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Bedford machete man Anthony Underwood sentenced13 December 2013 Last updated at 15:49 GMT A man who ran through Bedford town centre wielding a hammer and machete was brought down by a police officer's "rugby tackle". Shoppers scattered as Anthony Underwood, 27, of Croxden Way, Elstow, Bedfordshire, ran down Midland Road on 11 November as officers closed in. He was eventually stopped by an unarmed sergeant. Underwood, who pleaded guilty to affray and criminal damage, was given an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, at Luton Crown Court. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-25370432The sentencing is somewhat sad, but that is not un…

http://news.sky.com/story/1134719/firefighters-vote-for-strike-over-pensions Let's wish them luck. I know there is often no love lost between us and Trumpton, but the outcome of this will be interesting.

An interesting one here I thought, your thoughts please. http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Send-prison-dog-mess-fine-says-Roger-Hobkinson/story-20066850-detail/story.html#axzz2nOFA50o7

This was supposed to be the year of strife, strikes, misery and more. Instead, to the surprise of Britain’s politicians, things have instead gone badly right. 1. Crime With the austerity and the unemployment, internal government reports predicted that Brits would respond by unleashing a crimewave. Instead, recorded crime has fallen to the lowest level in 25 years: 2. Public services People think public services are getting better, in spite of cuts. The doomsayers were wrong – polls show British public servants are doing a great job of doing more with less. 3. Education… The decision to treble tuition fees was predicted to lead to a drop-off of university students. I…

VIDEO IN LINK - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-25370432 A man who ran through a town centre with a hammer and machete was floored by a policeman's "flying rugby tackle". Anthony Underwood, 27, attacked Bedford police station before scattering shoppers in Midland Road on 11 November. Unarmed sergeant Phil Boyd brought the offender under control. Underwood, who admitted affray and criminal damage, was given an eight-month sentence, suspended for 18 months, at Luton Crown Court. His attack began "completely without warning" at about 12:55 GMT when he smashed in a side door of the police station at Greyfriars. 'Split-second decision' He then ran…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-25476783 Not good news when a detention officer not doing his job and a person dies.

Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has admitted a string of sex offences, including two charges of attempting to rape a baby. The singer had faced 24 sex-offence charges but pleaded guilty to 11 of them at the last minute, nine of which were unchanged and two of attempted rape of an infant, which were downgraded from actual rape. The charges included sexually touching a one-year-old and encouraging a mother to abuse her own child during a webcam chat. Watkins also admitted possessing and making child abuse images as well as being behind the plot to rape the child. Watkins, 36, from Pontypridd, south Wales, insisted he had no memory of what would have been key vid…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24859780 So you get to nominate your home as your usual place of work, and then you get to claim for going anywhere other than home... for example, to your office at Headquarters? What a joke... all aboard the gravy-train, just as we anticipated. Hunstanton has to be the most furthest-away location in the county from Norfolk's headquarters!

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-25476060 When will people get the message don't drink and drive.

http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Crime/2013/Jan/22/Man-Jailed-For-Pitbull-Attack-On-Officers_60322.html Glad to read they sent this scumbag down, and the officers have returned back to duty

'The red mist descended' - police officer found guilty of assaulting jogger in road rage incident in Harlow A POLICEMAN from Harlow has been fined £525 and ordered to pay more than £700 in court costs, compensation and a victim surcharge after being convicted of assaulting a woman jogger in a road rage incident. Magistrates were told the incident involving Simon Ball, 36 - who pleaded not guilty to assault - took place in Ashworth Place at Church Langley on March 21 this year. Prior to the assault the victim, who was out jogging as part of her training for a charity race, was said to have made an obscene gesture at Ball, who had been undertaking a u-turn manoeuvre. Pr…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25468286 I'm sure that many of us remember this incident and the horrible injuries caused by the dog. The owner has now appealed against his 22 month sentence for breaching the dangerous dogs act due to ' the "unforeseen actions" of police were to blame for the incident.' To me this means that any nasty criminal can keep a dangerous dog at home and set it on the police then use the defence of a fine upstanding citizen by saying that if the police had asked nicely I would have let them in. If police force entry and the dog attacks them then it looks as if we are to blame rather than the owner!

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Two senior Northern Ireland policeman were murdered by the IRA following a tip-off to the terrorists from the Irish police, an inquiry has found. Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan were gunned down on March 20 1989 near the border in south Armagh shortly after a meeting in Dundalk Garda station. Inquiry chief Judge Peter Smithwick said he was ‘satisfied there was collusion in the murders’. The inquiry found an unidentified IRA mole leaked information about the movements of Mr Breen and Mr Buchanan on the day they were killed. No direct evidence of collusion was uncovered. The IRA are thought to have been tipped off at about 11.30 on the …