A motorcyclist has been fined over a crash in September 2022 in which his bike flipped and burst into flames, Cambridgeshire police said.Stavius Gordon, 31, was riding his motorcycle when he hurtled into a turning Audi, according to statement released by the Cambridgeshire Constabulary on September 26.“Gordon lost a toe as a result of the collision but it was thanks to his helmet that it wasn’t anything more serious," investigating officer PC Sarah Pride said.The motorcyclist pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention, and without insurance, in Cambridge Crown Court on September 21. He was given a £120 fine and nine points on his licence.“He initially denied riding the motorcycle but thanks to dashcam footage and statements from other motorists, who witnessed his driving in the lead up to the collision, he was charged,” police said.The dashcam video shows the dramatic moment of the crash. Credit: Cambridgeshire Constabulary via Storyful
"Hundreds" of train passengers were left queuing for cabs to Scotland and a school had to source its own coach after rail cancellations on Monday night. Stand-up comedian James Nokise was among the passengers ordered off one Avanti West Coast train at Preston station in Lancashire. With many passengers still upwards of 180 miles from their destinations of Glasgow and Edinburgh, the train company arranged taxis to drive them through the night.
The parents of a woman knocked down and killed by a police car travelling at 84mph have slammed an “insulting” sentence given to the Met officer who was behind the wheel. Shante Daniel-Folkes was thrown into the air by PC Nadeem Patel’s patrol vehicle on Stockwell Road in Brixton on the evening of June 9, 2021. Ms Daniel-Folkes, 25, who had let another police car pass by before attempting to cross the road, was rendered immediately unconscious and died at the scene.
A drink-driver who “panicked” when he saw police officers on the A27 after sinking around eight pints of beer sped off and went through red lights as traffic cops gave chase before he later stopped and said: “I give up.”
Ryanair’s chief executive has said British air traffic control is by far the worst in Europe, after travellers were hit by more cancellations this week due to staff sickness. Michael O’Leary criticised the UK’s air traffic control network as “by far and away the least productive, most inefficient”. The comments come after Gatwick on Monday revealed that it would be forced to cap the number of flights this week after an outbreak of Covid-19 among air traffic control staff. Nearly a third of staff