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Skipper admits failure to provide food and rest for seamen
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (825+ words) A skipper for a Scottish fishing company embroiled in modern slavery allegations has admitted failing to provide adequate food and rest for foreign seamen. Workers from Ghana said they were worked round the clock and treated "like slaves" aboard the…...
Drunk boat pilot crashed into Isles of Scilly harbour vessel
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (257+ words) Police have warned about the dangers of reckless behaviour on water after a drunk boat pilot admitted causing more than "55, 000 of damage in a harbour on the Isles of Scilly. Joshua Street, 29, of Bryher, crashed a 24ft (7. 3m) vessel into a moored…...
L'Ecume II: Officer jailed over fatal boat crash loses sentence appeal
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (621+ words) A ship officer who was jailed for breaching Jersey's shipping laws after three fishermen died has had his sentence appeal dismissed. Lewis Carr was on duty on the bridge of Condor's Commodore Goodwill in December 2022 when it collided with L'Ecume…...
Man sentenced for shining laser at police aircraft in Dawley
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (346+ words) A man who shone a laser at a police plane airborne during an operation linked to a road rage incident in Telford has been given a 12-month conditional discharge. Reed Beers, 60, of Old Office Road, Dawley, appeared at Telford Magistrates…...
New Zealand man Man charged for swallowing $19k Faberg" pendant
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (324+ words) A New Zealand man has been charged for theft after he allegedly stole a diamond-studded locket in a rather unusual way - by swallowing it. The ingested loot - a Faberg" egg locket valued at NZ$33, 585 ($19, 300; "14, 600) - has not yet been recovered, police…...
How teenager gave street concert and was caught up in Russia's repressive past
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1637+ words) In a wood on the edge of St Petersburg they're reading out a list of names. Each name is a victim of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's Great Terror. In this part of Russia there are thousands of names to…...
Weston-super-Mare's Tropicana renovation works get under way
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (435+ words) Work has begun to turn Weston-super-Mare's Tropicana into a "nationally significant" venue for culture, arts, and entertainment. North Somerset Council won Levelling Up funding in 2023 to rejuvenate the former lido, which was also the home of Banksy's Dismaland exhibition in…...
North Sea tanker crash captain appears before the Old Bailey
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (264+ words) The captain of a cargo ship that crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea has appeared before a court in London. Vladimir Motin was in charge of the Portuguese-flagged cargo ship Solong, which collided with the US tanker…...
Proposal for new homes in St Peter Port rejected
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (263+ words) A proposal for seven new homes in St Peter Port has been rejected by planners. The application for four new flats and three houses on Mount Durand was turned down by the States of Guernsey Planning Service because it said…...