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image copyrightUmer Khan image caption'Janet' was pinned to the ground and punched when she was arrested in May. Eight officers are under investigation after a black woman was pinned to the ground and punched during an arrest, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. The woman has told the BBC she feared for her life, and says police subjected her to further violence in custody. Two of the officers under investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) have been placed on restricted duties. Details into the probe have been made public after a Newsnight investigation. Mobile ph…
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image copyrightMatthew Horwood image captionThe violence involved two groups from different areas Seven boys aged 16 and 17 have been arrested after a violent clash between two groups in Cardiff city centre. Six people were taken to hospital with injuries including stab wounds following the disturbance in Queen Street at about 21:50 GMT on Saturday. Three teenagers, aged 16 and 17, remain in hospital with non-life threatening injuries. South Wales Police said the clash involved two groups who had travelled into the city centre. Officers were alerted by "multiple reports" of a "la…
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A teenager has admitted to dangerous driving offences after reaching speeds topping 180mph in London and three other counties during a half-hour pursuit. https://news.met.police.uk/news/dangerous-driver-convicted-after-reaching-speeds-of-180mph-415842
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Two men have been sentenced to a combined 18 years in prison for drugs and firearms offences following an investigation by the joint National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Service Organised Crime Partnership. Albanian nationals Arben Kola, 30, and Elton Osmenaj, 32, were arrested on 07 May 2020 when OCP officers raided their shared flat on Hornsey High Street; discovering approximately £30,000 in cash, three kilos of cocaine, a 32 calibre pistol and 24 rounds of ammunition. Investigators also found a notebook used as a ledger for drug dealing. Once cut, the cocaine would carry an estimated street value of £300,000. The cash, two kilos of cocaine and ammunitio…
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to promise tens of millions of pounds towards a state-of-the-art anti-terrorism facility in London that will unite Britain's top police officers and intelligence agents https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8979905/Britains-new-HQ-tackle-terrorism-Rishi-Sunak-pledges-millions-pounds-fight-terror-threat.html
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EPA *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}]]>People arriving in England will be soon able to reduce their quarantine period by more than half if they pay for a Covid test after five days, the transport secretary has announced. The rules will come into force from 15 December and the tests from private firms will cost between £65 and £120. Grant Shapps said the scheme would "bolster international travel while keeping the public safe". The travel industry welcomed the policy but described it as "long overdue". It follows Boris Johnson's announcement earlier that England will come under "toughened" three-tiered regional restrictions when the…
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National Crime Agency officers, working as part of the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF), have seized a number of properties in Northern Ireland following a proceeds of crime investigation. The investigation related to properties with an estimated value of £650,000, all owned by Gerard Kane, 43, of Dromore, County Down. They were three business units, two lock-up garages and four apartments located in the Whitewell Road area of Newtownabbey, and a further three apartments in Duncairn Gardens, Belfast. The NCA alleged that the properties were acquired with the proceeds of mortgage fraud and money laundering. The High Court in Belfast today (23 November) granted a Civ…
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Police caught more than 300 drivers using their phones or not wearing seatbelts in a single day as part of an undercover operation targeting dangerous driving. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-catch-hundreds-of-drivers-using-mobile-phones-on-single-day/ar-BB1bhsAI?ocid=spartan-ntp-feeds
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A man has been sentenced to three years and 10 months' imprisonment following an investigation into a 'county lines' drug supply route from London to Hertfordshire by officers from the Hackney Gangs Taskforce. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-involved-in-county-lines-drug-supply-network-jailed-415695
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PA Media *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}]]>Gyms and non-essential shops in all parts of England will be allowed to reopen when lockdown ends next month, the prime minister has announced. Boris Johnson told the Commons that the three-tiered regional measures will return from 2 December, but he added that each tier will be toughened. Spectators will be allowed to return to some sporting events, and weddings and collective worship will resume. Regions will not find out which tier they are in until Thursday. The allocation of tiers will be dependent on a number of factors, including each area's case numbers, reproduction rate - or R …
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A MARRIED police chief was caught having a fling with one of his officers when her cop husband heard her arranging a tryst on their doorbell cam. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13269036/married-police-chief-affair-doorbell-cam-recording/
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A man who pretended to be multiple teenage girls online has admitted 96 sex abuse offences against 51 boys aged four to 14. Labourer David Nicholas Wilson, 36, created and used the series of fake identities to contact the victims on Facebook and other social media. Using unregistered phones, he sent sexual images of young women from the internet in exchange for the boys sending him videos and images of themselves. He built up trust with his victims before blackmailing them into sending him more extreme footage of themselves – and in some cases, of them abusing younger siblings or friends. On some occasions he then distributed the images to victims’ friends. He sh…
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A woman in her 30s is fighting for life after gunned down in east London. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/hackney-shooting-woman-fighting-for-life-after-being-gunned-down-in-east-london/ar-BB1bgNx0?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds
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Nearly 300 robberies, assaults, thefts and other crimes have been carried out by people on electric scooters in London in the past four months, police have revealed. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/crimes-electric-scooters-london-metropolitan-police-b74967.html
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A young man has been stabbed to death on an estate in south London. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/brixton-hill-stabbing-estate-man-killed-b76918.html
