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The Metropolitan Police Service’s annual Autumn Nights campaign to tackle violence and associated criminality has led to the removal of hundreds of weapons and drugs, as well as diverting people to intervention programmes. http://news.met.police.uk/news/mets-autumn-nights-campaign-results-in-waves-of-positive-action-414665
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Two motorbikes have been recovered and two men arrested on suspicion of theft in south London. http://news.met.police.uk/news/two-arrested-on-suspicion-of-theft-of-motorbikes-414666
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Thieves behind a cycle crimewave unwittingly led police to their Aladdin’s cave after sawing through the lock of a “bait bike” with an angle grinder. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/thieves-bait-bike-led-police-stash-east-london-b62703.html
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AN EX-Coronation Street actress filmed the moment her mum was ARRESTED after wheeling her 97-year-old gran from a care home before lockdown. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13109602/ex-corrie-actress-posts-mum/
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A Romanian lorry driver has been jailed for 31 months for attempting to smuggle a group of migrants out of the UK in his lorry. 35-year-old Marius Halmaghe from Tulcea, in Romania was arrested by National Crime Agency officers in Kent on 1 October. His truck was stopped just outside of Dover port. Four adult migrants, two Bangladeshis, one Indian and one Egyptian, were found in rear of the trailer. The lorry was booked to sail on a ferry to Calais later that day. Halmaghe was later charged with and pleaded guilty to attempting to facilitate illegal immigration. At a hearing at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday 6 November a judge sentenced him to 31 months in prison.…
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A COP has been filmed apparently pushing over a piper who gets too close as they hold war veterans back in a stand-off at the Cenotaph today. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13140965/remembrance-sunday-cop-pushes-piper-cenotaph-veterans/
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ANTI-LOCKDOWN protesters chanted "take off your mask" during a march against Covid lockdown restrictions in Manchester today. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13141414/anti-lockdown-protesters-mask-clash-police-manchester/
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Police are heading into the “unknown” under Brexit with Britain’s departure from the European Union less than two months away, a senior officer has said. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/brexit-police-heading-into-unknown-when-uk-leaves-eu-on-1-january-senior-officer-warns/ar-BB1aOlSX?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds
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A serving police constable has been given a final written warning after gross misconduct and misconduct was proven against him. http://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-given-final-written-warning-414521
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Detectives have arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of two counts of GBH in connection with two linked incidents in Croydon where teenage girls were violently assaulted as they walked to school http://news.met.police.uk/news/teenager-arrested-in-connection-with-stabbings-in-croydon-414567
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A DAD-OF-TWO was shot dead by armed police called to reports of two men rowing in the street in the early hours of this morning.https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13140206/mechanic-dad-shot-dead-armed-police-men-rowing/
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Getty Images *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}]]>The government is to spend about £400m to support poor children and their families in England, following a campaign by footballer Marcus Rashford. A winter grant scheme, to be run by councils, will provide support with food and bills, and a holiday food and activities programme is to be expanded. Rashford said it would improve the lives of nearly 1.7 million children. The move represents a significant climbdown for the government, which had argued Universal Credit was enough. From the package of support, a £170m ring-fenced fund will be distributed through councils until the end of …
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Police have warned they could break up Christmas dinners if families breach lockdown rules. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-threaten-to-break-up-christmas-dinners-if-families-breach-lockdown-rules/ar-BB1athfP?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds
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PA Media *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}]]>People across the UK will mark Remembrance Sunday at home this year after the coronavirus pandemic forced many commemorations to be scaled back. Members of the Royal Family, the government and the armed forces will attend the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London. But social distancing measures will be in force and for the first time it will be closed off to the public. At 11:00 GMT a two-minute silence will be held across the UK. About 10,000 people usually gather at the Cenotaph each year for the service, which will be broadcast on BBC One from 10:15 GMT. The commemo…
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Getty Images *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}]]>UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is among politicians to have congratulated Joe Biden on his US election win. He said he looked forward to "working closely" with the new president-elect. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer praised Mr Biden's campaign of "decency, integrity, compassion and strength". Vote counting continues after Tuesday's election, but the BBC projected on Saturday that Mr Biden has surpassed 270 electoral college votes - the threshold required to win. Donald Trump's campaign has indicated the incumbent president does not plan to concede. Biden wins – BBC projects White Hou…
