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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ne...icle5581230.ece Answer fast, or new lie detector will catch you out. Are you Kenworthy?YES Are you aged 46?YES Do you like HATO?....................yes. Liar. :lol:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7848053.stm A police officer was run over and dragged along a road as he tried to pursue a suspect in Greater Manchester. There are some malevolent people out there. Hope the Officer in question is OK. :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:
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The Radio 2 disc jockey, who was driving behind a marked police car, noticed its blue lights were flashing but said the vehicle did not appear to be responding to an emergency. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090113/ten-e...ar-5a7c575.html Don't know whats more embarrassing, being pulled over by Chris Evans or leaving your lights on?
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Fears over stop and search powers Metropolitan Police officers are stopping and searching too many innocent people using powers designed for fighting terrorism, it is claimed. There were more than 157,290 stop and searches in London under anti-terror laws in the year to September 2008, leading to 1,200 arrests. That is nearly triple the 54,693 searches the previous year. Critics said the force should curb its use of the power, but the Met Police said they were using the tool properly. Use sparingly Section 44 of the Anti-Terrorism Act gives police the power to stop and search people in specific areas without the reasonable need to suspect them of being involv…
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Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7839250.stm Edit:Link changed so it would work
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Police investigating the Shannon Matthews case have arrested a 32-year-old woman on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. The Sun newspaper says the woman is the nine-year-old's mother, Karen Matthews, though police have not confirmed this. West Yorkshire police said: "Detectives investigating the alleged abduction of a nine-year-old girl in Dewsbury in February, 2008, have this evening arrested a 32-year-old woman in Dewsbury. "The woman has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. "She is being questioned at a police station in West Yorkshire." http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1311968,00.html Nice family :smiley_vomit…
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Source BBC All the backside coverers getting their excuses in, meantime a colleague lies dead. In the words of the Chief Constable
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Suprised this story has not made it on the news, did not even make it on the local... Armed bank raid terror ADVERTISEMENT Published Date: 16 January 2009 Armed robbers have escaped with a quarter of a million pounds in a terrifying raid on a Wigan town centre bank. Three masked men wearing dark clothing burst in to the Lloyds TSB on Market Street in the centre of Wigan at 4.55pm yesterday (Thurs) as the bank was closing. The robbers, armed with a shot gun, a machete and a small hand gun, forced staff to lie on the floor. One terrified female cashier had a machete held to the back of her neck by one of the robbers, who demanded cash. She was forced to escort two …
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1851685.ece Nothing in the world is going to make me believe that this case should have gone this far, the man was shot. If armed Police tell you not to move, then do NOT f--king move, end of.
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Police have released CCTV footage of arsonists in Rugby who, during an attack on a pub, became engulfed in flames themselves. That will teach him that petrol is dangerous!!!! Watch here!!
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Fears over stop and search powers Police are expected to use the anti-terrorism powers sparingly Metropolitan Police officers are stopping and searching too many innocent people using powers designed for fighting terrorism, it is claimed. There were more than 157,000 stop and searches in the 12 months to September 2008 - but from these only 1,200 people were arrested, Met figures showed. Barrister Sebastian Gardiner said the force should curb its use of the power. But the force said that it was properly using stop and searches while recognising the sensitivities involved. Use sparingly The Anti-Terrorism Act, or Section 44, gives the police powers in specif…
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7847479.stm I wonder if this is going to be resticted to "Irish" terrorists, or will the 7/11 bombers families get a hand out, I'm sure they could do with a new car or a nice holiday....
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