A town is to become the first in the UK to ditch speed cameras after the local council branded them “a blatant tax on the motorists”. See all the latest news on speed cameras here Barrister to argue that speed cameras are illegal Conservative-run Swindon Borough Council wants to pull the plug on £400,000-year-funding for its cameras. Councillors want to ...
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- 15 July 2008
A police officer who invented a high-speed chase to avoid prosecution for driving at 89mph in a 70mph zone has escaped a driving ban. Magistrates in Plymouth heard that PC Richard Holding, 45, of Liskeard, Cornwall, was suffering post traumatic stress disorder after serving with the Territorial Army in Iraq which made him “irrational”. He was fined £450 with £500 ...
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- 16 May 2008
