9 h. ago Armed officer sues Police Scotland over suspension after TikTok Tallia Storm incident

Steven Jones is taking Police Scotland to court after being suspended over an incident involving singer Tallia Storm.

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10 h. ago A New Orleans police officer who fatally shot a puppy will face a jury lawsuit trial

A New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy is being sued by the dog’s owners in federal court

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16 h. ago Questions grow over unprecedented illegal firearms seizure in Jamaica

Ministers tight-lipped over discovery of 233 guns and 40,000 rounds of ammunition that could ‘arm a small army’Jamaicans are seeking answers after officials revealed a massive illegal firearms seizure described by experts as the largest in the country’s history, with enough guns and ammunition to “arm a small army”.More than a week after the police and customs said they had intercepted 233 illegal rifles and handguns and more than 40,000 rounds of ammunition, the government has remained tight-lipped about the details of the find, arguing that revealing more information would hamper a sensitive cross-border investigation into their origin and the identity of those involved. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Five members of same family jailed for 17 years over £136,000 fake armed robbery plot at Post Office

Taxi driver Rajvinder Kahlon, 43, pretended to be an armed robber as part of the plot at the branch in Hounslow, west London on April 1 last year.

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3 d. ago Postmaster convicted of killing wife claims he has 'dossier of evidence' to appeal

Robin Garbutt, 57, was found guilty of bludgeoning his wife Diana to death, and was said to have opened his post office and called 999 in a fake armed robbery in 2010

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3 d. ago Five family members jailed for staging armed robbery at own Post Office

Rajvinder Kahlon, 43, was one of five members of the same family who were involved in the plot.

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3 d. ago The hunt for Maddie has unearthed a sickening stash, a chilling message and a 'confession'

This week masked police officers armed with pickaxes, shovels and even a mechanical digger could be glimpsed working their way through a neglected patch of Portuguese scrubland.

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3 d. ago The hunt for Maddie has unearthed a sickening stash, a chilling message and a'confession'

This week masked police officers armed with pickaxes, shovels and even a mechanical digger could be glimpsed working their way through a neglected patch of Portuguese scrubland.

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4 d. ago Actor who starred in The Crown is a 'stolen valour' conman who posed as Army officer with fake medals

James Edward Yeates, 42, claimed to be a reservist Captain in a crack unit within the British Army's intelligence corps, sharing pictures online in full uniform and sporting a chest full of medals.

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4 d. ago 'Walter Mitty' actor who starred in The Crown is convicted conman who posed as Army officer with fake medals to get into military dinners

James Edward Yeates, 42, claimed to be a reservist Captain in a crack unit within the British Army's intelligence corps, sharing pictures online in full uniform and sporting a chest full of medals.

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7 d. ago ITV pundit claims 'he's jumped off' as jockey investigated for controversial Wexford fall

Philip Byrnes was unseated at the final flight when well clear on Redwood Queen at Wexford, with the incident sparking a social-media storm and backlash from ITV racing pundit Meg Nicholls

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8 d. ago Tories call for prison officers to be armed with guns to combat Islamist extremist threat

The prominent conservative described extremism in prisons as ‘out of control’ amid a series of attacks by inmates

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9 d. ago Tories in call to arm specialist prison officers to counter Islamist gangs

Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi targeted prison staff with boiling oil and homemade weapons.

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1 week ago Russian army's 'official' video game promises more levels if Ukraine doesn't surrender

One gamer said Squad 22 ZOV 'encourages players to do horrible things on Ukrainian civilians including children deportation', while another described the twisted game as 'fun'

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1 week ago Australian woman says she was deported after visiting her U.S. Army officer husband at Hawaii base

Nicolle Saroukos, 25, of Sydney, says she was held in federal prison overnight before she was deported.

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2 w. ago No shouting! Sergeant Majors told to stop yelling at 'sensitive recruits'

Army officials have urged Sergeant to stop shouting at junior soldiers and be more like David Beckham. Instead, they have been encouraged to speak to the sensitive recruits in a more gentle tone.

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2 w. ago German troops start first permanent foreign deployment since second world war

Heavy combat unit of 4,800 soldiers and 200 civilian staff inaugurated in Lithuania on Nato’s eastern flankThe German chancellor has visited Lithuania to mark Berlin’s first permanent foreign troop deployment since the second world war, as he called on allies to dramatically expand their efforts to bolster European defences against a hostile Russia.As a crowd waved Lithuanian, German and Ukrainian flags, Friedrich Merz and his defence minister, Boris Pistorius, attended a ceremony launching the official formation of an armoured brigade aimed at protecting Nato’s eastern flank. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago An urban guerrilla group in Myanmar claims responsibility for assassinating a retired army officer

A retired high-ranking officer in Myanmar’s military has been shot dead by a self-proclaimed urban guerrilla group near his home in the country’s biggest city

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2 w. ago Nearly 2,000 Afghan children living in hotels, military bases and other temporary accommodation in UK

Afghan families are being temporarily housed in army bases and Home Office hotels around the UK

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2 w. ago Australian woman, 25, urges travellers to avoid the United States after she was detained, stripped and forced to spend the night in a federal prison for a ridiculous reason

Former NSW police officer Nikki Saroukos spent a sleepless night in a US prison cell after being denied entry to visit her husband, a US citizen and army officer.

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