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Attacks on emergency workers will face tougher sentences under a new law which has been given government backing. Labour MP Chris Bryant's private member's bill would double the maximum sentence for common assault against an emergency worker to a year. Mr Bryant called assaults on police and paramedics "a national disgrace". Policing minister Nick Hurd told MPs the government was "very supportive" of the principles of the bill, which is due to be debated on Friday. Mr Hurd told the Commons that violence against emergency service workers was "intolerable". He reassured Mr Bryant - who raised the issue at Home Office questions - that the government …
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A sustained four-month spike in hate crime after this year’s terrorist attacks peaked at a higher level than that following last year’s EU referendum, according to Home Office figures. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/17/hate-soars-in-england-and-wales
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Belfast murder victim 'lay dead for two years' 12 October 2017 From the section Northern Ireland Image copyright PAcemaker Image caption A police vehicle was stationed outside the flat complex on Thursday morning The body of a woman who is believed to have been murdered may have lain undiscovered for more than…
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Carrying acid in public could lead to six months in jail 14 October 2017 From the section UK Image copyright Getty Images People caught twice carrying acid in public will receive a mandatory six-month prison sentence, the Home Office has proposed. It is aimed at curbing the number of acid attacks committed, which has more than doubled in five years. Home Secretary Amber Rudd…
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Carrying acid in public could lead to six months in jail 14 October 2017 From the section UK Image copyright Getty Images People caught twice carrying acid in public will receive a mandatory six-month prison sentence, the Home Office has proposed. It is aimed at curbing the number of acid attacks committed, which has more than doubled in five years. Home Secretary Amber Rudd…
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A police officer today told of the terrifying moment ammonia was thrown in his face as he tried to arrest an erratic driver, saying: “I thought I’d never see my children again.” Pc Simon Ashton was blinded when he was squirted with the corrosive liquid as he grappled with the motorist. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/i-thought-id-never-see-kids-again-says-hero-police-officer-blinded-with-ammonia-as-he-arrested-a3655681.html
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Police: officers on Borough High Street in London following the terror attack PA Scotland Yard should be allowed to claim back the costs of responding to terror attacks or major incidents like the Grenfell tragedy, a new report has suggested. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/scotland-yard-should-be-allowed-to-claim-back-costs-of-responding-to-terror-attacks-a3654546.html
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Met Police: Scotland Yard's gang specialist has said social media sites like YouTube must do more to crack down on music videos that promote gang violence YouTube and other social media websites must do more to crack down on music videos that glamorise violence and gun crime, Scotland Yard’s gang specialist has said. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/youtube-must-crack-down-on-music-videos-glamorising-gun-crime-met-police-gang-chief-says-a3653496.html
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Fairy lights bomb plotter Zahid Hussain jailed for life 9 October 2017 From the section Birmingham & Black Country Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFairy lights bomb plot: Zahid Hussain guilty of terror preparationA man who planned to bomb a railway line with a device made from fairy lights and a pressure cooker has been jailed for life. Zahid Hussain, 29, from Birmingham, filled the appliance …
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Fairy lights bomb plotter Zahid Hussain jailed for life 9 October 2017 From the section Birmingham & Black Country Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFairy lights bomb plot: Zahid Hussain guilty of terror preparationA man who planned to bomb a railway line with a device made from fairy lights and a pressure cooker has been jailed for life. Zahid Hussain, 29, from Birmingham, filled the appliance …
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Border Force officer held in guns and drugs inquiry 9 October 2017 From the section England Image copyright National Crime Agency Image caption Six men have been charged as part of the police operation in France and south east England A Border Force officer is among 12 people arrested by police investigating a…
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Border Force officer held in guns and drugs inquiry 9 October 2017 From the section England Image copyright National Crime Agency Image caption Six men have been charged as part of the police operation in France and south east England A Border Force officer is among 12 people arrested by police investigating a…
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Police seek eyewitnesses to Natural History Museum crash 8 October 2017 From the section UK Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption The crash happened on Exhibition Road, in London's South Kensington Police are appealing for witnesses after 11 people were injured in a crash at London's Natural History M…
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7 October 2017 From the section UK Image copyright @damohack A car has been involved in a collision near the Natural History Museum in London, police say. The Metropolitan Police said a "number" of people had been injured - but a BBC reporter at the scene said she was told by police the injuries were minor. One person has been detained following the incident in Exhibition Road in South Kensington. Police said inquiries are under way to establish t…
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Sir Edward Heath 'would have been questioned' over abuse claims 5 October 2017 From the section UK Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWho was Edward Heath?Sir Edward Heath would have been questioned over sex abuse claims if he was alive when they came to light, police have said. Wiltshire Police launched Operation Conifer in 2015 when the former PM was accused of historical child sex abuse. The Cons…
