramatic Police Raid Captures Gunman Behind Brutal Dudley Shotgun Attack Friday, November 14, 2025 police crime guncrime shotgun dudley westmidlands arrest attemptedmurder stalking prison Dramatic bodycam footage reveals the tense moment West Midlands Police arrested Leon Haughton, 34, the gunman responsible for a chilling shotgun attack in Dudley. The footage, evoking scenes from an action thriller, shows … Read More
Man Who Attacked Two Women with Bottles and Set Fire to His Flat Sentenced to Nine Years Tuesday, November 11, 2025 assault arson burton-on-trent violence attack offensiveweapon prison publicsafety court crime Kyle Purcell, 21, has been sentenced to nine years in prison following a violent spree in Burton-on-Trent on the night of March 11. Within minutes, Purcell physically assaulted two women, wielding a beer bottle as a weapon. … Read More
Mystery Surrounds Death of HMP Birmingham Prisoner Found with Spice Vape Tuesday, November 11, 2025 hmpbirmingham prison derrionadams spice syntheticcannabinoids inquest druguse mentalhealth winsongreen deathinvestigation Derrion Adams, a 29-year-old inmate at HMP Birmingham, was found dead in his shared cell on October 31 last year, following reports that he was seen “high on drugs and staggering” in the prison corridor. The … Read More