47 h. ago Armed cops swarm Manchester street as school locks down amid 'man with knife' reports

Police rushed to the scene of the Manchester suburb of New Moston with officers reportedly 'all over' nearby Nuthurst Road, Moston Lane East and Parkhurst Avenue

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51 h. ago Moment driver drags two police officers along road after fleeing traffic stop

Watch the moment a mother from Scotland drags two police officers down the road with her car after they pulled her over.

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55 h. ago Eurostar could see Channel Tunnel monopoly threatened as government reveals plans to increase number of trains from Britain to Europe

The Office of Rail and Road said it will allocate spare capacity at Eurostar's Temple Mills depot in Leyton, East London, to either one new operator or Eurostar itself, which has plans to grow.

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3 d. ago Fare evasion has become 'normalised' and is costing the taxpayer £400m every year, damning report reveals

Rail passengers are using 'a range of techniques to persistently' underpay or avoid paying and see it as a 'victimless crime', according to the Office of Road and Rail (ORR).

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3 d. ago How a drag queen thriller became too controversial for Britain: ‘It was queers policing queers’

‘Femme’, a violent erotic drama starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay, hit a handful of cinemas in 2023. And its tortured journey to release – as well as its rejection by elite institutions in the British film industry – speaks to the incredibly narrow and polarised landscape for queer stories today, writes Ryan Gilbey

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3 d. ago Rail firms taking ‘disproportionate action’ against passengers over ticket rules

The regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), published a report which found travellers face ‘inconsistent treatment and outcomes’.

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3 d. ago Moment mother drags two police officers down the road as she drives off while they questioned her

A mum has been jailed after she dragged two police officers along the road when she drove off after giving them a false name.

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3 d. ago Woman who injured two police officers when she drove off at speed as they were questioning her jailed

A mum has been jailed after she dragged two police officers along the road when she drove off after giving them a false name.

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3 d. ago Scots mum who fled police and dragged officers along road behind her car jailed

Lauren Baird "didn't appreciate the terrible consequences her actions had caused. She panicked when she was stopped by the police".

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4 d. ago Aviemore crime: Mum jailed after dragging two police officers along the road when she drove off on Scottish road

"This was appalling behaviour.”

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4 d. ago Aviemore crime: Mother jailed after dragging two police officers along Scottish road when she drove off

"This was appalling behaviour.”

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4 d. ago Mum of activist jailed in Egypt 'miraculously' alive on day 247 of hunger strike

Laila Soueif, 69, stopped eating on September 29 last year after her British-Egyptian son, Alaa Abd el Fattah, was due to be released after more than a decade in an Egyptian jail cell

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4 d. ago Embezzling mother who changed her name and swindled £500,000 from two different jobs by raiding OAPs' bank accounts is ordered to pay cash back

Stephanni Houston, also known as Bryden, had previously raided cash accounts of a blind lady aged 93 and an 89-year-old frail woman in her relentless pursuit of money.

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5 d. ago Greedy Scots mum jailed for swindling £500k from two jobs ordered to pay back cash

Admin assistant Stephanni Houston, also known as Bryden, was ordered to pay back just £80,000 after being locked up for three years.

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7 d. ago A36 crash: Road closed as air ambulance attends major collision

Warminster Police said officers were dealing with the serious road traffic collision on the A36 at Knook on Saturday morning

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7 d. ago Moment police officer is dragged across road in front of bus as he tries to arrest motorcyclist

A 21-year-old man from Blackwood was arrested at the scene

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7 d. ago Father dragged away from his dying daughter's hospital bedside by police faces legal bill of up to £100,000 after losing wrongful arrest case

Dr Rashid Abbasi had brought a civil claim against Northumbria Police for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment, and assault and battery after the incident at Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.

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7 d. ago Shocking moment biker, 21, drags brave police officer across road as he tries to arrest him over dangerous town centre wheelies

Sergeant Tom Brookes asked Scott Ryall, 21, to pull over after he spotted him doing dangerous wheelies in Bargoed town centre in South Wales on April 8.

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8 d. ago Dad dragged away from dying daughter's bed by police left with massive legal bill

Dr Rashid Abbasi lost a civil claim for false imprisonment and assault and battery against Northumbria Police after he was forcibly removed from his dying daughter's hospital bedside

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9 d. ago Evil mum arranged for child rapist to sleep over and rape her 12

John Davies, 45, was jailed after he discussed in graphic detail with a mum how he would sexually abuse her 12-year-old daughter - telling her she would be 'sore by the end of the week'

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