10 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

11 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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54 h. 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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57 h. 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...

Society

61 h. 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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65 h. 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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68 h. 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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69 h. 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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3 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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3 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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4 d. ago The 13 Brits banged up abroad amid alarm over 'drug mule' explosion

There's mounting concern among police and border force officials about the rise in Britons being detained over drugs trafficking

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5 d. ago Four ways to protect yourself from a narcissist’s hurtful behaviour

Daniel Waldeck and Rachael Leggett reveal ways to spot a passive aggressive narcissist - and how to cope with their behaviour

Politics

5 d. ago Tice defends Reform MP’s question on burqa ban after Zia Yusuf resignation

Party’s deputy leader says discussion must not be ‘forced underground’ when it is policy in some European countriesUK politics live – latest updatesReform UK was right to start a debate on banning the burqa even though it triggered the resignation of its chair, Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, has said.Tice, who is one of five Reform MPs, said he was “enormously sad” that Zia Yusuf had quit as chair as he was partly responsible for the party’s strong performance in May’s local elections. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Hero police officer sacked over 'aggressive' arrest of knife

Former officer of Dorset Police, Lorne Castle, was dismissed by the force after it was found he had committed gross misconduct in relation to the arrest in Bournemouth town centre.

Events

6 d. ago Sacked police officer says he is seen as ‘abuser’ after ‘aggressive’ arrest

Former constable Lorne Castle was dismissed by Dorset Police for using ‘unreasonable force’ on 15-year-old.

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7 d. ago Mystery of Brit 'drug mule' explosion as 13 in hellhole jails with some facing death

A dramatic surge in the number of Brits arrested for drug smuggling around the world has triggered mounting alarm among police and border force officials as 13 languish in hellhole jails

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7 d. ago Major city gripped by serial killer rumors as cops reveal 38 BODIES have been pulled from lake

In less than three years, more than three dozen bodies have been found in the waterway that runs through the center of Austin, Texas. Police insist there is no serial killer on the loose.

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7 d. ago Police will not have to pick and choose which crimes to investigate, says Reeves

Senior police chiefs have written to the PM warning they will be forced to make difficult choices if spending cuts are announced next week.

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7 d. ago Former Portuguese detective says new search for Madeleine McCann is over the top and German police 'have got nothing' on Christian Brueckner as hunt for clues continues

The ex-detective accused his own former police force of 'connivance' with 'shoddy' German cops in a foul-mouthed blast 24 hours after the start of a fresh operation to find Maddie's body

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8 d. ago ‘I held his face together’: Jonathan Joss’ husband reveals ‘King of the Hill’ actor’s final moments

Exclusive: Tristan Kern de Gonzales insists that his partner’s shooting death was a hate crime, pushing back forcefully against San Antonio police, he tells Justin Rohrlich

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