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A judge came under fire from ethnic groups last night after telling a Chinese woman to spend the next year learning English to 'make life easier'. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0hles0fZo From what he has said, life would be easier, that is probably true enough, would save the Police having to work through an interpreter whilst arresting her. How did she pass her driving test if cannot speak English? As for Chinese community, no need to get upset, just teach her English.

Devon and Cornwall to drop 'Constabulary' from their official title in favour of becoming Devon & Cornwall Police.

Four Leeds men who used a hot iron and boiling water to torture a boy over a "drug debt" have been jailed. The gang demanded a £20,000 ransom after abducting the 16-year-old on 30 April 2009, Leeds Crown Court heard. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yo...ire/8560102.stm this is a despicable. crime what they done to this boy and the police done a good job getting them and the court in putting them away

Landlord who used his shotgun to confront and chase off two burglars condemns police for taking over 50 minutes to arrive at the scene. Shotgun landlord chases off buglars after police delay. Sussex landlord, Simon Thomas, spotted the thieves as they loaded stolen bicycles into the back of a car at 2am. The experienced shooter immediately grabbed one of his licenced shotguns and took aim from his bedroom window. He shouted: “Don't move, I've got a loaded gun on you.†The thieves pleaded for mercy and claimed they thought the pub, the Anchor Inn, in Barcombe, was empty. Mr Thomas went back into the house, dialled 999 and put his gun safely back in the cabinet…

Four Leeds men who used a hot iron and boiling water to torture a boy over a "drug debt" have been jailed. The gang demanded a £20,000 ransom after abducting the 16-year-old on 30 April 2009, Leeds Crown Court heard. Shaheed Rahman, 24, was sentenced to 12 years and nine months and Syed Ahmed, 24, got 12 years, after both admitted conspiracy to kidnap and blackmail. Shuel Hussain, 28, got 10 years and Abdul Rajaque, 29, five years and three months after admitting blackmail. A fifth man, 25-year-old Hassan Ahmed, will be sentenced at a later date after also pleading guilty to blackmail. Det Supt Bill Shackleton, from West Yorkshire Police's homicide and major inq…

A nationwide strike by civil servants brought chaos to key public services today - including 999 calls, passport offices and driving test centres. Up to 270,000 civil and public servants begin a 48-hour strike today over cuts to their redundancy payouts. Emergency 999 calls to the police will also be hit by the strike, which ends at midnight on Tuesday. Further walkouts are planned over the next four weeks. Other key workers are taking part including jobcentre staff, tax workers, coastguards and immigration officials. The timing is embarrassing for Gordon Brown with a general election just weeks away. The walkout by members of the Public and Commercial Services Un…

Violent crime has rocketed by 44% under Labour, independent figures have revealed. The number of attacks has soared from 618,000 a year to just under 888,000 over the last decade. The huge increase was uncovered in new research by the highly respected House of Commons Library. It follows a row over the way figures are tallied. The Government changed the way violent crime is measured eight years ago. That made it impossible to directly compare statistics before 2002 with those that followed. Ministers claim violent crime has fallen by 41 per cent - the Tories say it has risen. And last night independent Commons researchers said violent crime has got worse. Under the ol…

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/homepagene...il/article.html DEVON and Cornwall Police is dropping its official title of constabulary, and with it 150 years of history, it has emerged. The force, which has carried the constabulary title since the 1850s, has already started to implement the changes arguing that it made it "more accessible to the public". Accsessible, how so?

The trial is being heard at the High Court in Glasgow A man has gone on trial charged with murdering his five-month-old daughter by hitting her on the head and body. Craig Jamieson, 30, is alleged to have killed daughter Abbie at the home he shared with her mother Nichola Haddock in Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, Ms Haddock, 29, wept as she told the trial at the city's High Court how the baby girl died in her arms on 8 February 2008. Mr Jamieson has lodged a special defence incriminating Ms Haddock. Ms Haddock, who was studying for a BA in child care and social work at Glasgow Caledonian University, told the trial how she was called on her mobile by …

All dogs could be insured under dangerous breeds plans Alan Johnson: "No one can have failed to notice the growing presence of so-called status dogs" All dog owners in England and Wales would have to insure against their pet attacking someone under Labour proposals to tackle dangerous breeds. Police and local authorities could also be given powers to force owners of dangerous dogs to muzzle them or even get them neutered. Ministers say the consultation responds to concerns about the use of animals to intimidate or threaten people. But insurers said Labour's plan could prove "more difficult than it looks". More than 100 people a week are admitted to hospital after do…

On the run ... Fida Mohammed Utmanzi A KILLER was on the run from a mental hospital last night - after escaping over a fence of just FIVE FEET.</h2>Fida Mohammed Utmanzi, 20, was eight weeks into a "indefinite" sentence for the brutal killing of a pal. The six-footer scarpered during an outdoor exercise session at the medium-secure facility. Police last night warned the public not to approach him. And a source warned: "He needs catching before he kills again. "He has almost super-human strength." Utmanzi was held under the Mental Health Act after slitting the throat of Rasool Khan, 20, and bludgeoning him with a dumbbell last March in Haringey, North London.…

The Tories claim official figures back up its argument that violent crime has risen under Labour, reopening a long-running political row over the issue. Data from the House of Commons library obtained by the party showed a 44% rise in crimes against the person between 1998 and 2009, the Conservatives http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8557894.stm i cant understand why the goverment and the Tories cant get a grip on crime one says one thing and one says another .

The Bush Street dental surgery in Pembroke Dock, was the targ A pensioner has admitted making a hoax bomb in a revenge plot against a dentist he believed had overcharged him. Peter McShane, 84, of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, admitted making the bogus bomb and seven other charges at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court. The package, left outside the Bush Street dental surgery in Pembroke Dock, sparked a major police operation. McShane is due to be sentenced in April. The court heard that McShane wrapped up a large oblong box in a bin bag and carried it down to the dental surgery, where he placed it on the steps. Nearby homes - including McShane's…

Peter Chapman was a sex offender known to police Police monitoring of a sex offender who killed a teenager he met on Facebook is to be investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). Peter Chapman was on the sex offenders register, but he went missing from his Merseyside home and police did not know where he was when Ashleigh Hall died. The move follows a call by the home secretary for lessons to be learned. Chapman, 33, was jailed for life after raping and murdering Ashleigh, 17, in a field in County Durham, last October. Teesside Crown Court heard he posed as a teenage boy on Facebook and organised to meet her. Chapman …

Two students who are fighting deportation to Pakistan were arrested days before they planned a terror strike in the UK, a court has heard. Abid Naseer and Ahmed Faraz Khan are appealing against the deportation on the grounds they are a security risk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8558071.stm if they are invoveld with in terrorism in the u.k. then they should be deported now.