UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33026049 Good show last night with the MET.

Why can't Beds PCC manage to get 'more with less'? The local council won't increase the precept so he's gone cap in hand to the Government. http://m.luton-dunstable.co.uk/Home-Office-investigation-Bedfordshire-Police-s/story-26674441-detail/story.html

http://newarkadvertiser.co.uk/articles/news/UwHIGMumu5kjCGKA4mdUyBZyDT6vLwgMdcJnHrv1wJCXU

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-33007324

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article4462146.ece -

A High Court judge has enraged child protection experts after saying that “cultural context” should be taken into account when investigating allegations of parental child abuse. Mrs Justice Pauffley said that within “many communities newly arrived” in Britain, children were “slapped and hit” for misbehaviour in a way which “at first excites the interest of child protection professionals.” Speaking about a particular case involving a boy who claimed he had been hit with a belt by his father, she said “proper allowance must be made” for the fact the family came from another culture - in this case, India. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/judge-says-cultural-c…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-33067417 Not good if found gulity

http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/former-police-chief-faces-new-probe-1-7302206