2 w. ago Children among seven arrested after 'gun pointed at residents' in Salford incident

A police helicopter was seen circling the area and part of an estate in Salford, Greater Manchester, was on lockdown as part of a "rapid response" by police

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2 w. ago Salford incident: Armed police and helicopter swarm city estate as streets on lockdown

Dozens of police officers have descended on residential streets, including Romney Street and Littleton Road, in Salford, Greater Manchester, following reports of a serious incident

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3 w. ago Canadian parliament on lockdown as police deal with barricaded man: ‘Lock all doors and hide’

Police send in robot as people urged to ‘seek shelter in the nearest room’

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3 w. ago Police lock down Canadian Parliament as officers talk to barricaded man

The Canadian Parliament's security force has locked down the institution after a man barricaded himself in the East Block section

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3 w. ago Canadian Parliament locked down as public told to stay away and 'lock all doors and hide'

People in the building and the immediate area were told to "seek shelter in the nearest room".

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3 w. ago Canadian parliament on lockdown amid large police presence: ‘Lock all doors and hide’

The East Block of Parliament Hill in the Canadian capital of Ottawa has been placed on lockdown as police arrived at the scene to deal with a man barricaded in the building.

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3 w. ago ‘A case study in groupthink’: were liberals wrong about the pandemic?

US political scientists’ book argues aggressive Covid policies such as mask mandates were in some cases misguidedWere conservatives right to question Covid lockdowns? Were the liberals who defended them less grounded in science than they believed? And did liberal dismissiveness of the other side come at a cost that Americans will continue to pay for many years?A new book by two political scientists argues yes to all three questions, making the case that the aggressive policies that the US and other countries adopted to fight Covid – including school shutdowns, business closures, mask mandates and social distancing – were in some cases misguided and in many cases deserved more rigorous public debate. Continue reading...

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