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Coronavirus: WHO concern at cases outside China 21 February 2020 Image copyright EPA Image caption Lebanon has confirmed its first case - a woman returning from the Iranian city of Qom The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern at the number of coronavirus cases with no clear link to China or other confirmed cases. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's comments follow Iran's announcement of two more deaths, bringing the total there to four. The window of opportunity to contain the virus was "narrowing", he said. …
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We had a big topic running for the general election , so I thought I'd create one for our next big vote as a nation. So the question is... Brexit or Bremain? Sent from my iPhone using Police Community
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Before posting news stories...Rules!
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This section of the forum is for you to post any non UK Police related stories. Please note that due to copyright restrictions you must only include the title, the first line of the article and a link to the original article. Articles from the BBC can be posted in full, but must also include a link to the original article. So before posting an article from a newspaper please check to see if it is available from the BBC instead. We are allowed to post a limited number of Police Oracle articles, in full, each month. Therefore, if you want to share a Police Oracle story, please only include the first line of the article and a link to the original article. …
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RIP H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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It is so sad to hear of the death of HR.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4074042/Prince-Philip-dies.html
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The UK is planning a new attack on end-to-end encryption, with the Home Office set to spearhead efforts designed to discourage Facebook from further rolling out the technology to its messaging apps. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-encryption-facebook-home-office-nspcc Fighting a losing battle if you ask me, encryption software is not something that can be contained. I also dislike the trend in recent years towards an assumption that only criminals want privacy. The starting point should be that everyone deserves it as a right, without having to justify a specific reason. Balanced against that is the argument that police sometimes do need access to some…
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Evening standard. IS children brought back to Britain could pose a terror threat, watchdog warns
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THERE is no guarantee that the children of Islamic State parents brought back to Britain from Syria will not pose a threat to the public in future, the government’s terror watchdog warned today. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/terror-islamic-state-syria-safaa-boular-shamima-begum-b925699.html
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It was the early hours and a young woman student had forgotten to shut her front door after returning to her West London flat. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9384607/Why-does-dislike-Britain-much.html Wonder if this is why she hates the UK.
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Daily mail.Convicted Islamic terrorist sentenced to death for plotting to kill Egyptian PM ‘is on verge of WINNING 27-year legal battle to stay in UK as a refugee’
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Home secretary Priti Patel was among those at the Appeal Court to contest the finding, but it ruled in the convicted terrorist’s favour. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9260703/Terrorist-sentenced-death-Egypt-verge-WINNING-legal-battle-stay-UK.html why is he not been deported out of the UK😠
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The sun.The bent coppers who were lavished with cash, jewels and luxury holidays by London gang and inspired Line of Duty
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AS London’s gangland boomed in the swinging Sixties, the city’s most despicable crooks were not mobsters but the bent policemen they bribed with cash, gems and holidays. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/14036758/the-bent-coppers-who-inspired-line-of-duty/ showing the story of sixties worth reading.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55888066 Verifying users seems to be a popular idea at the moment but I fail to see how it would work in practice? Can the likes of Twitter be trusted with our passports and other private data? How do you police users who would inevitably use fake ID? Surely anonymous accounts have their benefits?
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Footage of a carer abusing a vulnerable pensioner with dementia has been released - following her sentence of six months in jail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9181213/Shocking-moment-carer-caught-hidden-camera-abusing-vulnerable-pensioner.html
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Almost 20,000 people have signed a petition that would allow driving instructors to pass learners who are unable to book a test. Twitter users have argued the move could be risky. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9152047/Petition-allow-driving-instructors-pass-students-racks-nearly-20-000-signatures.html no way should this be allowed.👎
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Daily mail.Covid marshal is sacked for chasing down an innocent man, 'aggressively' searching him and threatening him with ARREST while he was on his way home from the shops
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A Covid marshal has been removed with 'immediate effect' after carrying out an 'aggressive' stop and search on a man heading home from the shops. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9127573/Covid-marshal-sacked-chasing-innocent-man-searching-threatening-ARREST.html
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Daily mail.Heartbroken'A&E doctor films crowd 'chanting "Covid is a hoax"' outside St Thomas's Hospital after he finished New Year's Eve shift in crisis-hit NHS
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A junior A&E doctor was left 'heartbroken' after being met with a huge crowd of maskless revellers after his New Year's Eve shift in London. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9105183/Maskless-crowd-chant-Covid-hoax-outside-St-Thomass-Hospital.html cant print what I want to say to these people.
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Msn news.Skoda announces fleet of electrified models for UK’s blue-light services
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Skoda has long been a supporter of the UK's emergency services, and now it's helping the blue lights go green with a range of plug-in hybrid emergency vehicle offerings. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/skoda-announces-fleet-of-electrified-models-for-uks-blue-light-services/ar-BB1bYqfU?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds
