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Members of Bootle’s notorious Fernhill Gang were jailed for a total of 95 years today for a campaign of guns and drugs terror. Feared leader of Bootle's notorious Fernhill Gang is jailed http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/feared-leader-bootles-notorious-fernhill-12197447#ICID=Android_EchoNewsApp_AppShare Nice result after a long and troublesome investigation.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38011107 I'm glad they haven't completely abandoned it.
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LEAKED documents sent from police chiefs to the Treasury reveal shock claims that forces can’t cope with further cuts and may need to stop looking for missing people. Full Story - The Sun
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The Home Office has already worked out the cost of extending Blighty's radio-based emergency services network, in the increasingly-likely scenario that a move to ubiquitous 4G coverage cannot be delivered by 2020. The £2.9bn digital radio communications Tetra (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) supplied by Airwave is currently due to be switched off at the end of 2019. In December last year EE won part of the £1.2bn Emergency Services Network contract. Full article at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2016/07/01/emergency_services_network/
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GMP is to get a huge increase in the number of armed officers to deal with twin threats of terrorism and gun-toting crime gangs across Manchester , Salford and Greater Manchester. GMP to boost number of armed officers to tackle gun crime and terrorist threats - Manchester Evening News http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/gmp-boost-number-armed-officers-12164627
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Man 'blasted' Jo Cox with gun - witness 17 November 2016 From the section UK Image copyright Julia Quenzler Image caption Thomas Mair (centre) denies murdering MP Jo Cox A witness at the Jo Cox murder trial has told the Old Bailey that he saw a man with a gun "blast" a woman lying in the road. Labour MP Mrs Cox, 41, was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on 16 June. David Honeybell said he saw the attack on his way to …
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Whiplash plans to 'cut car insurance premiums by £40' By Brian Milligan Personal Finance reporter 17 November 2016 From the section Business Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Whiplash claims have been increasing, even though accidents have been falling Millions of motorists could see their car insurance premiums reduced as a result of plans to cut compensation for whiplash injuries. Whiplash …
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Anti- terrorism posters distributed by British Transport Police (BTP) in London have been taken down over rows the design resembled Nazi propaganda. Full Story -GetWestLondon
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-37966395 It will be debated tomorrow.
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Jo Cox accused 'had bag of bullets' 16 November 2016 From the section UK Image copyright Julia Quenzler Image caption Thomas Mair (centre) denies murdering MP Jo Cox The man accused of murdering Jo Cox MP had a bag of bullets in his pocket when he was arrested, a court has heard. PC Craig Nicholls said he also saw what looked like a gun in a holdall when he and PC Jonathan Wright detained Thomas Mair in Birstall, West Yorkshire. …
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Full story Another case of someone already with a suspended sentence offending and not having the suspended sentence triggered. What is the point of these if they are going to be ignored when they offend again?
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37286499 Now, it's real easy for an individual to not have one of these put on them - just don't spit at police officers you disgusting individuals. From that BBC page........... " "A spit hood is a primitive, cruel and degrading tool that inspires fear and anguish," Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty, said. "Police have the power to use force against citizens when they have to - using handcuffs, arm restraints, leg restraints, pepper spray, batons. "The suggestion that officers need to be able to cover people's faces and heads is as far-fetched as it is frightening. "Spit hoods belong in horror stories, not on…
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Police and paramedics have been sent to Bedford Prison following claims of a 'riot' involving 'hundreds' of prisoners. Full Story - Mirror
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Man 'murdered MP Jo Cox in cowardly attack' 14 November 2016 From the section UK Image copyright PA Image caption Thomas Mair denies murdering MP Jo Cox A man shouted "Britain First" as he shot and stabbed Labour MP Jo Cox to death in a "cowardly attack", the Old Bailey has heard. Thomas Mair, 53, allegedly murdered Mrs Cox outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, on 16 June. On the opening day of his trial, the …
