Plan to alter flightpaths to reduce noise complaints

Aircraft leaving London City would be affected. Photo by Louise Scott
NATS (National Air Traffic Services) who manage the UK’s air traffic, have put forward a proposal to alter flightpaths into several southern airports in a bid to reduce the number of people affected by aircraft noise.
If the plans were implemented, NATS claim that the number [...]

Cats “main victims” of airgun louts

Cats are the main victims of louts with airguns, the RSPCA says. In the eastern region of England the number of cats shot has increased from 30 to 50 in the past year.
Attacks have included a cat in Lincolnshire whose spine was shattered by a pellet, the animal was so badly injured it was put [...]

Former MSP’s wife on perjury charge

Tommy Sheridan with his wife Gail
The wife of former MSP Tommy Sheridan has been charged with perjury during her husband’s defamation case against the News of the World newspaper.
Gail Sheridan and her father were questioned at Gayfield police station in Edinburgh, and it was later confirmed that both had been charged in connection with the [...]