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...but on Sky TV they have a Christmas Movies channel and i might be watching one of those said Christmas films now! But shhhhh dont tell @David

Hi - I am a serving officer and two years ago at the age of 37, I had the courage to report to my own force that I had bee a victim of child abuse when I was in my early teens. The force support was excellent - in particular, it was made slightly complicated as up to three other forces became involved in the case. The process was a difficult one for me to cope with ('specially from the other side of the coin!), but eventually the outcome was positive. The offender was traced and received 9 years ( still serving ). Anyway - without talking too much, I just wanted to offer my support to anyone out there that may have been a victim like me, and who may have or maybe finding …

May you have many, many more of them and lots of sunny days in between. Have a great day

I know that the weather in the uk has been really dreadful to say the least, but lets spare a thought for any forum members across the pond who are experiencing freezing temperatures in many many places. One person I know of is our good friend Croby. I hope that everyone over there keeps safe and warm, and if you read this Croby, how are you doing in the bad weather ?

Hi Guys, My Dad's due to retire from the force in a month at 49 (just)... We've been looking into a few different avenues for him as a second career as 49 is pretty young to hang up the boots fully! I'm not finding a lot of inspiration for potential second careers out there, apart from civvy roles within the police. I know his skill set is broad, even if he thinks (that after 30 years in the police) it's not. So I'm looking for a bit of inspiration or retired bobbies that have found a second career, either through retirement or even jumping ship at an earlier age. Any thoughts or experiences are welcome. Thanks in advance. Chris

I don't know if anyone noticed that the announcement of an 11% pay rise for junior doctors included the proviso that automatic increments would be stopped. I've now read that the armed forces are going to be subject to the same changes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11981015/Armed-Forces-personnel-to-be-denied-automatic-pay-rises-as-George-Osborne-looks-to-make-efficiency-savings.html How long will it be before the police are treated the same way given the Tories hatred of automatic pay rises and their current antipathy towards us. I wonder what issue they will exploit in order to find an excuse to stop ours?

With the interest rate having been so low since 2009, I think Mark Carney wants to make his mind up as to when the rate will increase again. I've heard so many conditions under which he will have them increase, but when that time comes it doesn't happen. I think he is extracting the urine with the British public

I don't understand it. HMG want the house of lords, indeed, add many peers to it, then, when in the Lords the vote goes against HMG, Osborne and others are complaining that the Lords are unelected. Surely they can't have it both ways, or am I missing something ? After all, isn't hat what the house of lords is for.

Few direct entry candidates here? http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/11/04/police-kettle-students-home-office-hit-smoke-bombs-london-protest

Just saw a trailer for this on youtube and it looks hilarious, I honestly thought it was a comedy sketch. I didn't realise that Sparta was a real company! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06mypvn I haven't seen anything on the forum yet so thought I would post the link.