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Hurtling under a level crossing's closing barriers with just inches to spare, this is the shocking moment a motorist narrowly misses a high-speed train. Charles Shaw, 40, made a 'split-second decision' to chance his luck by driving through a flashing red stop signal at Foxton, near Cambridge. CCTV caught his silver Volkswagen Golf speeding beneath the red and white barrier across the railway tracks seconds before an express train was due. 'Split second decision': Motorist Charles Shaw ignores the flashing red lights and drives through a level crossing in Foxton, Cambridgeshire Shaw, from Sutton, Cambridgeshire, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a red signal wh…

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A suspected burglar was electrocuted and killed after breaking into an electricity substation. The 30-year-old man suffered a 33,000-volt electric shock while apparently trying to steal copper cable. An accomplice is believed to have called an ambulance on a mobile phone after the accident at around 11.45pm on Wednesday. The second man waved down paramedics as they arrived and then fled from the substation in Ransomes Way in Ipswich. Suffolk Police were alerted by ambulance staff and found the man dead inside the substation. Officers found the rear doors of the substation had been forced and tools which had been used to cut metal cables were discarded nearby. EDG En…

Shoppers ran screaming to get out of the way as a car reversed out of its parking space and then mowed straight into a town's bustling market stalls today. A total of 14 people were injured, three seriously, when the silver car ploughed into the stalls underneath the town hall archways in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. One woman was pinned under the car, which was driven by an elderly man, for at least an hour as fire crews tried to release her. A police officer interviews the driver as medics treat a woman pinned underneath the car after it crashed into the market stalls under the town hall archways in Bridgnorth 'It was just another Friday market day where people were po…

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Volcano-Ash-Cloud-Causes-Air-Travel-Wipeout-Across-Northern-Europe/Article/201004315603506?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15603506_Volcano_Ash_Cloud_Causes_Air_Travel_Wipeout_Across_Northern_Europe The volcanic eruption in Iceland which has thrown up a 3.7 mile high plume of ash has had a crippling effect on air traffic in the UK and across northern Europe. So how does this incident effect our Police? 1 Are helicopters allowed up, as planes are not. 2 Have Police been briefed as to what to do, if this cloud lands on top of your area. I am sure they`re must be other ways this cloud will effect …

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Source: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/new..._on_second_jobs Hard-up police officers are taking on second jobs as door-to-door salesmen, gardeners, musicians and football referees to boost their income. Greater Manchester Police revealed that 54 officers have been given permission to pursue business interests outside their police work. Some officers are working as caterers, property landlords, cycle-tour operators, football scouts, photographers and swimming teachers. Other Pcs use their spare time to run shops, direct companies, act as consultants, invigilate exams, host parties and run music and swimming lessons. GMP says it would prefer officers not …

A senior police officer was fighting for his life tonight after being hit by a drunken skier while on holiday in the Italian Alps. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1266897/Drunk-skier-hits-UK-senior-police-officer-Italian-Alps.html#ixzz0leWee6iS I am sure we all wish him a speedy recovery.

Motorists have been hit with speeding tickets worth almost £1billion under Labour, a report shows. But receipts have fallen since police were stopped from keeping part of the money raised from speed cameras. It suggests that the explosion in the number of cameras was used as a 'cash cow' and that forces no longer have an incentive to install them. Drivers were clobbered with 1.23million tickets in 2008, of which 1.03million were issued by speed cameras, the Home Office report revealed. The tickets raised more than £73million for the Treasury that year, or £200,000 a day. In total, 16million tickets have been issued since 1997, raising £913million. In 2006, 1…

A Surrey detective has been charged with making threats to kill and assaulting a police officer. Det Con Damien McIntyre, who is based at Staines police station, is due to appear at Redhill Magistrates Court. A Surrey Police spokesman said that the 34-year-old officer had been suspended from duty. Det Con McIntyre was arrested following an incident on Thursday at an address in Egham. He was charged the following day. Source: BBC

The drug has been linked to the deaths of Louis Wainwright and Nicholas Smith A police force is giving mephedrone users the chance to hand in their supplies of the drug without the threat of prosecution. The drug was listed as an illegal Class B substance from Friday after a law was rushed through Parliament. Humberside Police said users could hand mephedrone in at any of its police stations until midnight on Friday and no details would be taken. After that, it said dealers would face prosecution and up to 14 years in jail. Det Ch Insp Gerry Darling said: "By holding the amnesty we are recognising that until now people may have been using the substance within the law…

A nurse was stabbed and mutilated to death in a frenzied knife attack after arguing with her jealous ex-boyfriend. Katie Cullen, 35, a senior hospital sister, was knifed repeatedly in the face and neck by asylum seeker Iman Ghaefelipour, 28. Iranian-born Ghaefelipour was furious when Miss Cullen dumped him for stealing more than £3,000 from her bank account. But when his plan to win back his former lover failed he fell into a violent rage and stabbed her more than 130 times. Violent rage: Iranian-born Iman Ghaefelipour stabbed his former girlfriend Katie Cullen to death when his plan to win her back failed After she had died Ghaelfelipour gouged out her right eyeba…

Family pay tribute to 37-year-old man who died after collision in Denham A FAMILY have paid tribute to police officer and dad of one Sean McColgan who died following a collision in Denham. The 37-year-old man died when his blue Suzuki motorcycle collided with a black Ford Fiesta on the A412 Denham Avenue (North Orbital) at the junction with Tilehouse Lane on April 6 at around 9.30pm. His family said: “Sean loved his job with a passion, surpassed only by his love for his wife and son.He loved his home, and his perfect day would be spent at the barbeque surrounded by his family and friends and copious amounts of beer. “Sean had always enjoyed driving, and was ver…

Source: Sky News A senior police officer is fighting for his life after being hit by an allegedly drunken skier while on holiday in the Alps. Superintendent Clive Wakeley, 49, suffered serious head injuries after colliding with the skier while on a family holiday in Italy. Mr Wakeley, an officer at Scotland Yard, was transported to a specialist unit following the collision at the resort of Bardonecchia in northern Italy. The man who hit him, a 21-year-old Italian, was also taken to hospital. A police spokesman in Italy said the 21-year-old was twice the drink drive limit at the time of the incident. He had also been skiing with a rope caught in his leg after crashing i…