4 hours ago Interior secretary nominee Burgum to back expanded oil and gas drilling on public lands – live

Trump’s nominee to lead the interior department will tell senators that he supports expanding drilling on public lands, a reversal from Biden’s policy In his final days in office, Joe Biden is expected to outline steps to better protect the United States from hackers linked to rivals like Russia and China, the Guardian’s Joseph Gedeon reports:The Biden administration is making a final push to fortify America’s cyber defenses against mounting threats from China and Russia, issuing a sweeping cybersecurity executive order just days before leaving office that aims to tackle vulnerabilities from outer space to consumer electronics. Continue reading...

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32 hours ago Hackers boast of health workers visa data breach, sparking police probe

The hacker claimed to be selling details of people’s passports, work permits, UK visas, and bank statements belonging to healthcare workers

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2 hours ago Met officer’s ‘disastrous’ claim may prevent 300 rogue police being sacked, force warns

Sergeant Lino Di Maria lost his vetting clearance after allegations of rape, domestic abuse and sex in public car parks

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7 hours ago Two brothers accused of attacking police at Manchester Airport appear in court charged with assault as their lawyer says they 'vehemently deny the allegations'

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammed Amaad, 25, both face charges related to the fracas at Manchester Airport's Terminal Two building on July 23 last year.

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9 hours ago Police officer sacked for scathing Twitter tirade about Just Stop Oil protesters

Merseyside Police Inspector Ross Meredith, who served in the police force for nearly three decades, posted derogatory and ableist comments that were found to amount to gross misconduct

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23 hours ago Quadruple amputee, 28, knocked bus passenger to the ground with his prosthetic hook before assaulting two police officers during brawl

Thomas Proudfoot, 28, had knocked passenger Wayne Mysiuk to the ground at Perth Bus station in Scotland when two cops turned up to arrest him on December 9.

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24 hours ago Semina Halliwell: Police insist they DID investigate 'sexual assault' of girl, 12 before suicide

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Semina Halliwell, 12, tragically took her life in 2021 after telling her mum she was raped by an older boy. Police officers told her inquest in Bootle, Merseyside, they properly followed up on the allegation

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24 hours ago Police officer wishes she'd 'done things differently' before 'dumping' tragic dad at Metrolink stop

On the morning of December 28, 2021, Benjamin Connor was hit by a car on the M602

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25 hours ago Police officer who spoke to schoolgirl, 12, who took her own life after 'being raped' denies not taking allegation seriously

Police officers who spoke to a 12-year-old alleged rape victim weeks before she took a fatal overdose today denied persuading her to drop her complaint.

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26 hours ago Italian police accused of making female activists remove underwear and do squats

Climate activists say they were subjected to degrading treatment during questioning in Brescia on MondayItaly’s interior minister has been urged to open an investigation into police in the northern city of Brescia amid allegations that seven female climate activists were made to take off their underwear and perform squats during questioning.The activists were among 22 people brought to Brescia’s main police station on Monday morning after officers interrupted a protest held outside the Italian aerospace and defence firm Leonardo’s factory. Continue reading...

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27 hours ago Vile quadruple amputee struck bus passenger with hook and bit police officers in brawl

Thomas Proudfoot, who has a long record of offending, injured a man who stepped into defuse a situation on a bus.

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27 hours ago Watch: Drug dealer stopped 223 miles from home tries to convince police he is 'on holiday‘

A drug dealer caught by police 223 miles from his home in Crewe tried to convince officers he was on holiday.

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28 hours ago Met Police in High Court over right to sack rogue officers in vetting row after Sarah Everard murder

The Met is fighting a High Court battle over its ability to sideline officers as a sergeant accused of multiple unproven sex attacks challenges their bid to dismiss him

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28 hours ago Police issue update as woman dies after being hit by cyclist wearing shirt and tie

Police officers say they are 'trying to establish what happened'

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31 hours ago Met Police fights High Court battle for right to sack 'rogue' officers

A police officer with past allegations of rape is challenging the Met Police’s attempts to sack him

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41 hours ago South Korea's impeached president has been ARRESTED hours after his supporters clashed with police as officers surrounded his home in efforts to detain him

South Korea's impeached president has been detained after police swarmed his home in the darkness of night in efforts to arrest him following a drawn-out stand-off.

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