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A motorcyclist has avoided serious injury after attempting a wheelie Footage has been released of a motorcyclist who avoided serious injury after coming off his bike while attempting a wheelie at 70mph. Cameras mounted on 38-year-old Lee Oliver's motorbike and in an oncoming van captured the crash near Uckfield in East Sussex on 18 May last year. Oliver and fellow biker Lee Cunningham were also recorded riding at 130mph in West Sussex. Both bikers were given suspended prison sentences at Lewes Crown Court. Oliver and Cunningham had both fitted cameras to their bikes, which recorded their journeys as well as their speedometers. Before the crash, Oliver had reached sp…

The elderly woman was struck on Leigh Road, Leigh on Wednesday Man robs dying woman hit by lorry The family of an 82-year-old woman targeted by a thief as she lay dying in the road say they are "absolutely disgusted" by his actions. Ethel Irene Ditcher was killed when she was struck on Leigh Road, Leigh, at about 11:45 GMT on Wednesday. Police said a man was seen to steal her purse before leaving. Officers are still trying to locate him. Her family said they hoped "their conscience gets the better of them and they hand themselves into the police". The man is described as white, about 6ft (1.8m) tall, between 30 and 40, and of medium build with a brown beard. Flower…

The funeral firm said it had never had any problems with traffic wardens in the past Parking officers on yellow lines A council has apologised after one of its traffic officers issued a ticket to a funeral car during a service at a church in Lincolnshire. The ticket was issued on Tuesday while the black limousine was on a single yellow line outside the Roman Catholic Church in Jermyn Street, Sleaford. Funeral company R Phillips, of Ruskington, said it was shocked that someone could act so disrespectfully. The authority has apologised and rescinded the £70 parking fine. In a statement Lincolnshire County Council said: "Our contractor has made a mistake and we are con…

UKIP has apologised for a tweet which said the death of a police officer under investigation in relation to the Rotherham abuse scandal was "karma". The tweet from @PlymouthUKIP said: "South Yorkshire police says PC Hassan Ali who was under investigation in relation to child abuse in Rotherham has died in a car crash KARMA!" PC Ali, 44, died in hospital nine days after he was hit by a car in Sheffield. A UKIP spokesman said the tweeter had been rebuked. Mr Ali was being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) over allegations made about him, the BBC understands. South Yorkshire Police said his death was being treated as a "tragic accident"…