Real World News
This is a place to discuss things of a serious nature that aren't connected to policing. It can be news stories or subjects of interest unrelated to policing in this country or abroad.
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The Home Office is refusing to reveal how many grooming gang members have been deported amid calls for a government-backed inquiry into the scandal. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14254025/Home-Office-refuses-release-grooming-gang-deportation-data.html Still nothing done by the home office for not deporting foreign criminals and makes me wonder why they have not been deported .🤔
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"Removing the right to trial by jury" and "intermediate courts" may be the only way to clear the crown court backlog in England and Wales, the chief inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has said. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/scrapping-jury-trials-for-some-offences-may-be-only-way-to-clear-court-backlog-says-cps-watchdog-chief/ar-AA1vVdBt?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=653a13f1a39e44f8bb8a6d82720bc530&ei=77
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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/15/why-the-fbi-wants-you-to-use-end-to-end-encrypted-messaging.html The FBI are famous for being against against end to end encryption but they seem to have changed their stance after a recent hack where China compromised multiple US telecom networks. Ironically, it appears the Chinese gained access using the very same 'lawful access' systems that were put in place for the FBI and other US police forces. I sometimes hear officers say they support people having encryption that keeps them safe from criminals, but they also want there to be some kind of system where the police can access those messages if necessary. Unfortunately it doe…
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Police say Notting Hill Carnival is a ‘war zone’ and they would rather ‘crawl naked through broken glass’ than be on duty at it. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14146813/Notting-Hill-Carnival-war-zone-police-say-officers-crawl-naked-broken-glass-duty-it.html Cant say i blame them not wanting to police Notting Hill Carnival , or working in that rough part of London.😒
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https://news.sky.com/story/drones-spotted-over-three-us-air-bases-in-uk-13261011 Around 60 British troops, including counter-drone specialists, have been deployed to help defend three air bases used by the US Air Force in the UK after a spate of "weird" drone sightings. When I read about this, my first thought was please don't let it be auditors. I am all for people asserting their right to film in situations where they do actually have that right, but I believe military bases are now classed as prohibited areas under the National Security Act so the legal situation is a bit more complicated? But they were saying the drones are more sophisticated than your consu…
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An illegal Pakistani immigrant who killed a talented young footballer in a crash while driving without a valid UK licence or insurance has been jailed for just 30 weeks. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14140055/illegal-pakistani-immigrant-killed-footballer-driving-without-licence-jailed.html What side is judge on😠 giving out a sentence like this, i found the sentence absolutely disgusting😠should have got a longer sentence by the court.
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Britain's busy roads are increasingly being targeted by professional beggar gangs who 'work in shifts' to besiege drivers and fleece them of their cash, MailOnline can reveal. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14132915/professional-gangs-britain-begger-junction-walsall.html
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A teenager jailed for violent disorder amid unrest which broke out following the Southport stabbings will be released from detention after his sentence was suspended at the Court of Appeal. Dylan Willis, 18, smashed a restaurant window during disorder in Middlesbrough and was originally handed a sentence of 14 months’ detention for violent disorder. https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/teen-jailed-over-unrest-following-30322000
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Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, has been jailed at Woolwich Crown Court for 18 months after admitting contempt of court. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1968185/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt 👍
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An Albanian serial burglar who has twice been jailed and deported from the UK flaunted his Ferrari on the streets of London after sneaking back into Britain. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13940283/Gucci-Albanian-burglar-Ferrari-London-Dorian-Puka.html He should be deported no wonder people like us get fed up when they let them stay in the UK and not removed, 😠
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https://news.sky.com/story/israeli-military-says-it-is-checking-possibility-it-has-killed-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-13235269 Israel says it has confirmed the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar – after pictures emerged purporting to show his body buried in rubble.
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A fraudster who swindled £50,000 worth of benefits handouts still managed to get a job processing Universal Credit claims. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13914231/Fraudster-jailed-swindling-50-000-benefits-handouts-managed-land-job-processing-Universal-Credit-claims.html
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PC Brian Bishop was shot when apprehending an armed robber in Frinton, Essex. He sadly died five days later in hospital https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1955026/essex-police-officer-son-shares-heartbreak-father-duty-death
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A terrorist who plotted to kill hundreds of Londoners in a bomb attack has been freed from prison after only serving half his sentence. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13902877/terrorist-plotted-kill-Londoners-bomb-attack-freed-prison.html can't print what I really want to say but I hate what starmer has done to our justice system by letting out prisoners and this killer 😠 and the safety of the public who starmer has made things worse .
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Prison bosses are having to 'carefully choreograph' tomorrow's mass releases over fears of violent clashes between gang rivals, MailOnline understands. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13828891/Prison-bosses-choreograph-releases-fears-gang-clashes.html This should not happen they should serve there full sentence Starmer is wrong to put them back on the streets .