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Pressure on UKIP leader over girlfriend's Meghan Markle's texts 14 January 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHenry Bolton tells the BBC's Daily Politics he did not want the publicity his relationship with a 25-year-old model attractedUKIP leader Henry Bolton is under pressure to resign after his girlfriend was suspended by the party for apparently making racist remarks about Meghan Markle. …
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A moped thug has been found guilty of an attack on a police officer that left him unconscious and with a dislocated shoulder. Ayoub Benhammwu, 22, was spotted acting suspiciously by two police officers on patrol in Notting Hill in August 2016. He ran off when he noticed the pair and was chased by one of the officers while another one followed in a car. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/moped-thug-kicked-police-officer-unconscious-and-left-him-with-dislocated-shoulder-a3737896.html
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Armed police descended on a flat in Clapham and sealed off a road after two men scaled the roof of a building. Locals reported a huge police presence in the south London street as officers attempted to detain the two men. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/armed-police-descend-on-clapham-road-after-two-men-scale-roof-of-a-building-a3739256.html
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Couple guilty of homemade bomb terror attack plot 8 January 2018 Image copyright Derbyshire Police Image caption Munir Mohammed and Rowaida El-Hassan were found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey in London A man and woman have been found guilty of plotting a terror attack in the UK using a homemade bomb. …
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A police officer has been left with a fractured eye socket after an "unprovoked" attack as he helped an elderly man and his grandson. Three officers were targeted after being called to help an elderly bus passenger who collapsed while travelling through Harrow on Monday. Scotland Yard said the alleged attacker assaulted the sergeant and two constables, kicking and punching them "without provocation". https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-officer-assaulted-while-helping-elderly-man-left-with-fractured-eye-socket-a3735376.html
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A disgraced police officer has been sacked for sharing racist posts on Facebook including one describing gypsies as "f * scumbags." PC Jeanette Cadden received once a commendation in 2015 for her actions in saving a suicidal woman who was about to jump from the Avon Gorge. But after posting and sharing a number of racist rants on Facebook, a tribunal decided she could not remain a police officer . http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hero-policewoman-who-save-suicidal-11821812
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National Action: Six in court on terror group charges 9 January 2018 Image copyright Various Image caption (Clockwise from top left) Five of the defendants: Nathan Pryke, Claudia Patatas, Joel Wilmore, Darren Fletcher and Adam Thomas Five men and a woman have appeared in court charged with belonging to ba…
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Three forces believe that the large areas they cover mean current system of elite firearms officers would be too slow in responding to serious gun crime Full Story - Guardian
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Murdered woman was left without phone by police investigators 8 January 2018 Image copyright Family handout Image caption Katrina O'Hara died from two stab wounds to the chest at the hair salon where she worked A woman who was murdered by her ex-lover had her mobile phone seized by police days earlier, a …
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The Met Police is to hold an "urgent" review of a rape case after being accused of failing to disclose vital evidence. Liam Allan, 22, was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records. A computer disk containing 40,000 messages revealed the alleged victim pestered Mr Allan for "casual sex". Prosecution barrister Jerry Hayes accused police of "pure incompetence". The charges against the criminology student were dropped three days into the trial at Croydon Crown Court when Mr Hayes took over the case. 'Villain to innocent' It is understood police had looked at thou…
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A man was arrested on suspicion of having a gun and another of assaulting an officer during a standoff with armed police in Ellesmere Port. Police were called after reports of a disturbance involving a man with a gun on Westminster Road late in the afternoon of Thursday, January 4. One resident described her fear as armed officers shouted “get down” as they ran towards the incident. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/gun-arrest-after-officer-reportedly-attacked-in-armed-police-standoff/ar-BBHTuKo?li=AA59G2&ocid=spartandhp
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A man suing Sussex Police after he was Tasered has told a court the incident left him anxious and suicidal. A Taser was used on Paul McClelland in July 2013 in a car park in Brighton as he was being arrested for shoplifting. A video of the arrest was passed to The Argus newspaper at the time. In a civil case against the chief constable of Sussex, Mr McClelland is claiming the police used excessive force in carrying out the arrest. Sussex Police has rejected the claim. Sophie Khan, Mr McClelland's solicitor advocate, said he was bringing the case against Chief Constable Giles York because he believed he was Tasered unreasonably when he was surrendering …
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The police chief in charge of child protection says tens of thousands of British men have shown an interest in sexually abusing children. Full Story - Guardian The numbers are staggering, so many wicked sick people out there, what shocks me is we regularly here of teachers, police officers and other professionals being arrested in relation to child sex abuse. What attracts people to sexually abuse children? It seems to cross all social/cultural/religious societies. Also a throughly depressing report from Australia where they have uncovered widespread abuse of children in Catholic church institutions. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/201…
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Victims of crime could soon use Amazon Echo technology to report incidents without calling the police. Police want to use voice-controlled Alexa devices to reduce pressure on call centres and even provide daily crime updates to members of the public. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-reveal-plans-to-use-amazon-echo-to-fight-crime-and-slash-number-of-999-calls-a3729846.html
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A police officer was rushed to hospital after being knifed while trying to arrest a suspect following a robbery in south London, Scotland Yard has said. The officer was stabbed in the leg while attempting to detain a man outside a High Street pub in Sutton on Tuesday evening. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/sutton-stabbing-police-officer-knifed-in-high-street-while-trying-to-detain-man-after-robbery-a3730426.html
