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Shops selling illegal vapes have been fired a warning after thousands were seized last month.

Police have seized thousands of suspected illegal vapes in Bolton after a number of 'concerning' medical incidents at a local school, which are believed to be linked to the use of illegal vapes.

A number of musicians are among a list of celebrities that have been hit with charges from regulators in America over their involvement with a scheme to sell some good old crypto asset securities. Akon, Ne-Yo, Lil Yachty, Soulja Boy and Austin Mahone feature on a list of eight celebs targeted in an investigation carried out by the US Securities And Exchange Commission.The SEC yesterday announced charges against Justin Sun, founder of the Tron Foundation Limited and three of his companies for the unregistered offer and sale of TRX and BTT crypto asset securities.

Actress Lindsay Lohan, rapper Akon and singer Ne-Yo have been forced to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims they promoted crypto investments to their social media followers without disclosing they were being paid to do so. The group of celebrities, which also included rapper Lil Yachty, boxer and internet personality Jake Paul and adult film performer Michelle Mason, agreed to pay more than £325,000 ($400,000) to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The celebrities were paid to promote crypto companies Tronix and BitTorrent to their millions of followers on social media.

Princess Diana shook up the royal family from the moment she entered the picture, but did you know how much trouble she used to get into?!

Salford city council's plans to buy the AJ Bell stadium could be 'illegal', opposition councillors have alleged.

Controversial asylum proposals have cleared their first Commons hurdle amid pleas from Tory MPs for amendments to protect trafficked women, children and modern slavery victims.

The head of WhatsApp has said the popular messaging app could see itself no longer being allowed in the UK.

A shisha bar which operated for several years despite not having planning permission has been shut down and the owner slapped with a huge fine. 360 Cafe on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme was first told to stop trading in September 2018.

Julia Fox‘s dad and brother were arrested on Wednesday as part of a police investigation into untraceable gun dealing and illegal drug manufacturing.

A paedophile has escaped jail after being caught with more than 15,000 indecent images of children, some as young as five.

Police uncovered a 'zombie' style knife and a haul of illegal drugs after raiding a house. At around 9am on Wednesday (March 1) officers conducted a drugs warrant at an address on Darlington Avenue, in Crewe.

Netflix‘s K-drama Hellbound amid reports that he is undergoing a police investigation in South Korea for illegal drug use.It was reported last month that Yoo had tested positive for propofol and marijuana, which are violations of South Korea’s South Korea’s Narcotics Control Act. Yesterday (March 1), Xportsnews reported, as translated by Soompi, that Yoo has also tested positive for cocaine and ketamine in a hair test.It was reported today that Yoo has been dropped from season two of Netflix’s Hellbound.

South Korean actor Yoo Ah-in is being investigated for alleged illegal use of an anesthetic drug and has been banned from overseas travel, local media is reporting. This has led to some speculation regarding the status of his upcoming projects including Netflix drama The Match and the second season of dark fantasy series Hellbound. 

Fed up locals are being urged to report any illegal motor or quad bike use in open spaces, parks and country parks to the police.

Rebel Wilson has come under fire for her recent trip to Dubai.

Four tonnes of illegal tobacco worth £1 million was seized in one of Scotland's biggest HMRC raids.

A disabled mum could be forced out of an "illegal" back garden bungalow built without planning permission. Shabena Ahmed lives at the property with her three children, but the family are in serious danger of being kicked out, reports Manchester Evening News.

A convenience store could be stripped of its alcohol licence after being caught selling illegal tobacco for the sixth time in just over three years. Trading standards bosses found 400 Richmond cigarettes hidden in empty cereal boxes at Heaton Off Licence, in Heaton Chapel, Stockport, during a raid with a tobacco detection dog. A sample of the cigarettes was sent for examination which confirmed they were counterfeit. The packaging also failed to comply with regulations which state the colour must be ‘drab dark brown with a matt finish’.

MCALLEN, TX – Twelve minutes into a "ride-along" with the Texas Department of Public Safety on an early morning shift, a group of migrants was seen hiding in the brush, after swimming across the Rio Grande. Lieutenant Chris Olivarez with Texas DPS said the migrants making this journey are putting their lives at risk.  "The number of deaths that have taken place because of this crisis and the amount of immigrants that have lost their lives, is a record number that we have never seen before" Lt. Olivarez said.  Less than 10 minutes later, a second group was seen on camera and later caught.

