Police Scotland has today (Saturday, 12 October 2019) agreed to send up to 100 public order officers to London to assist with policing the Extinction Rebellion protests currently taking place in the city. A spokesperson for Police Scotland confirmed that the officers would be deployed in the city from early next week after Chief Constable Iain Livingstone approved the request
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Brandon Flanagan, 18 (26.10.00), of Bell Lane, Twickenham, was found guilty at Kingston Crown Court on Thursday, 11 October of grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. Flanagan had denied all charges against him. He will be sentenced at the same court on Wednesday, 4 December. The jury heard that on the
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The Home Office has released details of how the first tranche of new police officers will be allocated to forces in England and Wales. Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the second meeting of the National Policing Board which took place on 8th October. The breakdown below provides the number of officers each force will increase by in the year 2020-21
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Thames Valley Police has confirmed the final details and arrangements for the funeral of PC Andrew Harper. The funeral is to be held at Christ Church Cathedral in St Aldates, Oxford, at 11 am on Monday 14th October. A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police said: “The force is working closely with Andrew’s family to ensure we plan the funeral to
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Northumbria Police have today (Monday) confirmed that a baby boy who was stabbed in Wallsend last week has sadly died in hospital. Last Wednesday, a 21-year-old woman and her three-week-old son were rushed to hospital after the assault inside an address on Portland Close. They had both suffered injuries consistent with a bladed article and were treated for life-threatening injuries.
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Sergey Koudriavstev, 48 (01.05.71), of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey yesterday (Thursday, 3 October) to stabbing his mother and father to death. Both his mother Tatiana, 68 and his father Vladimir Koudriavstev, 69, were found dead in their flat in Adair Tower, Appleford Road, W10. Both were from Russia but had lived in the UK for
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Over 20 vehicles had their car windows smashed in the space of around 2 hours in Essex last night (3rd October). In what is thought to be a completely random attack, dozens of car owners woke up this morning to find that their side windows had been smashed. In a Facebook group called ‘Essex Crime’ one victim posted: “So last
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Officers from Cheshire Police have been thanked for following up an abandoned 999 call and performing emergency CPR on a barely conscious man. On Sunday 25 August Jan Krawczyk’s wife called 999 when he started feeling ill, but she dropped the phone as he collapsed to the floor. PCs Steph Darbyshire, Jenny May and Ben Harrington attended the address in
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A station cleaner who covertly took nearly 500 photos of men using a toilet in Nottingham train station has been jailed. Carl Shipman, 39, and of Cawston Gardens, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to voyeurism and possessing indecent images of children at Nottingham Crown Court on 29th August. On 30th September, the Judge sentenced him to six months in prison. He was
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A top cop has welcomed some of the most significant sentences handed down to the Northumbria’s most dangerous sex offenders in the past year. In the last 12 months, Northumbria Police has seen some lengthy sentences handed down to several dangerous paedophiles and rapists. Here are some of the most dangerous ‘scorers’ who have been handed more than 20 years
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