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I saw a story yesterday about how a young mother had nearly lost her child because of a hair test only designed to test excessive drinking, not abstinence or small amounts. The mother was being tested as part of a previous court decision but was insisting that she had not touched alcohol for two years. …

As regular readers will know I use social media a lot and I remember a few weeks back seeing a tweet on Twitter that simply read, this idiot just robbed someone on Yarm Road about 20 mins ago. I’ve just read the amazing story behind that tweet and what happened next. A ten-year-old boy saw Craig …

Private investigators all over the UK cannot fail to have heard something about the latest rumblings about our industry. Information obtained by illegal means is always a hot topic on our forums, blogs and even conversation, most private detectives know of firms and investigators who are willing to act outside the law and recognise that …

A story I read last week once again pointed out the dangers to businesses of not checking the credentials of their staff and employees. Two local fast food shops were raided by the Border Agency after tip offs that they were employing illegal workers. The rules aren’t the most simple to follow but it is …

A young Darlington man was badly burnt this week in what is thought to be attempted theft of copper electrical wire although as his father points out nobody knows for sure why he was there and the moment he isn’t well enough to tell anyone what happened. but there has been an alarming increase in …

I’m reading in the news today and hearing on the radio that we’re all going to be hit hard in a bid to claw back the deficit, at the same time I am reading a story in the local paper ‘The Northern Echo” about a Darlington grandmother who stole over £38000 of benefits because she …