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This is the moment a maskless Farmfoods supermarket customer rows with the police are they issue her with a fine - despite her claims that she is exempt on health grounds. ,https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8992649/Maskless-Farmfoods-customer-rows-police-issue-fine-despite-claims-exempt.html I might be wrong face mask is not law ?
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A DRUNK woman kicked a police officer in the testicles and told him to “f*** off” after being threatened with arrest. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13322370/drunk-woman-kicked-police-testicles-arrest/
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PA Media *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}]]>Hospitals in England could become "overwhelmed" with Covid cases if MPs do not back new restrictions, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has said. Many Tory MPs oppose the tougher tier system, which begins on 2 December. But writing in the Times, Mr Gove said MPs - who will vote on the measures next week - need to "take responsibility for difficult decisions". Labour is yet to decide whether it will support the new restrictions. It has warned, however, that areas in tier three will be stretched to "breaking point" without further financial support from the Treasury. Has England's lockd…
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Getty Images *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}]]>More than 2.5 million vulnerable people in England will be offered free Vitamin D supplements this winter. The vitamin, which helps to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy, will be delivered to people who are clinically extremely vulnerable, and care homes. Vitamin D can be absorbed through the skin when exposed to sunlight - but the elderly and those with dark skin need topping up. The pandemic means many more people than normal have spent time indoors. The groups most at risk are residents in care homes, and people with serious health conditions which mean they have spent extended …
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PA Media *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}]]>The R number for coronavirus has fallen to between 0.9 and 1 for the first time since mid-August, which means the epidemic is thought to be no longer growing. 'R' is calculated by the government's scientific advisers, and represents how many extra people each infected person passes the virus onto. The aim is to keep R below 1 until a vaccine is rolled out. During the first peak in the spring, R was thought to be around 3. The latest estimate of the growth rate of the virus has also fallen, to between -2% and 0%, which indicates that the number of new infections each day is coming down. On…
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image copyrightMet Police image captionNicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry had been celebrating Ms Henry's birthday before they were reported missing Two Met Police officers who took photographs of a crime scene could face criminal charges. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) launched an inquiry after the officers allegedly took selfies by the dead bodies of sisters Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry. It has now referred the case to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to decide if charges should be brought. The sisters were found dead at Fryent Country Park in Wembley on 6 June. …
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This is the shocking moment a 15-year-old boy, driving a car used in a gangland murder pulled over to allow his 19-year-old accomplice to blast a rival gang member, 19, with a pump-action shotgun. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8991381/Boy-15-faces-life-jail-driving-car-used-Coventry-drive-shooting.html
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An officer has been dismissed without notice following his conviction for misconduct in public office and conspiracy to acquire criminal property. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-following-criminal-conviction-416058
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A married couple have been convicted after trafficking women in and around the UK with a view to exploit them by forcing them to be sex workers. https://news.met.police.uk/news/married-couple-convicted-of-trafficking-women-416059
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An off-duty police worker who slammed into a 73-year-old pensioner while riding his bike has been let off with a £30 fine. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8980245/Policer-officer-crashed-terminally-ill-pensioner-73-let-30-fine.html This person should have known better and not ride on the pavement.👎
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A fifth person has been arrested by the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland as part of a major investigation into the alleged importation of drugs, linked to the encrypted phone network Encrochat. Michael Anwyl, 33, of Irwin Avenue, Limvady, handed himself in to Coleraine Police Station yesterday. He was arrested and questioned by NCA investigators, and later charged with conspiring to supply class A and B drugs, plus being concerned in the supply of class A, B and C drugs. He appeared before Coleraine Magistrates this morning and was remanded in custody until Tuesday 1 December, when he will appear before a court in Antrim. It follows the arrest of four other …
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Two more people have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a suspected criminal network involved in supplying inflatable boats to people smugglers. Officers believe the group were involved in the purchase of at least six vessels in the UK, which have subsequently been moved to France or Belgium. Three of these boats have been recovered in the UK, having been used to bring migrants across the Channel. One was found in St Margaret’s Bay in Kent on 2 September, a day in which around 400 people reached the UK using small boats. An 18-year-old Lithuanian national woman was detained at an address in The Cheviots, Hastings, by NCA officers thi…
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8 hours ago Share image copyrightGetty Images image captionBoth officers worked at Essex Police headquarters Two police officers have been dismissed for their part in a WhatsApp group where "discriminatory and derogatory" images and memes were shared. Sgt Matthew Parker and PC Robert Fraser, of Essex Police, sent messages to the group and were suspended after it was discovered in May. Both officers were found to have committed gross misconduct at a hearing on Tuesday. The force has not disclosed the nature of the messages. But t…
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image copyrightPA Media image captionPaul Farrell is alleged to have targeted victims between 1985 and 2018 An ex-porter at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has been accused of more than 80 sex offences. Paul Farrell, 55, is alleged to have targeted seven victims between 1985 and 2018, the Met Police said. The 84 charges against Mr Farrell, of Camden, north London, include rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault of a child under 13. He was remanded in custody and is due before Wood Green Magistrates' Court later, the Met said. News of the charges against Mr Far…
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A police officer was struck on the back of the neck with a glass bottle while on patrol in Soho closing time, hours before the national lockdown. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-officer-struck-on-neck-with-bottle-while-patrolling-in-soho-at-closing-time-before-lockdown-b77623.html
