11 h. ago Download Festival warning as police urge attendees NOT to wear smart watches after 'issues' last year

Leicestershire Police said on a routine weekend the force handles around 600 emergency calls - but during Download Festival weekend there was 700 more than usual.

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15 h. ago Kenyan police officer appears in court amid protests over death in custody

James Mukhwana prosecuted after death of Albert Ojwang, a teacher arrested after criticising police on social mediaA Kenyan police officer has appeared in court in connection with the death of a teacher in police custody in a case that has caused rage and protests and brought renewed scrutiny on the country’s security forces.Constable James Mukhwana is the first police officer to be arrested over the death of Albert Ojwang, a secondary school teacher who was arrested on 6 June in Homa Bay county in western Kenya after criticising a senior police official on social media. After his arrest Ojwang was driven about 350km to Nairobi, where he died two days later. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Kenyan police officer appears in court amid rage over teacher’s death in custody

James Mukhwana prosecuted over death of Albert Ojwang, who was arrested after criticising police official onlineA Kenyan police officer has appeared in court in connection with the death of a teacher in police custody in a case that has caused rage and protests and brought renewed scrutiny on the country’s security forces.Constable James Mukhwana is the first police officer to be arrested over the death of Albert Ojwang, a secondary school teacher who was arrested on 6 June in Homa Bay county in western Kenya after criticising a senior police official on social media. After his arrest Ojwang was driven about 200 miles (350km) to Nairobi, where he died two days later. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Kenyan police officer appears in court amid outrage over teacher’s death in custody

James Mukhwana detained over death of Albert Ojwang, who was arrested after criticising police official onlineA Kenyan police officer has appeared in court in connection with the death of a teacher in police custody in a case that has caused outrage and protests and brought renewed scrutiny on the country’s security forces.Constable James Mukhwana is the first police officer to be arrested over the death of Albert Ojwang, a secondary school teacher who was arrested on 6 June in Homa Bay county, western Kenya, after criticising a senior police official on social media. After his arrest, Ojwang was driven about 200 miles (350km) to Nairobi, where he died two days later. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Private schools lose High Court battle against Starmer’s VAT raid on fees

Around 11,000 pupils have already left private schooling since the policy came into force in January

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18 h. ago Private schools lose High Court battle against Starmer’s VAT raid

Around 11,000 pupils have already left private schooling since the policy came into force in January

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28 h. ago Teacher accused of hosting 'Scream gangbangs' with kids forced to sell home after being dumped by husband

The married Indiana teacher who police say raped young boys while forcing them to wear 'Scream' masks has been forced to sell her home after her husband dumped her.

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28 h. ago Senator Alex Padilla handcuffed and forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s LA press conference

Video shows Padilla being restrained and ejected as he tries to question homeland security secretary at press eventLA protests – live updatesAlex Padilla, a Democratic California senator and vocal critic of the Trump administration’s immigration polices, was forcibly removed and handcuffed as he attempted to ask a question at a press conference held by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, in Los Angeles on Thursday.In video taken of the incident that has since gone viral on social media, Padilla is seen being restrained and removed from the room by Secret Service and FBI agents. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s LA press conference

Video shows Padilla being restrained and ejected as he tries to question homeland security secretary at press eventLA protests – live updatesAlex Padilla, a Democratic California senator and a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s immigration polices, was forcibly removed and handcuffed as he attempted to ask a question at a press conference held by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, in Los Angeles on Thursday. The incident has shocked his colleagues from Capitol Hill to California.In video taken of the incident that has since gone viral on social media, Padilla is seen being restrained and removed from the room by multiple men. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Madeleine McCann search cops reveal new details over gun found in well

It comes as authorities in Germany and Portugal continue to try to build up a case against suspect Christian Brueckner ahead of his scheduled release from prison in September

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58 h. ago Police forces face financial struggle as cost of borrowing set to spiral

Gavin Stephens, chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said local forces have had no capital investment for 10 years.

Economics

59 h. ago Boy, 14, 'who knifed French teaching assistant to death had been told off for kissing his girlfriend and could 'no longer tolerate' female staff', cops reveal

Mélanie G., a 31-year-old mother-of-one, was attacked several times with a knife by the unnamed teenager outside the Françoise Dolto secondary school in Nogent, northeast France

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4 d. ago Sly Stone dead at 82: Funk legend during the 60s passes away as cause of death is revealed

Stone's family announced the influential musician's death in a statement released Monday. They revealed that he had a prolonged battle with  COPD and had other underlying health issues.

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4 d. ago Home Office may be forced to cut police numbers as result of Treasury deal

Sources say cuts to force headcount remain ‘a possibility’ as Yvette Cooper last minister to reach spending agreementThe Home Office could still be forced to cut the overall number of police officers after lengthy spending review negotiations with the Treasury.Whitehall sources said the department had been asked to look at all options including limiting officer recruitment, which would mean an overall cut in the headcount. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago 'Call yourself a police force? There's no force in ya!' Officers ridiculed as they struggle to knock down door

This is the hilarious moment a group of police officers in West Yorkshire fail to break down a door while locals watch on in amusement.

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4 d. ago The Prosecutor review – Donnie Yen leads mashup of legal drama and action flick

Suited and booted, Yen turns to role as public prosector cum ass-kicking vigilante as a late-stage career recalibrationDeveloped by China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate and directed by butt-kicking luminary Donnie Yen, The Prosecutor is a bizarre mashup of courtroom procedural and action flick; it is just as keen on lionising due process and the “shining light” of Chinese justice as it is on reducing civic infrastructure to smithereens in several standout bouts. But Yen, who looks undeniably good in a suit, is more convincing on his habitual fisticuff grounds than the jurisprudential ones.Yen plays Fok, a one-time hotshot cop who – leaving the force after some over-zealous policing – decides to man the “final gate” of justice and become a public prosecutor. Like a low-carb Perry Mason with years of Brazilian jiu-jitsu behind him, trouble keeps knocking on his door. Suspecting that a young drug smuggler (Mason Yung) whose case he is assigned has pled guilty to get his higher-ups of...

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4 d. ago Spending review boost for 'broken' police service after last

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is prepared to announce real-terms increases to the budget for police forces

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4 d. ago Couple are forced to steal back their own car after police refuse to investigate despite AirTag pinpointing its EXACT location

Mia Forbes Pirie and Mark Simpson discovered their car had gone missing from near their west London home in Brook Green on Wednesday morning.

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5 d. ago British photographer, 60, is shot by police at LA riots and forced to undergo emergency surgery

Nick Stern, 60, from Hertford, had been taking pictures of a stand-off between protestors and armed police in the Californian city when a 14mm bullet pierced his thigh.

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5 d. ago Minister refuses to rule out cuts to police and housing budgets in spending review

As the Treasury continues to lock horns with Angela Rayner and Yvette Cooper over housing and police force budgets, Cabinet minister Peter Kyle sends a strong signal of the government’s intent

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