1.   The accident happened because of a culture in which working practices were not checked, Whitehaven magistrates heard.

2.   Magistrates heard that on both occasions she was travelling at more than ninety miles an hour.

3.   Magistrates heard he had already been banned for life from keeping animals when an RSPCA inspection revealed he still had more.

4.   He escaped a prison sentence after magistrates heard he was seeking help for his drink problem.

5.   But after magistrates heard from the pig centre and from the RSPCA, they turned down the application.

6.   A MOTORCYCLIST on a stolen bike was stopped by police for not wearing a crash helmet, Colwyn Bay magistrates heard yesterday.