A California childcare teacher sued her former employer last week after she was allegedly terminated and mistreated because of her religious objection to reading books to children featuring same-sex couples. Nelli Parisenkova, who is being represented by lawyers with the Thomas More Law Society, worked four years at Bright Horizons Children's Center in Studio City and cared for children aged five and younger, according to the complaint she filed Thursday in the Superior Court of California.

A Vauxhall van stuffed with more than 360,000 illegal cigarettes has been discovered by police on a busy Scots motorway.

Many on the left are up in arms after the governors of Texas, Arizona and Florida began sending illegal aliens to sanctuary cities.The big city mayors of Washington, D.C., New York and Chicago complained when buses of several thousand illegal aliens arrived over a period of a few months, an amount equal to what small border towns are forced to contend with on a daily basis. But when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis flew 50 illegal aliens to Martha’s Vineyard, it sent them over the edge.

Texas authorities nabbed 15 illegal immigrants during a recent attempt to smuggle them into the United States as they bailed out of the vehicle and tried to flee. Dashcam and bodycam footage released by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows an Oct. 7 vehicle chase in Kingsville between the alleged smuggler in a work truck and DPS troopers.

Immigration activist groups are expressing their concern with the Biden administration’s announcement that it will start expelling Venezuelans to Mexico using the Title 42 public health order -- reducing entry pathways to a limited parole program. The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it is launching a new large-scale border enforcement operation with Mexico that includes increased checkpoints, a surge in resources and a crackdown on human smuggling.  The administration also announced that all Venezuelans entering the U.S.

Three illegal immigrants caught and released at the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as a fourth person, a U.S. citizen previously released on cashless bail, have been charged in New York’s Long Island for carrying out a hate-fueled robbery ring allegedly targeting members of the Indian community.  Brayan Alexis Ortiz-Ramos, 20, Daniel Esteban Jimenez-Carrillo, 30, Gersson Jhoan Hernandez-Gomez, 33, all born and raised in Columbia, as well as Justin Mora-Soto, 20, who was born in the U.S.

Traffic is set to be completely blocked from a pedestrian shopping precinct after years of problems with illegal parking and accidents.

Authorities in Texas disrupted two human smuggling attempts near the U.S. and Mexican border. Texas Department of Public Safety Lieutenant Chris Olivarez tweeted on Sunday that a female driver from Mexico, who's an illegal immigrant, made an attempt to smuggle three people into the country.

Illegal immigrants can apply for a guaranteed basic income pilot program in Illinois that will provide participants with monthly cash payments for two years.   The Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot will send 3,250 residents $500 each month in cash assistance.

A federal appeals court ordered a review of new changes by the Biden administration to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The decision was made by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, which said that a Texas federal judge needs to review the program after several changes were made by the Biden administration in August.

U.S. Border Patrol Agents in Arizona discovered nine illegal immigrants hidden inside an enclosed space within a cattle trailer near the Mexico border over the weekend.  The discovery came during a traffic stop near Nogales, Arizona around 1 a.m., U.S.

Naman Ramachandran Arvind Pratap’s “Mariam,” which has post production support from the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Cinema Fund, tackles a range of social issues in India. Millions of families from rural India move to the big cities in search of employment and “Mariam” follows one such migrant worker family. The breadwinner is Mariam, who has to look after her three daughters and also takes on an illegal surrogate pregnancy to earn for her family in Mumbai. Pratap, who previously directed the acclaimed “The Reluctant Crime,” got the idea for the film from a newspaper article detailing changes in the Surrogacy Regulation Bill by the Indian Supreme Court, where single parents were excluded from surrogacy.

A golfer who bought an illegal 50,000-volt Taser gun for £20 to deal with a rat infestation in a "comedy of errors" has been convicted of weapons offences. Richard Gilling purchased the stun gun online on the recommendation of a friend, a court heard.

BLACKPINK's agency have asked the police in South Korea to investigate those who leaked bandmember Jennie's personal photos online. YG Entertainment, the K-pop group's agency, released a statement on Monday revealing that they have enlisted the help of police to find those responsible for leaking private photos that have fuelled speculation Jennie is dating V from BTS.

Kim Kardashian's influencing has gotten her in trouble. The star has agreed to pay millions of dollars to the U.S.

Kim Kardashian has reached a settlement with the SEC for promoting cryptocurrency without disclosing she was paid to do so. The influencer will pay $1.26 million.According to the SEC’s order, Kardashian didn’t inform them that she was paid $250,000 to promote EMAX tokens, the cryptocurrency offered by EthereumMax, on her Instagram account.