Donisthorpe Scout Band, a marching group using mainly brass instruments, has been rehearsing on a field in the village for more than 30 years.

Organisers insisted the Leicestershire band obeyed limits on when and where it played and was helping local youths.

But some residents said the music was difficult to block out and hearing the same song repeated was annoying.

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They are so worried that they told the Government it must act urgently to defuse tensions before the concern boils over into riots.

The MPs’ devastating report concluded that migration has had a significant impact on communities and local services – greater even than crime and terrorism.

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THE MAN suspected of sex attacks on a woman and two teenage girls in a secluded cycle path by Tothill Park has appeared in court.

Daniel Wiles, 26, stood before Plymouth Magistrates dressed in blue jeans and a grey and white T-shirt.

Sporting a close-cropped haircut and a pencil-thin moustache, Wiles confirmed he lived in Embankment Road, a short distance from the park in St Judes where the girls and the woman were attacked.

Wiles was arrested by police just before lunchtime yesterday at his Embankment Road address and taken to Charles Cross police station before being transferred to the court later the same day.

Prosecuting solicitor Claire Tresidder said Wiles was being charged with one count of sexually touching a woman over the age of 16 without her consent, and two counts of attempting to assault “a female aged 13 or over by penetration by part of the body”.

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Stuart Hill, sole owner and resident of a 2.5 acre island off Scotland, declared his independence from the UK this weekend, saying he wanted the territory to be a crown dependency like the Channel Islands.

He named the island Forvik in honour of the Shetland’s Scandinavian past.

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The Sunday Telegraph used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain speeding ticket figures from 15 police forces. They showed that foreign drivers in those areas fail to pay 27,000 speeding fines annually - pointing to a nationwide total of about 80,000 unpaid speeding fines a year.

The motorists can escape justice over the fines, which total more than £10?million, because police, councils and speed camera authorities are not able to obtain their details. Statistics released by 36 local authorities also show that foreign drivers got away without paying 54,000 parking fines a year, pointing to a nationwide total of 105,000 unpaid fines.

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David Hughes, 56, was punched in the face by 16-year-old Anilson Conceicao, an Angolan asylum seeker, after asking him to leave the classroom.

Conceicao said �I don’t like your eyes,� then lashed out at Lipson Community College, Plymouth, Devon.

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The man, 24, who is due to face trial later this year, is accused of conspiracy to cause explosions and conspiracy to murder.

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