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£1m worth of cannabis plants seized Cannabis plants worth more than £1 million have been seized by police in one of the biggest finds of the drug in Essex. Drug Officers found more than 5,000 plants "under cultivation" when they raided a warehouse in the Theydon Bois area on Friday, an Essex Police spokesman said. A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicious of cultivating cannabis and is being questioned by officers at Harlow Police station

Every town should have an elected police commissioner responsible for meeting the needs of local people, a think tank said. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/8795713 I vote for MikeH, he will enjoy living in this dump called Hackney, But the good news is, i have started buying goodies for those Police Officers that have to work on Christmas. :lol: So, your vote goes to whom?

Street star questioned over crash Ryan Thomas has played Jason Grimshaw for nine years Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas has been questioned by police over a car crash in Manchester city centre. The 25-year-old, who plays builder Jason Grimshaw in the ITV1 soap, was spoken by officers over the collision in the early hours of last Saturday. He is believed to have been in a Chrysler which struck a lamppost. Another man has been charged with driving while under the influence of drink or drugs in connection with the accident, police said. No charges Mr Thomas was not charged in connection with the crash, which happened at the junction of Chester Street and Oxfo…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8347532.stm NI police reserve to go in 2011 By Vincent Kearney BBC NI home affairs correspondent The full time reserve is to be phased out in 2011 Northern Ireland's Chief Constable Matt Baggott has confirmed he will press on with plans to phase out the PSNI's full time reserve within 16 months. At the height of the Troubles there were more than 3,000 members of the reserve, now there are about 440. The DUP had listed retaining the reserve as a confidence building measure necessary for the devolution of policing and justice. However, Mr Baggott has said there was no operational need to keep it. The future of the Full T…

IT'LL be bobbies on the meat aisle soon as Tesco stores are turned into COP SHOPS. http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/555420/tesco.html I was going to start all manor of jokes on this subject, but i think (wisely may i add) i thought again. :lol:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/no...yard-riot-squad Scotland Yard faced calls for an "ethical audit" of all officers in its controversial riot squad tonight after figures revealed that they had received more than 5,000 complaint allegations, mostly for "oppressive behaviour". Considering this made news headlines on Sky tv, the Police have a right to reply. 5000 complaints, not entirely sure how they add these figures up. When the BBC say their call centre was flooded by complaints, that means 14 people rang up, at any one time, as they only have 14 phone lines to make these complaints. Put pen to paper and create a complaint, cannot be that complicated, but a…

Another one springs up.... Private Police Force Cleans Up

A man has been convicted of murdering his seven-week-old daughter, who was found with broken bones and bite wounds to her face and hands. Ipswich Crown Court heard Leeya Akinrele was found lifeless at her home and later died in hospital in 2006. Leeya's father, Olusola Akinrele, 34, of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, had denied murder. The child's mother, Kelly Inman, 22, also of Whittlesey, admitted allowing the baby's death. She was cleared of murder and causing the baby's death. Paramedics found Leeya at her parent's home on 18 December 2006. Repeatedly assaulted She died 12 days later after a hospital life-support machine was turned off when doctors decided tha…

November 05, 2009 A ROBBER wearing a 'Scream' like Halloween mask terrified shop workers and threatened them with a meat cleaver. The thug struck at an off-licence in Wigan on October 31st while an accomplice, wearing a similar mask stood guard at the door. A 24-year-old worker at Bargain Booze in Gidlow Lane was cashing up and the 51-year-old owner was stacking shelves ready for closing when the man walked in brandishing a six inch cleaver. He walked up to a customer, growled and made a sweeping movement with the cleaver towards the man's calf while demanding cash. He then went up to the counter, brandished the weapon in the face of the worker at the till and demand…

November 05, 2009 A ROBBER wearing a 'Scream' like Halloween mask terrified shop workers and threatened them with a meat cleaver. The thug struck at an off-licence in Wigan on October 31st while an accomplice, wearing a similar mask stood guard at the door. A 24-year-old worker at Bargain Booze in Gidlow Lane was cashing up and the 51-year-old owner was stacking shelves ready for closing when the man walked in brandishing a six inch cleaver. He walked up to a customer, growled and made a sweeping movement with the cleaver towards the man's calf while demanding cash. He then went up to the counter, brandished the weapon in the face of the worker at the till and demand…

Check this out - http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/no...ranny-armstrong Way to go Boris - you reckon if Red Ken makes a come back in the next Mayoral election that Boris will get an offer from the met? Or is 'oik' not an appropriate term when referring to violent youths?

Two women who stole supermarket store giftcards from a nine-year-old girl on her birthday have held up signs in public admitting their shameful crime. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...own-centre.html I love it, but would this stop you from criminal activity? :lol:

Parents whose children may have been abused by nursery worker Vanessa George will be allowed to choose to find out if they were victims, a judge has said. George, 39, abused children at Little Ted's Nursery in Plymouth, Devon, and made a string of indecent images. Last week it emerged she had passed on some victims' names to her lawyer. Sentencing of George and co-defendants Angela Allen, of Nottingham, and Colin Blanchard, of Rochdale, has been put back for more material to be gathered. If they don't want to know, and I fully understand why some parents should not want to know, then the information should not be thrust upon them Mr Justice John RoycePolice believ…

A guest has admitted killing his partner's brother who died after being head-butted at a wedding reception. Garage owner Gavin Brierly Jackson, 44, of Romiley, Greater Manchester, admitted the manslaughter of Michael William Pennington, 26. Mold Crown Court heard he suffered head injuries in a row during the wedding party at Mountain Park hotel and country club in Flint in August. The judge said the guilty plea would be taken into account during sentencing. Judge John Rogers QC remanded Jackson in custody until sentence in December and said that he was a mature and sensible man. Stand-off Mr Pennington, from Ashton-under-Lyne, received serious head injuries durin…