5 h. ago Schoolgirl 'raped' at underpass as she walked at night: Police launch manhunt for attacker

The Metropolitan Police has launched a manhunt for the attacker after their officers assisted the victim, 15, at the scene in east London on Sunday night. The teenager is being treated by specialists.

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9 h. ago US Capitol rioter ordered to pay damages for assaulting cop who later died by suicide

Jury awarded $500,000 to widow and estate of the police officer who killed himself nine days after the January 6 riotA federal jury on Monday awarded $500,000 to the widow and estate of a police officer who killed himself nine days after he helped defend the US Capitol from the mob that attacked on January 6, 2021, including a man who scuffled with the officer during the uprising.The eight-member jury ordered the man, 69-year-old chiropractor David Walls-Kaufman, to pay $380,000 in punitive damages and $60,000 in compensatory damages to Erin Smith for assaulting her husband, Washington DC metropolitan police officer Jeffrey Smith, inside the Capitol. They awarded an additional $60,000 to compensate Jeffrey Smith’s estate for his pain and suffering. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Police officers and Met chief express concerns over Notting Hill Carnival

Sir Mark Rowley questioned if funding for extra stewards will be secured in time for late August, while an officers’ group called the event ‘unsafe’.

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12 h. ago Police officer rescues driver trapped in car fire just moments before explosion

The driver suffered life-threatening injuries in the collision involving two cars and a tractor

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14 h. ago Mugged Selina Scott wins apology from Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley after 'sub

Sir Mark Rowley admitted the force should have done better when he was quizzed by Nick Ferrari on his LBC show this morning.

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14 h. ago Man appears in court in connection with abduction and assault after woman and baby injured

Police, including firearms officers and a K9 unit, were called to St Leonard's Street in the capital at around 9am on Saturday.

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15 h. ago Drunk care worker and single mother fined after rampage where they fought police officers after being barred from a club

Drunk care worker Eloise Hindry, 22, brawled with two police officers while single mother Bethany Hill yelled: 'You f***ing pair of k***heads' during an explosive fit of rage at a jazz bar in Cheshire.

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18 h. ago Trump is not interested in listening to US experts on Iran and the Middle East

The US president is more willing to listen to Israel than his predecessors were and is also deeply suspicious of the CIAWhen Donald Trump ordered the US military to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend, the debate among intelligence officials, outside experts and policymakers over the status of Tehran’s nuclear program had largely been frozen in place for nearly 20 years.That prolonged debate has repeatedly placed the relatively dovish US intelligence community at odds with Israel and neoconservative Iran hawks ever since the height of the global war on terror. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Police officer 'is the reason' prime Madeleine McCann suspect could walk free in a matter of weeks... after cop 'paid sex offender's fine'

Investigators suspect Christian Brueckner, 48, played a part in young Madeleine vanishing from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007.

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29 h. ago Jury orders man to pay $500K for assaulting police officer who killed himself after Capitol riot

A federal jury has awarded $500,000 to the widow and estate of a police officer who killed himself nine days after he helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of rioters, including a man who scuffled with the officer during the attack

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34 h. ago Man arrested after police officer dragged by car in Co Tyrone

Police said the officer sustained multiple fractures to his foot along with cuts and bruises.

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35 h. ago Inquiry into fatal shooting of asylum seeker to last up to 12 weeks

Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, was shot dead in Glasgow in June 2020 after attacking six people with a knife.

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35 h. ago Protesters clash with police at Palestine Action demonstration

The crowd surged towards police when officers tried to detain someone in Trafalgar Square.

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35 h. ago Children's worker branded police officer 'evil' during drink

Melissa Truswell, 39, was pulled over by traffic officers after they spotted her Mercedes being driven erratically two miles from home.

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38 h. ago "I've got a lovely house": Woman, 39, arrested for drink driving in her Mercedes gave police a ridiculous excuse

She told the arresting police officers that she was a 'really nice person' with a 'lovely house'

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44 h. ago ‘A timebomb’: could a French mine full of waste poison the drinking water of millions?

Scientists fear thousands of tonnes of chemicals dumped in mining tunnels in Alsace may seep into an aquifer, with devastating consequences for people and wildlifeEight police officers linger with their backs to the two-hectare (five-acre) site known as Stocamine. The place is nondescript in the morning drizzle: two mine shafts, some modern-looking office buildings, a staff car park, lines of landscaped trees. The reason for the police presence, however, is what lies beneath: 42,000 tonnes of toxic waste stored under our feet.Stocamine, which lies in the old industrial town of Wittelsheim, Alsace, once held an old potash mine. Now, the mine shafts are closed, storing poisonous waste from elsewhere. Above the mine shafts is one of Europe’s largest aquifers. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Almost 500 Police Scotland officers and staff currently on long

The figures released under Freedom of Information come at a time of increasing violence towards officers.

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46 h. ago Serving police officer, 26, found dead at a nature reserve in 'absolute tragedy'

PC Charlie Mitchell, 26, was reported missing from his home in Leeds on Saturday night

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46 h. ago Tragic missing police officer, 26, who sparked major search found dead at nature reserve

The body of missing serving police officer Charlie Mitchell has been found, with his death described by colleagues as 'absolutely tragic' - there are no suspicious circumstances

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47 h. ago Missing serving police officer, 26, found dead at nature reserve in 'absolute tragedy'

Police Constable Charlie Mitchell was tragically found at a nature reserve on Sunday, less than a day after he was reported missing with concerns for his welfare

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