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Appeal after A20 smash leaves motorcyclist in critical condition Add your comments A motorcyclist is fighting for his life after a smash on the A20 at Swanley in the early hours of Sunday morning. Now police are appealing for anyone who thinks they may have seen the incident to get in touch. A member of the public called police just after 2.40am to report a silver Honda motorcycle had been hit by a car which had then failed to stop. The crash took place between the junctions for Crittal's Corner and the M25, near McDonalds. An ambulance rushed the motorcyclist to a London hospital where his condition was described as critical. A 24-year-old man has been arrested …

Pc Stephen Mitchell worked for Northumbria police A police officer was today charged with a string of sex attacks. Pc Stephen Mitchell, who serves with Northumbria Police, is accused of 43 offences, including rape, indecent assault and misconduct in a public office. A spokesman for the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said the allegations involve 19 people and are said to have taken place between 1999 and 2007. They include seven offences of rape, 17 of indecent assault and 19 of misconduct in a public office. Mitchell will appear before Newcastle Magistrates Court this afternoon. An IPCC spokesman said: 'A Northumbria Police officer has…

Considering this was a derby game between Liverpool and Everton. If the accounts of 2 PCSOs being the only presence in the road its shocking. Maybe its time the SC was deployed closer to the ground, rather than being deployed soley to the car parking areas several streets away from the grounds in Merseyside. People (Senior Officers) may say the SC in Merpol doesn't have the level of Public Order training needed, however compared to PCSOs they are better equiped to handle violent situations. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/01/17/football-fan-attacked-and-beaten-on-way-to-merseyside-derby-match-100252-27998427/

Full story and pictures at; http://cars.uk.msn.c...entid=155842304 EDIT: Have realised that this is in the Police Vehicles section so mods feel free to lock, move or whatever - apologies.

Transvestite drug dealer let off jail... after judge says it would ruin his chances of having a sex change By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:28 PM on 14th January 2011 Comments (74) Add to My Stories A cross-dressing drug dealer has been spared jail after a judge ruled it would ruin his chances of completing a sex change. Ian Morris, 41, who has changed his christian name to Jean, is due to start hormone treatment next week, having been trapped in a 'sexual nightmare' since childhood. He ended up in court after police intercepted nearly 2kg of the hallucinogenic drug ketamine which was sent to his flat. Sex change: Drug dealer J…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12163498 A Surrey Police officer pocketed £75 handed in by a member of the public who found it near Hampton Court Palace, a court heard. Pc Julian Lovegrove, 33, was given the cash outside Esher police station in October 2009 but did not register it, Winchester Crown Court was told. When the finder, Gustavo Reimann, went to find out if anyone had claimed it, the incident could not be traced. Mr Lovegrove, of Petersfield Road, Whitehill, Hampshire, denies theft. The court was told Mr Reimann found three £20 notes, one £10 and one £5 at a petrol station and gave it to Mr Lovegrove, who wr…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12170502 i dont see why things should change when Currently all new recruits must undergo the same basic training.and thats only my opinion.

Kenny McKaskill has thrown his weight behind calls for a single unified force in Scotland, hot on the heels of the last government's attempts to merge several English county forces. News in The Scotsman I live in Cumbria, where the Chief Constable fully supported the proposal (in public at least), but there was opposition from some of the public who feared rural bobbies would end up policing the Lancashire conurbations, leaving us exposed to the ravishes of Lancashire and Merseyside criminal bands! Cumbria also has regular contact across the border, where laws and policies differ widely - we even have a river with tow sets of laws governing it's fishing policies in reg…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12170502 Police forces could be encouraged to introduce a fast track recruitment scheme, a minister has suggested. Lets see, i think Sargent in Traffic Police will be good for me, 4 months to train, 2 months in the job, within 6 months a Sargent, sounds good to me.

A police officer was seriously injured when she was hit by a car in Oxfordshire. The roads policing officer was knocked down as she was helping the driver of a broken down van on the A34 near Kidlington at 2000 GMT on Thursday. A 63-year-old man from Leicestershire was arrested at the scene on suspicion of dangerous driving and was released on bail until 8 February. The northbound carriageway was closed for several hours. Investigators have inspected the scene and Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses. BBC News I hope she has a quick recovery. It's a horrible stretch of road there, with no hard shoulder, numerous very short slip roads and very fast traff…

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Too right, I whioleheartedly agree with this - he has 20 concurrent life sentances for 13 murders and 7 attempted murders and he thinks he should be allowed out again? I'm glad the judges refused his appeal. To me if you take more than 1 life then you should serve a true Life sentance not 'we say life sentance but if you behave yourself you'll be let out in 18 years time'

So the murderer decides to try a spot of robbery. Lock him up for good! The man who murdered headmaster Philip Lawrence in west London has been recalled to prison after being arrested for an alleged robbery. Learco Chindamo was freed in July, 15 years after the killing in Maida Vale, and allowed to remain in Britain. Father-of-four Mr Lawrence, 48, was fatally wounded after going to help a pupil who was being attacked by a gang, which included Chindamo, then aged 15. Chindamo, now 30, was arrested in Catford, south London. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We can confirm that a 30-year-old man was arrested [on Wednesday morning] on suspicion of robbery. "The allege…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...entral-12191585 IF he has done this the officer is a fool to give out data and might have done a lot of harm??