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A hero dad died after saving his 10-year-old daughter in a horrific hit and run smash. Wayne Leary, 38, suffered serious head injuries after being struck by the speeding car on Oldham Road, Failsworth. Seconds earlier Mr Leary, of Hollinwood, Oldham, pushed his daughter Amie, who is 11 today, to safety. Mr Leary, who worked in the Greggs factory in Clayton, was taken to Salford Royal Hospital following the smash on Saturday night but died on Sunday. The driver failed to stop and the car, a Kia Picanto, was later found abandoned further up the road. Mr Leary's brother Jason, 35, said: "It makes us proud that Wayne's last action was stopping Amie from being hurt.  

A four-year-old girl was attacked by a police dog as she played in a park. Erika Galiano was dragged to the floor and bitten on the arm by the German Shepherd who was being walked by his handler. Police have launched an investigation into the attack at Kismet Park in Canvey Island, Essex. The dog, which has not been named, has been suspended from its duties while the probe is carried out. Erika's mother, Kerry, 25, said: 'We were walking through the park. 'Erika was playing and ran just out of sight for a second, then I heard this terrible scream and we rushed over. 'What has upset me the most is that the dog was meant to protect my daughter not hurt her. 'If she w…

A new regional crime group, Zephyr, is being launched to destroy, dismantle and disrupt serious and organised crime across the South West of England. All five police forces have signed up to the new arrangements which bring together the capability and funding to gather intelligence, crack serious and organised crime networks and seize the assets of the criminals involved. The Home Office is supporting the creation of Zephyr with a one off grant of £440,000 to help fund the set-up costs. Colin Port, Chief Constable of lead force, Avon and Somerset, said "We are absolutely determined to dismantle, disrupt and destroy serious organised crime in the south west and those…

Two women have been arrested after they allegedly tried to smuggle their dead relative on to a passenger plane. The corpse was pushed in on a wheelchair - complete with sunglasses - to try to fool staff at the check in desk at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, it is claimed. The man's body had been driven to the airport in a taxi after the women told the driver he was asleep. Arrests: Two women were questioned over an alleged attempt to smuggle a corpse through Liverpool John Lennon Airport (file picture) But as his two companions attempted to check the dead man in for a flight to Berlin on Saturday, staff became suspicious and alerted the authorities. The two women we…

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A police football team has been suspended from a league - for not paying its fines. Bosses at the Manchester FA booted the police team out for failing to cough up after two players were booked for showing dissent to the referee. The team - Greater Manchester Police's A Division side which is made up of bobbies from Bootle Street station in the city centre - was fined £20 for each yellow card at a match in December. But despite repeated attempts by officials to make the team pay, the fines remain outstanding almost four months later. FA bosses slapped the team with a further £40 penalty for non-payment and suspended it from the GMP League on January 19. It has not p…

The Association of Police Authorities (APA) is highlighting its views on a range of significant policing issues, in the run-up to the general election. These include support for strong and robust accountability to local people, coupled with a clear opposition to political control of policing, which could mean local police working to the whims of one interest group or political party. Police Authorities are made up of local people comprising a mixture of councillors, magistrates and independent members. Police Authorities are responsible for setting the budget for their police force, including raising local council taxes for policing consulting and engaging with local com…

The victim, aged 17, suffered a fractured skull after being beaten with a metal bar and a chair leg during the attack. He was knocked unconscious and woke up minutes later to find himself naked after suspects had stripped him and thrown his clothes away. He was robbed of just £11 during the attack, at around 5pm on Tuesday on the Abraham Moss playing fields in Crumpsall, Manchester. He was was taken to North Manchester Hospital where he received treatment for a fractured skull. The only description he has been able to give police is that one of his attackers was a man of Asian appearance and was wearing a red bandana. Detective Constable Robert Ashurst, of Greater M…

A new regional crime group, Zephyr, is being launched to destroy, dismantle and disrupt serious and organised crime across the South West of England. All five police forces have signed up to the new arrangements which bring together the capability and funding to gather intelligence, crack serious and organised crime networks and seize the assets of the criminals involved. The Home Office is supporting the creation of Zephyr with a one off grant of £440,000 to help fund the set-up costs. Colin Port, Chief Constable of lead force, Avon and Somerset, said "We are absolutely determined to dismantle, disrupt and destroy serious organised crime in the south west and those…

Two women have been arrested after they allegedly tried to smuggle their dead relative on to a passenger plane. The corpse was pushed in on a wheelchair - complete with sunglasses - to try to fool staff at the check in desk at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, it is claimed. The man's body had been driven to the airport in a taxi after the women told the driver he was asleep. Arrests: Two women were questioned over an alleged attempt to smuggle a corpse through Liverpool John Lennon Airport (file picture) But as his two companions attempted to check the dead man in for a flight to Berlin on Saturday, staff became suspicious and alerted the authorities. The two women we…

Derbyshire residents are being urged to share their concerns with police officers online, as part of the first virtual surgery in the county. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/8603476.stm This idea has been going on a while on UKPO, looks more or less the same thing.

A taxi driver in Essex was throttled until he passed out and robbed of his car by two passengers. The victim had picked up the men outside Quattroz nightclub in The High, Harlow, in the early hours of Sunday. He stopped in Hoe Lane, Nazeing, where he was held around the throat until he passed out, police said. He came round on the road to find the men going through his pockets and was kicked in the face. The robbers drove off in his Toyota Avensis. His mobile phone and some cash were in the car, which was found "completely burnt out" in Mayflower Close, Waltham Abbey, 10 minutes later. The taxi driver, who is 30 and from Harlow, was treated at Princess Alexandra H…

This is the 12-year-old girl who was allegedly stabbed to death by her uncle at the weekend. Tia Rigg's blood-soaked body was found in an upstairs bedroom at the home of John Maden. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0kBnPsaGG A tragic story in itself. Reason thou for bringing this up is the picture below. Has any Officer on here been asked to stand outside a crime scene, and is this thee most boring job on the long list of jobs within the Police? If on duty outside a crime scene, would you secretly like a MOP to come up to chat to you? When a house across the road from me was broken into sometime back, a Officer was kept there in o…

A leaked dossier has revealed that a justice system which swallows unprecedented sums of money is failing to catch or properly punish millions of criminals. The Government audit shows that Labour's criminal justice spending is the highest in Europe at £18.2billion a year. Some £1billion of that is lavished on 'overheads' alone. But the dossier, compiled jointly by the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Attorney General's Office, reveals that here were 4.7million crimes last year but only 1,376,994 offenders were 'brought to justice'. Labour's criminal justice spending is the highest in Europe at £18.2 billion a year. (Posed by models) It says the number of cr…