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TWO HEROIC police officers have been praised for putting their own lives at risk to rescue a woman from a burning house. Despite needing hospital treatment for the effects of smoke inhalation the sergeant and woman PC both returned to duty later in the day. The drama began just after 1.30am yesterday when the occupant of the house in Alwen on the Plas Madoc Estate in Acrefair called the fire service after smelling smoke. One person was downstairs in the living room and a female was in the bedroom of the two-bedroom mid-terrace council property when the fire broke out. Sgt Paul Hughes and PC Yvie Johnson, who are both based at Rhos police station, were in the area at t…

Clicky A 15-YEAR-OLD boy was killed when the motorcycle he was riding was in collision with a telegraph pole. The incident happened at just before 2.30pm yesterday in Hilcot Drive, Aspley. The boy, named locally as Dion Woodward, was riding his blue Gillera 125cc motorcycle when it left the road and struck the pole. He was taken to QMC but died from his injuries. The road was closed for a number of hours while the forensic collision team investigated. Today, friends of Dion, who had just left Ellis Guilford School, laid floral tributes at the scene of the tragedy. One of his friends said: "He was funny, he always made us laugh. My mum rang me to tell me what had ha…

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http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Cleveland-Police-Praise-Volunteer-Police-Officers_25968.html the Special Constabulary are unique for the people who spend there own time doing the job .

Source BBC Pregnant girlfriend attacker given reduced sentenceA man who twice attacked his pregnant girlfriend has had his sentence cut after the judge held both responsible for the "difficult relationship". Liam Richardson, 22, fractured Lia Thompson's eye socket in an attack in a hotel in May, three months after attacking her at her south London home. On both occasions Miss Thompson, 31, escaped and ran naked looking for help. Richardson, of West Croydon, had a possible 30-month jail term set at 18 months as he showed "real remorse". At the Old Bailey, Judge Jeremy Roberts also told Richardson - who admitted grievous bodily harm and actual bodily harm - he was cutt…

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Source - Argus A former Sussex Police constable was jailed for 16 months today after admitting laundering more than £80,000. Darren Graysmark, 44, of Coney Furlong, Peacehaven, had served with Sussex Police for 23 years but resigned on the same day that he entered his guilty plea last month. He was arrested after officers from his own force found cocaine with an estimated street value of £148,000 in his car on April 8 last year. Graysmark was not in the car when police pulled over the vehicle being driven by his boyfriend, Darren Simpson, on the northbound A23 at Handcross, near Crawley. But the officers' inquiries led them to the home the two men shared where …

Source - Argus By Nigel Freedman » A man coughed up razor blades and slashed his arms after he was arrested for a knife attack. Neil Logan, 38, tried to force his way into a room at a hostel in Portslade in July. He repeatedly tried to stab victim Edward McKenna before running outside, Brighton Crown Court waaas told. Beverly Cherrill, prosecuting, said: “Bizarrely, he phoned the police and told them voices in his head had told him to stab and rob people.†Police arrested Logan, of Old Shoreham Road, Hove, and took him to the custody centre at Hollingbury. There he coughed up several razor blades in his cell and cut his arms with them. Selwyn Shapiro, d…

http://www.policeora...ment_26040.html it is very disappointing news for Gloucestershire police.

"A police community support officer has been jailed over the death of a schoolgirl drowned on an adventure holiday. Louise Ferreira, 17, was on a trip to celebrate her GCSE exam results - travelling in a convoy of 4x4 vehicles 'green-laning' through wild countryside. But PCSO Brian Johnson, 46, 'recklessly' tried to cross a flooded river in his LandRover carrying Louise and his niece in the back. A court heard the force of the water swept the LandRover away - drowning passenger Louise. Johnson, of Belvedere, Kent, was jailed for two years for causing the death by careless driving of Louise at a beauty spot in the mid-Wales countryside. The court heard he was dr…

Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz0xLDYV4ju in this case why did they need armed police to make the arrest over a seven months traffic dispute.??

Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz0xLGB5IDv so much for the safe security we have today.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1302580/Police-chiefs-axe-overtime-bid-slash-500m-bill.html Oh boy are they lucky we can't strike! If this is the road they're going to go down they will find that what little good will officers have left towards the service will evaporate completely!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-11069322 Would probably need a lot more to make things interesting