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A haul of drugs and mobile phones was intercepted being smuggled into a top-security jail - hidden inside food cans http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Prison-Sm...Soup_21688.html . what a find by the prison officers baked beans and soup tins contained contraband which would be worth thousands of pounds inside HMP Frankland - which houses Soham monster Ian Huntley. now they are all in the soup

Clicky Well done to lancs, considering GMP, leics and notts are in hot water at the moment good to see something good in the press about the police

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Hi, this has appeared in our local paper in response to an awards ceremony for specials..... discuss. http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/courier/Th...ence.6007145.jp Theirs is a special presencePremium Article !Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button. IT is quite understandable that people question the value of special police constables. They are, after all, civilian volunteers who lack the same powers of arrest granted to their full-time colleagues. Detractors might argue specials are simply part of a numbers game. That their very being masks a deficit of fully-fledged officers. A political way of papering over the cracks. But …

A teenage mother was investigated by police after photographs of her six-month-old son with a cigarette in his mouth were posted on Facebook. Rebecca Davey, 18, was reported by online friends who spotted the picture of baby Ollie. It showed the tot in a striped babygro, with the unlit cigarette hanging from his mouth. Fury: Rebecca Davey was reported to police after photos emerged of her baby son Ollie 'smoking' an unlit cigarette Rebecca then updated her status to read: 'Some w***** reported me to the police abwt picture off ollie.' Essex police visited Rebecca's home in Southend, Essex, but said there were 'no immediate concerns' for the child's welfare. Social se…

A drunken businesswoman who was speeding at 113mph when she killed a young couple was jailed for more than seven years today. Mary Butres, 48, lost control of her Jaguar XJ8 saloon after she hit standing water and aquaplaned while returning from a day out at the races. She careered into Mark Crompton, 20, and his 19-year-old girlfriend Jodie Brown, who were walking away from their car after it had broken down on the A1 near Grantham, Lincolnshire. The helpless couple were hit with such force they were hurled onto the opposite carriageway. They were killed instantly but Butres and her passenger John Nichols, 58, who owned the car, escaped unhurt, Nottingham Crown Court…

LONDON — Police evacuated part of an airport on Saturday and declared a "chemical incident" after a man tried to carry some non-identified white powder onto a plane. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/artic...xiq7f5dNMu-rfnw when Britain is on high alert after terror threat we get twits like this ??good job it was harmless and no arrest was made but it shows now whats happing at our airports.

Noisy sex' woman spared prison The Cartwrights' noisy love-making went on for 'hours at a time' A woman who breached an Asbo banning her from having noisy sex has been given a suspended prison sentence. Caroline and Steve Cartwright's "unnatural" love-making prompted complaints from neighbours, a postman and a woman taking her child to school. The 48-year-old, from Washington on Wearside, had earlier pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching the Asbo. At Newcastle Crown Court, she was given eight weeks suspended for 12 months and a 12-month supervision order. During a previous hearing, next door neighbour Rachel O'Connor told the court she was frequently late …

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A woman has died after a train crashed into her car on a level crossing. She was travelling in one of two cars struck near the village of Moreton on Lugg, Hereford, this morning. Tragedy: A 50-year-old woman died after a train ploughed into her car at a level crossing The 50-year-old was airlifted to hospital but died later. Her husband was also in the car and was treated for minor injuries. A second car, carrying a mother and her 12-year-old daughter, was also hit and the pair were treated for shock and minor injuries before being discharged. A spokesman for British Transport Police confirmed the 8.30am Arriva passenger service from Manchester Piccadilly to Milford…

team of senior police officers and private sector executives has been assigned to turn around a failing police force, The Times has learnt. Nottinghamshire Police has been found to be underperforming in key areas, including answering 999 calls, arranging regular public meetings and responding to messages left for neighbourhood teams. Two other police forces are also causing concern at the Home Office. Greater Manchester Police is “on the radar†over its performance in tackling crime. The force has given itself a 90-day deadline to improve. In Leicestershire, difficulties have emerged over the appointment of a chief constable. The force was recently criticised over …

div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited {color:#06c;} An apparently experienced police officer was casting an avuncular eye over the centre of Mansfield yesterday. The trouble was that he was made out of cardboard. If there is a universal complaint among the residents of this former brewery town it is that they rarely see officers on patrol. “You never see them in the daytime,†complained one shopper at the Market Place. The scarcity became a talking point when the Palace Theatre complained that the town had been left without a single officer by the icy weather on one Wednesday night when it had a full house for its pantomime. There was n…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...;referrer=yahoo Yes he acted outside the law, but 30 months? Thats more than some have gotten for causing death by dangerous driving! If you look at how this will impact on his business in terms of having to lay people off etc I think this is a bit overboard! Let us not forget these thugs had broken into his house and threatened his family, who could blame him for going all death wish? fyi, i'm not condoning his actions, merely pointing out that his actions are surely mitigated by the preceeding events.

In the papers today; http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6963305.ece Police forces to merge in biggest shake-up to police service in 50 years The police service is preparing for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with several forces considering mergers to cope with the public spending crisis. The Times has learnt that two police mergers are being actively encouraged by Whitehall: an amalgamation of the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Constabularies and combining Kent and Essex into one force. Ministers have also acquired sweeping powers to order police forces to collaborate with one another, a move described by one chief constable as allowing the Governme…

Celebrate have-a-go heroes, says Met Police chief Sir Paul Stephenson said the police should encourage people to intervene People who put themselves in danger to tackle criminals should be celebrated as heroes, the UK's most senior police officer has said. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said such people "make our society worthwhile". Police should encourage people to intervene, not just allow them to do so, the commissioner added. His comments came as a High Wycombe man jailed for injuring an intruder was freed by the Court of Appeal. 'Bravery and courage' Speaking at New Scotland Yard, Sir Paul said: "I have worried on occasions that we h…