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A Muslim-born restaurateur has told how he fed hundreds of emergency service workers for free in the aftermath of Wednesday's terror attack. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/restaurant-owner-fed-police-emergency-workers-free-troia-ibrahim-dogus-a7650031.html Amazing. Fed 300-500 emergency services workers - offered them a place to warm up and get drinks & food for free.
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A device which exploded in Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland has been described as an attempt to kill police. A device exploded Tuesday at around 2030hrs in close proximity to officers on patrol. "They" have not gone away unfortunately. BBC News NI: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39350435
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Reports of shots outside UK Parliament 22 March 2017 From the section UK Shots are reported to have been fired close to the Houses of Parliament in central London. Politicians and journalists have tweeted about hearing loud crashes outside the buildings, Witnesses said they saw people being treated for wounds and reported seeing a man with a knife in the grounds. Staff inside Parliament were told to stay inside their offices. The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg said police told her someone had been shot. She said MPs had told her they heard "three o…
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Students at Cardiff University had their group chat interrupted by a police officer as he sent a selfie using Facebook Messenger http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/16/police-officer-goes-viral-sending-selfie-group-chat-helping/
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A Muslim-born restaurateur has told how he fed hundreds of emergency service workers for free in the aftermath of Wednesday's terror attack. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/restaurant-owner-fed-police-emergency-workers-free-troia-ibrahim-dogus-a7650031.html Amazing. Fed 300-500 emergency services workers - offered them a place to warm up and get drinks & food for free.
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A Muslim-born restaurateur has told how he fed hundreds of emergency service workers for free in the aftermath of Wednesday's terror attack. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/restaurant-owner-fed-police-emergency-workers-free-troia-ibrahim-dogus-a7650031.html Amazing. Fed 300-500 emergency services workers - offered them a place to warm up and get drinks & food for free.
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Apparently the appointment has been announced this afternoon. She has certainly done well for herself. I think it was a shoe-in really - she had been sent to The Foreign Office to "widen" her experience. We live in interesting times!
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Worth noting that an absolute discharge isn't recorded as a conviction in summary cases only. For solemn proceedings it is recorded as a conviction.
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A rather bizarre case, his intentions seemed to be good but ultimately led to the death of a completely innocent man.
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http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/jessica-hussell-thomas-fendall-jailed-12760370 How could this happen, it shames us all. What on earth were they thinking, if at all. Not them first time either as serving officers have done similar in the past. Should the recruiting process have brought up alerts, whatever it beggars belief.
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The police watchdog is being investigated over claims one of its commissioners perverted the course of justice, the BBC understands. It is thought to be the first time, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been the subject of an external police inquiry. The inquiry, led by Police Scotland, relates to the IPCC's handling of a racism claim against an ex-Met officer. The accused said the IPCC suppressed evidence that may have cleared him. Mark Gatland was accused by the watchdog of racism for tasering Edric Kennedy-Macfoy, an off-duty black firefighter, in 2011, a month after the London riots. Mr Gatland denied he was racist and th…
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Students at Cardiff University had their group chat interrupted by a police officer as he sent a selfie using Facebook Messenger http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/16/police-officer-goes-viral-sending-selfie-group-chat-helping/
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PC Charlotte Peters, 33, became involved with the vulnerable woman when she was working for the Metropolitan Police's sexual offences, exploitation and child abuse command. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4268314/Police-officer-sex-rape-victim-thrown-out.html Words fail me
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A man was spotted by police officers attempting to drive his car while its front passenger-side tyre was clamped. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/man-stopped-by-police-after-unknowingly-driving-while-clamped-a3495276.html
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New drivers caught using phones to lose licence 1 March 2017 From the section UK Image copyright Department for Transport Drivers caught using a phone within two years of passing their test will have their licence revoked under new rules in England, Scotland and Wales. Penalities for using a phone at the wheel double from 1 March to six points and a £200 fine. New drivers who get six points or more must retake their practical and theory. More experienced drivers can be banned if they get 12 points …
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