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Vandals have been blowing up 14 parking meters with explosives in Sussex. Police are investigating whether the acts of wreckage are linked to a previous spate of attacks between 2004 and 2006 in which about 200 meters were damaged. Fifteen attacks have been made on 14 meters in Lewes in three months with the most recent taking place last Monday (November 21). The authorities think someone with a grudge against parking rules is responsible for the vandalism.

Ministers clashed with unions as Francis Maude said mass public sector strikes next week could cost the economy £500m and lead to job losses. Mr Maude, the Cabinet Office Minister, explained the Treasury had made the estimate based on lower output in the public and private sector. More than two million workers are expected to strike on November 30 over changes to public sector pensions. Mark Serwotka, PCS Union head, said the government was making “false” claims about the pensions.

A man aged 64 and a 58-year-old woman this week were arrested over a tyre fire which burned for three weeks. The conflagration started on June 16 this year, and smoke from the blaze closed roads on the industrial estate which hit a number of businesses in Swansea. The pair, also from Swansea, have been released on police bail. The hazardous burning tyres had to be removed using specialist equipment and dunked into large water filled containers.

A church has suffered thefts so often it has had to replace much of its lead roof with a non-traditional material. The church in Lincolnshire, called St Nicholas, made the drastic steps after it fell victim to four thefts in 2007 alone, and more since then. The price of lead has risen steeply, which has been blamed for the increases in this type of crime. The roof has been covered with plastic sheeting for much of the past four years.

Richard Evans, president of PepsiCo in the UK and Irish Republic, defended the scale of top bosses’ salaries after they were criticised in a new report by the High Pay Commission. Mr Evans said the UK has to be competitive. “If we want great people to come and work in the UK, given it’s a global talent pool, we’ve got to be prepared to pay the amount of money that those executives can get elsewhere in the world," he told the BBC.

Hundreds of passengers were delayed after cables were stolen which led to signal problems on Friday (November 18, 2011). The theft of copper cables near Hull caused delays to services from the start of the day between Hull, Doncaster and Selby. The charity organisation Crimestoppers is offering a reward of £1,000 for information about the theft. Furthermore, the Association of Train Operating Companies has called for tougher regulation of scrap metal sales.

A pub has installed a swipe card machine that can be used to dispense beer when it is busy. Landlord at the South Yorkshire establishment Dave Barron says measures are in place so that customers could not abuse the system and staff could monitor issues such as drunkenness. “The machine is in full view of staff at all times, and there’s also a method of blocking a particular card, so if anyone has had too much, we can block that card,” Mr Barron commented.

The chief inspector of prisons says an overcrowded jail is unsafe. Barlinnie is more than 50 per cent over capacity, which meant Brigadier Hugh Monro said it could not be regarded as “safe”. He has called for a review of the management of overall prisoner numbers and wants an explanation of why so many men who have not yet faced a trial are held in the Glasgow prison. “The prison has an operational limit for very good reasons,” he said.

A key Coalition member has accused some trade union leaders of being “hell bent” on strike action. The Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander said the Government would be soon contacting 2.5 million public sector workers to “explain to them” the latest improved pensions offer. Mr Alexander told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that the Government wanted to appeal directly to union members. The MP added of unions that “there are some who seem desperate, hell bent if you like, on strike action.”

As the nation has just commemorated those who have given their lives in conflict, David Cameron has called metal theft, particularly from war memorials, “an absolutely sickening and disgusting crime”. The Prime Minister was commenting in the wake of Armistice Day, which is observed on November 11 each year, and which fell just before the weekend. The War Memorials Trust estimates one monument is vandalised per week for its bronze, copper or other metal.