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Brussels and Paris terror suspect 'was given £3,000 in UK park' 24 November 2016 From the section UK Image copyright Police Federale Image caption Mohamed Abrini - the so-called "man in the hat" - was arrested after the Brussels bombings A suspect in the Paris and Brussels terror attacks was handed £3,000 during a secret meeting in Birmingham months before the killings, a jury has heard. Kingston Crown Court heard Mohamed Abrini …
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A Police Officer is seriously injured after being stabbed near a pub in East London. Full Story - Evening Standard
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Police body says revealing details of training delivered to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar would ' damage relations' , despite torture concerns. Full Story - Middle East Eye
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Yesterday ( Tuesday) the post reported how a social media storm erupted when the force tweeted an appeal for more staff from ethnic minority groups and the LGBT community. Full Story - Nottingham Post
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Man guilty of murdering MP Jo Cox 23 November 2016 From the section UK Image copyright PA Thomas Mair has been found guilty of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox. The 53-year-old shot and stabbed to death the mother-of-two in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on 16 June, a week before the EU referendum vote. Mair, who had denied murder, chose not to give any evidence in his defence. Mrs Cox's husband, Brendan, her parents, Jean and Gordon Leadbeater, and her sister, Kim, were all in court for the verdicts. …
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Stephen Port trial: Serial killer guilty of poisoning three men 23 November 2016 From the section England A serial killer has been found guilty of murdering three young men by poisoning them with lethal doses of a date rape drug. Stephen Port, 41, who was also found guilty of three rapes, lured the men to his London flat and secretly gave them GHB, the Old Bailey heard. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. View the full article
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A banned driver who tried to run over 2 police officers, threatened 2 others and rammed a police car has been jailed. Full Story - ThisIsLancashire
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Fresh fears have been raised that cutbacks are forcing frontline police officers in Moray to spend much of their days filling-in forms instead of catching criminals. Full Story - Press & Journal
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Failed brakes 'caused fatal Bath tipper truck crash' 22 November 2016 From the section Bristol Image caption Clockwise from top left: Mitzi Steady, Phil Allen, Stephen Vaughan and Robert Parker were all killed in the crash on 9 February A tipper truck crashed and killed four people because its brakes failed, the driver's trial has heard. Mitzi Steady, Robert Parker, 59, Philip Allen, 52, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, died in the crash in Bath in February 2015. Bristol Crown Court…
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I heard from 2 different sources that this is in the offing. Has anyone else heard anything about it? Feel free to add hyperlinks to any existing forum threads that already discuss this, if they are out there...
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Jo Cox case: Thomas Mair will not offer court defence 22 November 2016 From the section UK The man accused of murdering MP Jo Cox will not give evidence in his defence, the Old Bailey has heard. Thomas Mair, 53, is accused of murdering the Labour politician in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on 16 June, a week before the EU referendum vote. He denies her murder. View the full article
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Like all police forces in England and Wales, Norfolk Constabulary has seen a profound change in its people, processes and demand in the last decade and budgets pushed to breaking point. Full Story - Norwich Evening News
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A rural police station led by a Waitrose part-timer is believed to be the first in the country with no front-line officers. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/18/first-police-station-with-no-full-timers-is-led-by-waitrose-mana/ Well done to the force if as according to the Telegraph this small rural police station is now staffed by a team of no less than 10 Special Inspectors...
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Two fast-thinking police officers have helped saved the life of a girl who text her mate saying she wanted to end her life. Officers were quickly alerted and began searching for the girl. The officers were alerted to the incident in the early hours of November 14, when Police Constables Daryl Jones and Mark Bullock, from Southend’s Local Policing Team, were patrolling Southend. With the clock against them, the officers began searching the area and found a girl who matched the description. She had walked four miles from her home alone after sneaking out in the middle of the night and was on her way to Southend town centre to harm herself. The pair pulled over and approac…
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