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SWMRattack – By Adam Dutton Chilling footage shows the moment a sex attacker stalked a woman as she walked home from a night out before trying to rape her. Paul Jinks, 21, was captured on camera following his victim through the streets of Long Eaton, Derbys., on July 14 last year. A court heard he grabbed her from behind and told her not to shout after putting his hand over her mouth during the terrifying attack. The woman bravely tried to break free and fight the monster off before she then fell to the ground. Jinks picked her up and…

SWLNrubbish – By Adam Dutton Shocking photos show mountains of fly-tipped rubbish and overflowing bins along Birmingham’s streets after bin workers went on strike. Residents say the bankrupt city is now being invaded by giant rats after industrial action left neighbourhoods littered with festering mounds of waste. Families also say they fear for the health of their children after some residential areas were turned into a ‘stinking makeshift dump’. Refuse collectors have walked out on seven dates so far and have scheduled in at least 24 other days in response to fears of wide-scale pay cuts. And the impact of…

SWLNhope A grieving community in Scotland are lining the streets today to honour the passing of a schoolgirl on ‘Hope’s Day’. Hope, 6, was tragically found dead alongside her father, Mark, 36, at a house in West Calder, West Lothian, on 20 January. Police have announced they are treating her death as murder, but that her father’s is ‘not being treated as suspicious’. The grieving family, who have named the day ‘Hope’s Day’, have called on their community to ‘line the streets’ of ­Livingston leading to the town’s Adambrae Cemetery as Hope passes by in a horse-drawn carriage. A fundraising…