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Two security workers have been fired after it came out that they had installed an electronic tag on an offender’s false leg, meaning that he could remove it to breach his curfew. The offender, Christopher Lowcock had wrapped his false leg in a bandage, which fooled the security workers as they set up the device.

Mr Lowcock, 29, was ordered to wear an electronic tag for drink driving offences as well as possession of an offensive weapon, but he was able to break the curfew by simply removing his false leg.

The security firm became suspicious last month, but by that time Mr Lowcock was already back in custody for driving whilst being banned and having no insurance. A spokeswoman for the security firm who had miss-fitted the tag said; “In this individual’s case two employees failed to adhere to the correct procedures when installing the tag. Had they done so, they would have identified his prosthetic leg.” Adding that, “The two employees responsible for the installation of the tag have now been dismissed.”

Police have arrested a 32 year old businessman at Heathrow airport after he threatened to stab the pilots of his British Airways flight. Witnesses state that the man got angry when he was refused more alcohol on the Phoenix to London jet and produced a shard of glass stating that he was going to stab the pilots.

Mr Bradley was remanded by police after the jet landed and later appeared in court charged with common assault and being drunk on an aircraft. He was remanded in custody and will appear for sentencing on the 23rd of September.

A fellow passenger who witnessed the incident told the press, “”He was shouting at customers and crew, swearing, stumbling about the cabin”. Adding that; “He was swearing at the manager of the crew. He pushed him in the galley and wanted to know why he was refused more wine.”

She went on to say that, “At one stage I could see him holding a broken glass.”

A British Airways spokesman said: “We do not tolerate abusive behaviour towards our staff or customers”, adding; “Although the cabin crew tried to pacify the passenger, his behaviour continued to be unacceptable and the flight was met by the police.”

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The London School of Economy has released a report that shows that cycling generates £2.9bn per year for the UK economy. The report takes into account the manufacturing, bicycle sales and cycle-related sales.

The figures show that £51m was raised by UK manufacturers with over 3.7 million bikes sold in 2010; a 28% rise from the previous year and that £1.5bn was spent on bikes as well as £850 million on cycle related goods.

There are now more than 13 million cyclists in the UK with an estimated million people taking up cycling last year.

Dr Alexander Grous from the London School of Economics said, “The good news is that structural, economic, social and health factors seem finally to have created a true step-change in the UK’s cycling scene”.

A driver had a lucky escape in Leeds after a cow leap a fence and ploughed into his car. The driver, Richard Gould escaped with some minor cuts and bruises, which is more than can be said for his Citroen C5 which was written off with extensive damage to the front and a broken wheel; the cow was pronounced dead at the scene.

It is thought that the cow jumped the fence as it tried to escape from the farmer and landed in the road in front of Mr Gould. He told the press “I was driving along when a cow jumped out and landed on my bonnet. It had hurdled a three-foot high fence and hit the front of my car”. Adding that, “I had no time to brake and my car veered to the other side of the road. I was very lucky that nothing was coming in the opposite direction”.

Mr Gould was given a breath test for alcohol at the scene by police officers; the test came back negative.

Local councils across the country are hoping to banning smoking in public parks and children’s play areas. The Government’s Localism Bill, which aims to give local councils more control, could soon be used to extend the smoking ban.

The smoking ban for indoor public places was introduced in England, Wales and Nothern Ireland on the 1st July 2007 and in Scotland in early 2006.

Stony Stratford, near Milton Keynes is one of the first towns to try to ban smoking altogether. Paul Bartlett’s campaign plans to ban smoking in any open place or public street in the town; it has already had backing by senior councillors but still needs approval from Milton Keynes Council.

Other councils are also considering extensions to the smoking ban including Cumbria Council, with many of them ready to extend the ban to cars carrying children on board.

A Swedish man who tried to make a nuclear reactor in his kitchen has admitted to police that the idea was ‘crazy’. Police were called to Richard Handl’s house in Angelholm after being tipped off by Sweden’s radiation authority.

It turns out Mr Handl phone the authority to ask if he was breaking the law. Mr Handl, who is unemployed, said that he wanted to know if he could split an atom after reading physics books and purchased radioactive material from Germany and the internet.

Mr Handl had been working on the experiment for around six months before the police got involved and posted his findings regularly on his blog. Police confiscated the nuclear materials and computer from his house for analysis.

It is unclear what charges will be brought against Mr Handl, but he expects to get away with just a fine.