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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Five people alone racked up more than 8,650 calls to the Metropolitan Police last year, which cost the force £70,000 to answer. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/mental-health-crisis-scotland-yard-spent-70k-answering-more-than-8600-calls-from-just-five-people-a4000896.html
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Ukraine-Russia sea clash: Captured sailors shown on Russia TV 27 November 2018 Related TopicsUkraine conflict Image copyright Getty Images Image caption One of the three men, Andrei Drach, was de…
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Protests in Kiev after Russia seizes Ukraine ships off Crimea 26 November 2018 Related TopicsUkraine conflict Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJonah Fisher talks to a commander of the Ukrainian Navy about the tensions in the Azov Sea Ukraine's parliament is to decide whether to bring in martial law as anger over the capture of t…
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25 November 2018 The Ukrainian navy says Russia has opened fire and seized three of its vessels off the coast of the annexed Crimea, in an escalation of tensions. Two gunboats were captured and a tug was forced to stop, a statement said. Two crew members were injured. Russia is yet to comment on the claims. It earlier accused Ukraine of illegally entering Russian waters, blocking access to the Se…
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A “B******* to Brexit” bus is set to tour the UK after receiving £16,000 of crowdfunding donations from Remainers. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/b-to-brexit-bus-to-tour-uk-as-remainers-crowdfund-16000-a3997861.html
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Campaigners are calling for the driving test to be overhauled, following the news that drink-drive casualties are at a four-year high. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/calls-for-driving-test-to-include-dangers-of-drink-and-drug-driving/ar-BBQ1jES?ocid=spartandhp
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Home News Money laundering air steward claimed cash was for Harrods handbags Return to News 23 November 2018 An air steward has been jailed for 12 months after being caught trying to smuggle £150,000 criminal cash out of the UK. 37-year-old Muhamad Aziz, from Selangor in Malaysia, was due to fly on a Malayasian Airlines flight from London to Kuala Lumpur when he was stopped. After scanning his bags, security staff at Heathrow Te…
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John Allen Chau 'tribal death': Family forgives killers 22 November 2018 Image copyright Instagram/John Chau Image caption On 21 October, @johnachau posted that he was travelling to the region …
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Skripal poisoning: Policeman's family 'lost everything' because of Novichok By Jane Corbin BBC Panorama 22 November 2018 Related TopicsRussian spy poisoning Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption"I was petrified" - Det Sgt Nick Bailey on being poisoned by Novichok The police officer who was poisoned in…
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Jailed UAE spy Matthew Hedges: Wife says UK 'failed' her 'innocent' husband 22 November 2018 Related TopicsMatthew Hedges case Image copyright Daniela Tejada Image caption Daniela Tejada previous…
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A man has been arrested after two suspected bombs were found at a flat in north London. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/harlesden-bombs-latest-man-arrested-after-suspected-explosive-devices-found-at-flat-a3996691.html
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Type 2 diabetes affects 7,000 under-25s in England and Wales 22 November 2018 Image copyright Getty Images There are nearly 7,000 children and young adults under 25 with type 2 diabetes in England and Wales - about 10 times the number reported before, ac…
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Image copyright PA Image caption Michael Barrymore was arrested on suspicion of the rape and murder of Stuart Lubbock Entertainer Michael Barrymore should receive "nominal" damages over the wrongful arrest he claims destroyed his career, judges have been told. The TV presenter is claiming more than £2.4m from Essex Police, which is challenging the ruling at the Court of Appeal in London. Mr Barrymore launched the action after he was arrested and detained in June 2007 over the murder of Stuart Lubbock. A 2017 ruling said he should be paid "more than nominal damages". Mr Lubbock, 31, was found dead in the swimming pool at the comedian's home…
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Image copyright City of Edinburgh Council A life-size cut-out of a police officer used to deter drivers from speeding has been stolen from an Edinburgh street. The cardboard effigy, dubbed Pop-up Bob, has been used by communities for four years to try to cut offending. It was stolen from Lower Granton Road between 14:15 and 16:00 on Sunday. Police Scotland are appealing for witnesses. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-46262509
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21 November 2018 Interpol has elected South Korean Kim Jong-yang as its president, rejecting the Russian frontrunner who had been accused of abusing the international police body's arrest warrant system. Mr Kim was chosen by Interpol's 194 member states at a meeting of its annual congress in Dubai. He beat Russia's Alexander Prokopchuk, who had been widely tipped to win. But there was growing conc…
