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One of Britain's biggest waste disposal firms has been convicted of illegally exporting more than 1,000 tonnes of household waste for the second time in two years.   Biffa Waste Services was convicted of sending more than 1,000 tonnes of waste collected from private homes, labelled as paper, to Asia. An Environment Agency investigation prevented sixteen 25-tonne containers travelling from Southampton to Asia in 2018 and 2019. Biffa was also convicted of exporting a further 26 containers that sailed before they could be stopped. Biffa Waste Services was convicted of sending more than 1,000 tonnes of waste collected from private homes, labelled as paper, to Asia An Environment Agency investigation prevented sixteen 25-tonne containers travelling from Southampton to Asia in 2018 and 2019. Pictured: Some of the waste Biffa claimed was waste paper Wood Green Crown Court heard how Biffa logged various items as paper at its depot in Edmonton, north London. The tightly-packed waste include

Citizen, the crime tracking and neighborhood watch app, is paying 'street team' members $25 to broadcast from the scenes of incidents as if they are regular bystanders, it has been revealed. A posting on the career site JournalismJobs.com, which was first reported by the New York Post, advertises for the roles 'generating live content to give users real-time information on what's going on in their city as it unfolds.' The job posting does not mention the Citizen app and was posted by casting agency Flyover Entertainment, but a spokeswoman for Citizen confirmed to DailyMail.com that that it was for Citizen street team roles. 'Citizen has teams in place in some of the cities where the app is available to demonstrate how the platform works, and to model responsible broadcasting practices in situations when events are unfolding in real time,' the spokeswoman said in a statement. 'We believe these teams will ultimately help guide our users on how to broadcast

A cutting-edge test for Covid sufferers that predicts how severe their illness will be can now be sold in the UK.  The Israeli-made test, thought to be the first of its kind in the world to get approval, works using a blood sample and gives a prognosis in 15 minutes. It was today given a CE mark in Europe, which allows it to be sold to hospitals in the European Union. The mark shows the product meets EU regulatory standards. A CE stamp means it can also be sold in Britain until at least early 2022, when Brexit transition arrangements are due to kick in. The 'MedMed Covid-19 Severity Test' will be available for both private and NHS hospitals. It works by scanning the blood of Covid-infected patients for three key biomarkers of the severity of a Covid infection - including inflammation.  Using machine learning, it then allocates patients a score out of 100, with those receiving higher numbers deemed most at risk from the virus.  Developer MeMed said the test could save lives by p

San Francisco is considering a congestion pricing plan that would charge motorists for entering the busy downtown core -- but only if they make more than $46,000 per year. The San Francisco County Transportation Authority is leading the city’s study on the proposal to charge a fee to any drivers who enter the downtown zone, details of which were reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. London has used a similar congestion charge scheme for nearly a decade, but it does not include an income threshold. New York City is currently considering a daily charge of $14 for motorists who enter certain parts of Manhattan. The proposal in San Francisco would charge the full fee of $6.50 to any driver making more than $100,000, with discounts for those who make less, and no fee at all for anyone making less than $46,000.  San Francisco is considering a congestion pricing plan that would charge motorists for entering the busy downtown core -- but only if they make more than $46,000 per year The prop

Japan's prime minister has said there is no need to suspend the Olympic Games despite the host city Tokyo seeing a record number of Covid-19 cases four days after they began.  Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga urged people to avoid non-essential outings but said the Games would not be halted after the Japanese capital reported 2,848 cases.  The toll exceeded Tokyo's previous record of 2,520 daily cases in January and brought the city total of over 200,000 since the start of the pandemic.     'First of all, thanks to the restrictions on vehicles, and through measures such as remote-working, with the cooperation of the public, the flow of people has been decreasing,' Yoshihide Suga said.   'Because the flow of people is decreasing, we're not worried', he added, blaming the highly contagious delta variant for the surge.  'In any case, under these circumstances, I would like to ask the people to avoid going out unnecessarily and to watch the Olympics and Paralym

British expats who have received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine will be able to visit family in the UK without having to quarantine from next month, it was claimed today.  The UK Government will formally recognise jabs administered overseas from August 1, according to The Telegraph. That means that Brits living abroad who are fully vaccinated will be able to avoid a 10 day stay in self-isolation when returning from an amber list country.  Meanwhile, ministers are also considering plans which would allow double-jabbed foreign nationals to be allowed into the UK without having to quarantine.  The Government is hoping to strike reciprocal deals with dozens of nations to recognise each other's vaccinations and vaccine apps.  That could pave the way for the return of much easier travel to and from many popular holiday destinations.  It will also inevitably spark optimism of a deal being done between the US and the UK as the two sides continue talks on setting up a travel corridor. 

A killer posed his girlfriend's body on her bed and used nail varnish to daub the words: 'It was me!' on her skin after he strangled and stabbed her to death in a sickening ritualistic murder. Daniel Smith, 41, left the macabre boast on the right leg of Imogen Bohayczuk, 29, after laying out her corpse and arranging her arms and legs like an 'exhibition' before going on a spending spree with her bank card. Police who arrived at Miss Bohayczuk's home in supported accommodation in the Bardsley area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, found that her arms were crossed and she appeared to be clutching a bottle of perfume.  A soft children's toy had been left by Miss Bohayczuk's neck and her legs were crossed at the ankle, while attempts had been made to clean the scene before detectives got there in March.  Prosecutors said the posing of the body had been 'arranged as though she were a spectacle' - and Smith said: 'I did what I felt was right. It was h

Owen Wright's adorable little boy stole the show during a heartwarming television interview moments after his dad won the first ever Olympic medal in surfing. The Australian beat two-time Brazilian world champion Gabriel Medina to win bronze at the Tokyo Olympics - making history as the first person to secure a medal in surfing. He beat Medina in a nail-biting 11.97 to 11.77 victory to complete an extraordinary comeback from an injury that threatened not just his career but his life. His proud wife Kita Alexander and their two children Vali and Rumi cheered on back home on the NSW far north coast. Kita did a live television cross with Channel Seven a short time later, where four-year-old Vali melted viewers' hearts. The youngster became bored halfway through the interview and ran off to play before being called back to answer some questions. Vali was asked if he had a special message for his dad following the bronze medal win. Surfer Owen Wright made Olympic history with his br

Track coach Alberto Salazar has been permanently banned by the US Center for SafeSport for sexual and emotional misconduct. Salazar has 10 days to appeal the decision, which was handed down Monday. The SafeSport center does not reveal details of investigations, so the specific sexual misconduct allegations remain unknown, publicly.  In 2019, a handful of runners, including Mary Cain, Kara Goucher and Amy Yoder Begley, revealed that they had been emotionally and physically abused while working with Salazar as part of the Nike Oregon Project team. In this August 21, 2015, file photo, Alberto Salazar watches a training session for the World Athletic Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing. Salazar has been permanently banned by the US Center for SafeSport for sexual and emotional misconduct. Salazar has 10 days to appeal the decision In 2019, a handful of runners, including Mary Cain , Kara Goucher and Amy Yoder Begley , revealed that they had been emotionally and physical