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An "apparently fake" ambulance vehicle was pulled over as it was being driven by a man in Swansea, police have said. The estate car, which was covered in highly-visible paint and logos, was stopped at Penclawdd, Gower, on Monday. The 19-year-old driver was held on suspicion of driving whilst disqualified, with no insurance and other offences. The Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed it was not one of its vehicles and the driver was not an employee. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-wales-46193779
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A police officer described as a "committed paedophile" has been found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl in the back of his car. PC Ian Naude, 30, joined Cheshire Constabulary "to gain the keys to a sweetshop" and meet his victims, his trial heard. Naude, of Shropshire, admitted 31 offences relating to grooming underage girls via a fake Facebook profile. A jury at Liverpool Crown Court found him guilty of rape and sexual assault. He was also convicted of four charges of attempting to arrange the commission of a child sex offence and one charge of arranging a child sex offence, relating to five complainants aged between 12 and 15. It has emerged t…
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Two brave security guards took on a gang of thieves who drove a Mini car into Selfridges in an early morning "smash and grab" raid, police said. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/selfridges-smash-and-grab-security-guards-take-on-knifewielding-thieves-who-ploughed-mini-into-a3988921.html
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An air ambulance landed in Trafalgar Square after an unmarked police car was involved in a crash in central London. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/the-mall-crash-air-ambulance-lands-in-trafalgar-square-after-police-car-involved-in-central-london-a3988016.html
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National Action trial: Three guilty of neo-Nazi group membership 12 November 2018 Image copyright West Mids Police Image caption Claudia Patatas and Adam Thomas named their baby Adolf out of "admi…
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Police must not 'shirk their obligations' to offer Welsh language legal interviews, barristers have said. Standards imposed by the Welsh Language Commissioner include a duty to provide a simultaneous translation service if an interview cannot be conducted in Welsh. Chief constables in Wales have complained this requirement is 'unreasonable and disproportionate'. The Bar Council said police objections "do not stack up". Full Story
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Home News Man arrested and houses searched in Belfast drug investigation Return to News 12 November 2018 One man has been arrested and three houses in Belfast searched as part of an investigation into the importation and supply of class A drugs. On Friday 9 November National Crime Agency and PSNI officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force carried out searches at three residential properties in the Dunmurry area of Belfast. A 42…
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A drive to train more women as armed police officers is under way to address the gender imbalance in the Metropolitan Police's firearms units. https://news.sky.com/story/met-police-wants-more-female-firearm-officers-to-address-gender-imbalance-11549828
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Murder victim's family leave UK and say London 'too dangerous' By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, London 7 November 2018 Related TopicsLondon violence Image caption Beniamin Pieknyi died from blood loss after being stab…
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was injured in a hit and run in Dundee city centre on Wednesday evening. The driver is said to have yelled aggressively at the cyclist immediately after the collision without checking he was okay. https://road.cc/content/news/251541-police-appeal-witnesses-after-driver-berates-cyclist-she-hit?amp
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Return to News At least 61 firearms have been seized and ten people arrested in a national operation targeting customers who had purchased prohibited blank-firing weapons online. The operation, which focused around a day of action on Wednesday 7 November, was coordinated by the National Crime Agency and involved 25 police forces and ROCUs throughout the UK. The ten people arrested were previously identified by NCA investigators as having bought Flobert or blank-firing weapons online from sellers in eastern Europe. Flobert guns are lethal in their original state and many of the blank-firers purchased were readily convertible to chamber live ammunition. Both …
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THE top cop who claimed female firearms officers shouldn’t be on duty without a man has been unveiled. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/3439671/police-scotland-firearms-female-email-row-sergeant-keith-warhurst/
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World War One: Theresa May pays respects in France and Belgium 9 November 2018 Related TopicsWorld War One Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Theresa May lays a wreath at the grave of…
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https://news.sky.com/story/sajid-javid-hints-at-cash-injection-for-london-police-amid-surge-in-violence-11547774 "The home secretary has told Sky News the police need more funding to help tackle knife crime as he hinted the chancellor would be stumping up the cash in the coming weeks. Speaking exclusively to Sky News in the wake of five fatal stabbings in the capital in just seven days, Sajid Javid said he was "deeply worried" about the spiralling violence and said he was in discussions with the chancellor to make sure the police had the financial resources they needed." Mrs May won't be happy, she and Amber RUDD have continued to deny that cutting po…
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Scotland Yard chief Cressida Dick today defended the Met’s tactics in tackling knife crime in London as she pledged to “relentlessly” target 190 gangs fuelling the violent crimewave. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-chief-cressida-dick-declares-war-on-190-gangs-behind-violence-in-london-a3984691.html
