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I was a passenger in a car that was hit from behind whilst at a junction recently. Slight lower back pain for less than an hour and then fine. The driver passed my details over to his insurance company - the amount of phone calls and letters I received from injury law firms surprised me. Even though I told them I was fine I then had them telling me it may get worse in the next few days! Tonight, I worked in A&E and the last two people who came in had been hit whilst stationary and had received neck and back problems. One of them was hit by 50 - 60 miles per hour and in his relatively new car the air bag failed to go off and, his seat belt ratchet failed - poor man! N…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15681305 /edit: From the IPCC (http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/Pages/pr_101111_Officerdismissedformisconduct.aspx):

Deputy Commissioner Tim Godwin has announced he will retire in the New Year. http://www.bbc.co.uk...london-15646319

Certainly thought this worthy of a mention; Sky News

In the attached article the idea of writing to people who have been arrested and charged and found guilty of protest related offences seems a good idea to me. I am not sure what the plan is if they attend but I can see the logic (a bit like keeping football hooligans out of football grounds). The bit where it goes wrong is where the police have sent the same letter to those who were arrested but then had all charges dropped - this seems unfair. In the article it also mentions that those who were arrested and later found they had no charge to answer or found not guilty are surprised they are being kept on a database (I'm not). It just reinforces my point really about how …

What a pair of plonkers!!

http://www.derbyshir...ian-arrest.aspx The long arm of the law comes to them who waits

http://www.bbc.co.uk...london-15618083 good work by the officers in the arrest of this person ,and sad this person has lost her life.

Milton Keynes biker banned for 150mph speeding web film Robert Owens from Milton Keynes was given a 12-month prison sentence suspended for two years A motorcyclist who filmed himself speeding at 150mph and put the footage on the internet has been sentenced to 51 weeks jail, suspended for two years. At Aylesbury Crown Court, Robert Mark Owens, 48, of Whaddon Way, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, admitted dangerous driving and was banned for five years. He used a helmet-mounted camera to record himself on four occasions in April 2011. Some of the footage was uploaded on to the social networking site YouTube. The videos, filmed in Milton Keynes and Bletchley, showed …

Liberty loses search case

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PARENTS of a young girl in America who was groomed for sex by a Peterborough paedophile have praised Cambridgeshire police after he was jailed. Derek Chaplin (47), of Silver Street, Peterborough, was jailed for 10 months by Peterborough Crown Court for possessing and making indecent images of children on Monday. http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/international_praise_for_cambridgeshire_police_work_1_3218971 A good police news story. Amazing.

Rogue Builders Jailed For Total Of 20 Years A family of rogue traders has been jailed for a total of 20 years for conning vulnerable homeowners out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Tomney family is believed to have made close to £500,000 as a result of their crimes. The father, twin sons and nephew, carried out shoddy and dangerous work on homes across England. Most of their customers were elderly or disabled. http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16105258 What prats, enjoy stay at her Majesties pleasure.

Full Story Sensationalism at it's finest IMHO, anyone think differently?