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Source I always feel very sad when i read story's like this Couples across the country spend thousands of pounds on treatments such as IVF trying for a child yet this child's mother has gone to the extreme of abandoning there newborn baby But of course the state of mind of the mother of this child is also a primary concern!

A former Hertfordshire police officer who regularly fed confidential information to criminal contacts has been jailed for 18 months. William Stone, 25, of West Avenue, Clacton, Essex, illegally accessed an array of restricted data systems, London's Southwark Crown Court heard. He admitted six charges of obtaining personal data and one count of misconduct in public office. Stone also pleaded guilty to five related offences, including conspiracy. The former constable, who was based at Hemel Hemstead, admitted one count of securing unauthorised access to programmes or data, and one of conspiring to do so. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to obtain personal…

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Trials are under way of a UK service allowing people to contact emergency services by text message. The system is aimed at people who cannot make normal voice calls to the 999 service due to disability. The service sends the text to a voice relay assistant, who then speaks the text message to the emergency service and then texts back their reply. If successful, the government initiative, which is backed by Ofcom, would become permanent in early 2010. The scheme is a joint venture between various UK telecom firms. The live trial involves people sending text messages in a real emergency. Administrators are looking for several thousand volunteers, with a preference for …

Can't blame the officers concerned, but I feel sick that republican terrorists have been handed this "victory." Time to bring the troops back, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8219391.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8220888.stm

Source Slightly worrying that this woman was carrying around a live grenade, from her home to the police station? As the article stated why didn't she just leave them?

Hoax 999 call 'riot hero' jailed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8249214.stm A man hailed as a hero for saving a policeman from rioting hooligans has been jailed for making a hoax 999 call which sparked a £1m rescue operation. Not sure which way to turn on this one?

Mock muggings should be staged across Britain to tackle the UK's growing 'walk on by' culture, a new charity has suggested. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0Qc4dQ1Om Because it is the mail, i needed a back up http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsi...000/8245540.stm Counter productive, if i did see a mugging now, why would i bother helping, it maybe a Mock mugging, waste of time.

A 16-year-old girl and a 28-year-old man have been charged with public order offences after an incident near a fire-hit nightclub in Essex. Police attending the fire at The Sugar Hut club in Brentwood on Sunday were asked by staff at a nearby pub to deal with a disturbance. The man and the teenager have been bailed until later this month. A civil rights group has criticised the use of CS spray on a man at close quarters during the disturbance. An officer was filmed using CS spray on the man, who had blood on his face. Corinna Ferguson, from Liberty, said it was difficult to justify using a spray at close range. Essex Police did not want to comment on the incident bu…

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A police officer who posted photos of himself in uniform on a sleazy sex website has been allowed to stay at work. Traffic officer PC James Appi posted pictures showing him outside Downing Street and posing next to Barack Obama's presidential limousine. He reportedly left messages saying he fantasised about having sex on his police motorcycle. Sussex Police said yesterday that inquiries were under way into his behaviour but that his duties were so far unaffected. PC Appi is based at the force's road policing unit at Chichester. His profile on a swingers' website reportedly featured boasts about his work escorting powerful figures on the roads, which read: "I wor…

Congrats to those officer's, a big well done!