15 h. ago Phone thief caught with blind woman’s handset after being tackled by City of London Beadle is jailed

A ceremonial Beadle was hailed for the dramatic takedown in the City of London.

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37 h. ago Police robbery crackdown after phone snatcher punches pregnant woman

Police robbery crackdown after phone snatcher punches pregnant woman  London Evening Standard

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47 h. ago Police launch robbery blitz at London Tube stations after pregnant woman is punched by phone snatcher in latest shocking attack

The Standard joins British Transport Police officers on patrol at two busy stations in east London

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50 h. ago Police robbery blitz after pregnant woman is punched by phone snatcher at London Tube station

Officers say 1,245 robberies across the transport network - around three a day - is a reduction of nearly 20 per cent

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2 d. ago Parents accused of planning to sexually abuse infant 'sent disturbing texts to each other'

WARNING - DISTURBING CONTENT: Skyler Klassen, 22, and Madison Bishop, 21, were both arrested on suspicion of child sex assault after police allegedly found child sex abuse material on the man's phone

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6 d. ago British couple among four dead after cable car crash in southern Italy

A traction cable snapped on the cable car in the town of Castellammare di Stabia.

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7 d. ago Parents plotted to sexually assault their baby at two months, and began planning before child was born, cops say

The couple was arrested after police found evidence of the sexual assault on Skyler Klassen’s phone

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7 d. ago Serial offender phoned police to say he planned to "harm someone" with razor blades

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard officers were able to track down Thomas Mina in East Kilbride town centre before he could carry out the threat.

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7 d. ago British couple among dead in Italian cable car crash tragedy

The Foreign Office said it was in touch with local authorities but has not confirmed the identities of the victims

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1 week ago The mystery of the nameless girl found dead in a Spanish border town

On a summer morning in 1990, the body of a young woman appeared in a small town close to the frontier. For those who saw her, finding her identity became an obsession that would last 30 yearsNobody can recall who first phoned the police on the morning of 4 September 1990, but everyone remembers the girl. Her body, hanging from a pine tree on a steep slope above the Spanish frontier town of Portbou, was visible to anyone looking up from the beach or across from the opposite hillside. She was barefoot, with grey-blue eyes and thick chestnut-brown hair. She wore blue dungarees over a turquoise green shirt.Portbou, squeezed into a cauldron-like Mediterranean cove, had only 2,000 inhabitants but plenty of police officers. In these years before the Schengen agreement, guards were stationed on the French border but these officers were experts in immigration and smuggling, not violent deaths. Instead, Enrique Gómez, a 35-year-old investigator from the Guardia Civil police force was called i...

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1 week ago Police launch probe after transport minister seen using mobile phone while driving vintage bus

Peer was reported to police last month by one of the passengers on his vehicle

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1 week ago Police probe after Labour minister seen using phone while driving London bus

Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill was reportedly seen using his mobile phone to text a friend

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1 week ago Rail minister reports himself to police after using phone while driving a bus

Lord Peter Hendy apologises after being spotted texting behind wheel of vintage Routemaster in LondonThe rail minister, Lord Peter Hendy, has reported himself to the police after he was spotted using a mobile phone while driving a vintage Routemaster bus in London during a charity tour.The former Transport for London commissioner apologised for what has been described as an “error of judgment” after a passenger saw him texting behind the wheel of the double-decker last month. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Transport minister who drives his own Routemaster bus sparks police probe for 'texting at wheel'

Lord Hendy, 72, was behind the wheel of an old AEC Routemaster on a March 28 charity jaunt across the capital and had 35 passengers onboard.

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2 w. ago Woman dies after getting trapped in tiny space under manhole cover for days

Yafang Zhou, 59, was only recovered from the confined space when police tracking her mobile phone heard her calling for help from beneath a manhole cover in Poway, San Diego

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2 w. ago Scots lorry driver plotted to drive 300 miles to meet child for sex

The girl's horrified mother discovered the messages on her daughter's phone and contacted West Mercia Police who launched an investigation.

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3 w. ago ‘I didn’t start out wanting to see kids’: are porn algorithms feeding a generation of paedophiles – or creating one?

More than 850 men a month are arrested for online child abuse offences in England and Wales. They come from every walk of life: teachers, police officers, doctors, TV presenters. And the numbers are rising every year. How did this happen?Andy was enjoying a weekend away with his wife when it happened. “My neighbour phoned me and said, ‘The police are in your house. They’re looking for you.’” He didn’t need to wonder why. “You know. You know the reason. I was petrified when I got that call. It wasn’t just the thought of other people knowing what I had done; I also had to face myself, and that is a sick feeling – it is guilt, shame.”Andy had been watching and sharing images of children being sexually abused for several months before the police appeared at his door. He tried at first to keep it from his wife: “I was afraid she would ask me to leave. I wouldn’t have blamed her if she had.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Dealer tried to flush phone and SIM card down toilet as police burst in his door

An examination of Corey Barnett's phone revealed he was involved in the supply of cocaine.

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3 w. ago Police searched his phone and what they found sent him to prison for life

'Monster' Ryan Schofield's crimes came to light after he was arrested for breaching a sexual harm prevention order and police analysed the contents of his phone

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3 w. ago Moment brothel owner tries to hide six phones during police raid on gang that ran massive prostitution and human trafficking ring

Lina Wang (pictured) played a leading role in the prostitution of vulnerable victims in multiple towns and cities across the UK including Canterbury, Chatham, Dartford and Tunbridge Wells.

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