23 hours ago White House says Trump will impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China from Saturday – US politics live

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said earlier reports of 1 March date are false – announcing tariffs of 25% on Canada and Mexico and $10% on ChinaTrudeau: Canada will bring ‘forceful but reasonable’ retaliation to Trump tariffsSecretary of state Marco Rubio will travel to Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic beginning on Saturday, the state department said.Rubio will travel to Central America to “advance President Trump’s America First foreign policy,” the department said.Secretary Rubio’s engagements with senior officials and business leaders will promote regional cooperation on our core, shared interests: stopping illegal and large-scale migration, fighting the scourge of transnational criminal organizations and drug traffickers, countering China, and deepening economic partnerships to enhance prosperity in our hemisphere. Continue reading...

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31 hours ago Extra £100million to be pumped into neighbourhood policing as Starmer desperately tries to quell simmering unrest on Britain's streets

The figure matches an earlier investment announced in December for England and Wales to put 13,000 more police officers on the streets by 2029.

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45 minutes ago Colchester crash: Four people killed after vehicle smashes into building in 'tragic situation'

Essex Police have issued an appeal after officers were called to Magdalen Street in Colchester following reports of a crash on Saturday morning that killed four people

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25 hours ago Canada ready with ‘forceful, immediate’ response if Trump imposes tariffs – US politics live

Donald Trump says he will impose trade tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday, starting at 25% and they ‘may or may not’ rise over timeSecretary of state Marco Rubio will travel to Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic beginning on Saturday, the state department said.Rubio will travel to Central America to “advance President Trump’s America First foreign policy,” the department said.Secretary Rubio’s engagements with senior officials and business leaders will promote regional cooperation on our core, shared interests: stopping illegal and large-scale migration, fighting the scourge of transnational criminal organizations and drug traffickers, countering China, and deepening economic partnerships to enhance prosperity in our hemisphere. Continue reading...

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46 minutes ago London man: 911 officials tampered with package containing records tied to police shooting

London man: 911 officials tampered with package containing records tied to police shooting  Lexington Herald Leader

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27 hours ago Moment cops catch pervert in hotel room with girl, 14, after harrowing 999 call

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT Bodycam footage shows Greater Manchester Police officers bursting in on a hotel room in which a pervert was with a 14-year-old schoolgirl

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1 hour ago Three police officers injured after 'violent struggle' outside train station

Two of the officers were taken to hospital to receive treatment but have both since been discharged.

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31 hours ago Police forces must decide on officer numbers, says minister amid funding fears

Forces have warned of a funding gap.

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20 hours ago 'Violent spitting criminal thug' won't be smiling any more after Southport riot sentence

John Rasburn, 47, was captured on CCTV spitting and throwing cones at police officers during the Southport riots - he later handed himself into police and has now been jailed

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20 hours ago Two police officers injured after ‘disturbance’ outside police station in Wales

A man has been arrested.

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21 hours ago Live updates as Talbot Green incident sees two police officers injured after 'disturbance'

There are a large number of emergency services in Talbot Green after reports of a man causing a disturbance outside the police station

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21 hours ago Live updates from Talbot Green and huge police presence after two officers injured in 'disturbance'

There are a large number of emergency services in Talbot Green after reports of a man causing a disturbance outside the police station

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21 hours ago Talbot Green attack: Two officers hurt and huge police presence after 'disturbance'

There are a large number of emergency services in Talbot Green after reports of a man causing a disturbance outside the police station

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34 hours ago Nearly 200 drink and drug driving offences recorded in Lanarkshire over festive season

Police officers stopped nearly 25,000 drivers across Scotland during the seven-week campaign

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41 hours ago ‘Epidemic’ of violence against women and girls in UK is getting worse – report

National Audit Office says government attempts to tackle misogynistic violence are hampered by poor coordinationAn “epidemic of violence against women and girls” in the UK is getting worse despite years of government promises and strategies, a highly critical report from Whitehall’s spending watchdog has said.The National Audit Office report comes four years after a major government response to violence against women and girls (VAWG) was launched after the murders of Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard.The Home Office did not have “centrally coordinated funding” for VAWG, unlike that for the 2021 illegal drugs strategy, and had underspent on its own VAWG budget by an average of 15% between 2021-22 and 2023-24.There was no consistent definition for VAWG – the Home Office includes all victims, while police forces only include women and girls – which “made it difficult to measure progress in a consistent way”.While 78% of the commitments in the strategy had been met by July 2024, several we...

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