UK Policing News

Warrington has become the latest area to join the Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Yorkshire in the top tier, while Nottingham and parts of the surrounding county will move into the highest tier on Thursday. View the full article

There have been very few confirmed cases of people getting Covid twice. However, the researchers warn this may be due to immunity only just starting to fade since the peak infection rates of March and April. View the full article

One of those rebels, Mr Halfon, called on Mr Johnson to meet Manchester United striker Rashford, telling the BBC: "It may be that they don't agree with everything that Marcus Rashford is proposing, but it would give us a chance to come up with a long-term plan to combat child food hunger once and for all." View the full article

Two Bristol men have been arrested in connection with the seizure of five kilos of cocaine with a street value of £400k. National Crime Agency investigators detained the two men, aged 31 and 34, this morning (Friday 23 October). They are now being questioned on suspicion of attempting to import Class A drugs. The cocaine – hidden inside boxes of whey protein powder – was seized by Border Force officers at London Gateway Parcel Hub in January this year. The arrests are linked to Operation Venetic – the UK investigation into the EncroChat encrypted messaging platform. NCA Operations Manager, Anthony Hubbard, said: “Our investigation into this seizure continues with t…

A 57-year-old man has been jailed for a conspiracy to smuggle cocaine worth nearly £3 million concealed in customised exhaust pipes which the NCA believe was destined for Northern Ireland. Jason Bunce, from Kingswood, Kent, was sentenced to 15 years at Maidstone Crown Court yesterday for organising the importation. NCA investigators, supported by Border Force, stopped a lorry driver on 23 April as he tried to pass border controls at Dover’s Eastern Dock. The lorry had travelled from Rotterdam, via Calais, and was transporting a legitimate delivery of fruit. Officers searched the lorry and recovered 36 kilos of cocaine concealed in two vertical exhaust chimneys at the r…

Scotland Yard has decided not to routinely release its own video footage of controversial incidents after internal reviews showed errors by officers, a leaked document reveals. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/19/leaked-review-of-met-police-body-worn-videos-reveals-officer-errors

Coronavirus: How much will it cost the UK? View the full article