12 h. ago Police commissioner facing probe after asking serving female officer to organise photoshoot of him looking like Putin topless on horseback

Rupert Matthew, the £78,000-a-year police commissioner for Leicestershire and Rutland is said to have sent an 'unsolicited' email asking for help organising the picture.

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5 d. ago Surrey police defend extraditing influencer HStikkytokky on £16,000 private jet

Police insisted the chartered plane was the ‘only option’ after a judge criticised the cost

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5 d. ago Extraditing TikToker on private jet for £16,000 ‘only viable option’, say police

Harrison Sullivan, known as HSTikkyTokky on TikTok, had to be repatriated to the UK last summer after he avoided police custody for almost 12 months

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5 d. ago £16,000 private jet to extradite HSTikkyTokky ‘not necessary’, judge tells Surrey police

Force paid to fly TikTok influencer back to UK after he avoided police custody for almost 12 monthsUsing a £16,000 private flight to extradite a TikTok influencer wanted on dangerous driving charges back to the UK was “not necessary or proportionate”, a judge has told Surrey police.Harrison Sullivan, 24, known as HSTikkyTokky, had to be repatriated to the UK last summer after he avoided police custody for almost 12 months after a car crash in Virginia Water, Surrey, in March 2024. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Police defend extraditing TikToker on private jet that cost taxpayer £16,000

Surrey Police confirmed it spent £15,990 on the chartered flight to bring HSTikkyTokky back from Malaga Airport

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5 d. ago Extraditing TikToker on private jet for £16,000 ‘only viable option’ – police

Harrison Sullivan, known as HSTikkyTokky on TikTok, had to be repatriated to the UK last summer after he avoided police custody for almost 12 months.

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5 d. ago Police spent £15,000 on chartering private jet to take social media influencer HSTikkyTokky to court

Details of the controversial influencer's finances were heard during a court hearing today as police unsuccessfully tried to reclaim £28,350.27 after chartering the aircraft.

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6 d. ago HSTikkyTokky moans 'it'll take him years' to repay £17,000 after police chartered a private jet to bring him back to the UK... despite 'earning £2,000

Details of the controversial influencer's finances were heard during a court hearing today as police unsuccessfully tried to reclaim £28,350.27 after chartering the aircraft.

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6 d. ago Sting’ pays former Police bandmates £600,000 in royalties’ as lawsuit continues

The Police frontman’s ex-bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland are arguing they are also owed a portion of his income from streaming and download sales of the band’s music

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7 d. ago Sting pays Police bandmates nearly £650,000 as royalties row reaches High Court

Guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland first took legal action against the musician last year

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7 d. ago Police handed out more than 15,000 “slap on the wrist” warnings to offenders in just six months, figures have revealed

The "slap on the wrist" warnings means offenders avoid further action and possible criminal conviction.

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7 d. ago Sting has paid £600,000 to Police bandmates after they started suing him, court hears in row over streaming royalties

The bassist, along with his company Magnetic Publishing, are said to owe more than £1.49 million in 'arranger's fees' to drummer Stewart Copeland, and guitarist Andrew Summers.

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7 d. ago Major £30,000 HMRC tax update as new HMRC policy comes in from April

HMRC bosses also spoke to MPs about major changes to ISAs and pensions

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8 d. ago BTP arrest man in connection to over £250,000 graffiti damage to railway – London

BTP arrest man in connection to over £250,000 graffiti damage to railway – London  British Transport Police

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8 d. ago Pair who created cannabis factory inside old fancy dress shop jailed

Police discovered 300 cannabis plants worth £160,000 over three floors of the former U Need Us store in Portsmouth

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1 week ago Gangster's moll who flaunted £40,000 of Rolexes, Gucci clothes and trips to Dubai bought with drug cash is locked up

Police found £40,000 of upmarket goods when they arrested Whitney-Marie Walker, 23, and her partner, Fred Cook, who police had identified as a 'principal member' of an underworld gang.

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2 w. ago Jailed Brits who smuggled cocaine disguised as Angel Delight escape death sentence

The British couple told police that they did not know the packages contained £300,000 of cocaine, and believed they were delivering treats to a friend in Indonesia

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3 w. ago 90,000 police deployed on New Year's Eve as crowd fears cancel major event

The traditional New Year's Eve concert on the Champs-Élysées has been cancelled due to the risks posed by crowd surges, while authorities are also braced for possible rioting in urban areas

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3 w. ago Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks draw large crowds as people asked to ‘show defiance’ after Bondi attack

More than 2,500 police officers deployed on patrol on New Year’s Eve

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3 w. ago Police officers in England and Wales fear reporting colleagues for wrongdoing, survey finds

Exclusive: Officers described a culture of silence and lack of support during police-on-police complaintsPolice officers fear reporting colleagues for wrongdoing because they do not believe they will be supported for breaking a culture of silence, a new survey has found.Almost half of officers think their complaints against fellow officers are mishandled, the survey seen by the Guardian found. It was carried out by the Police Federation (PFEW), which represents 140,000 rank and file officers across England and Wales. Continue reading...

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