3 h. ago Feminist coalition rejects inquiry guidance urging women to trust undercover officers

A coalition of feminist organisations has rejected undercover police plans following the Angiolini report, warning women cannot trust a system that employs officers with sex offence histories

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7 h. ago US raid allegedly killed Syrian undercover agent instead of Islamic State group official

A U.S. operation in Syria last month mistakenly killed a man who had been working undercover against the Islamic State group, according to his family, a war monitor and officials

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3 d. ago US porn star jailed for ordering a hitman to murder dad of her own child

Katrina Lynn Danforth, who went by the performance name of Lynn Pleasant, had planned to have the father of her child assassinated by striking up a conversation with a 'hitman'. She just didn't realise it was an undercover police officer

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3 d. ago Two Met officers running spycops unit were ‘incredibly racist’, inquiry told

Undercover unit monitored Stephen Lawrence’s family, as well as thousands of mainly leftwing political activistsTwo senior officers who supervised an undercover Scotland Yard unit spying on political campaigns were “horribly and incredibly” racist, a whistleblower has told a public inquiry.Peter Francis, a former member of the unit, testified that one regularly used the “N-word”, while the other used a repertoire of explicit racist slurs. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Women ‘butchered’ and ‘traumatised’ by breast cancer treatment at NHS trust as 100s of cases investigated

HUNDREDS of women say they were either ‘butchered’, suffered unnecessary mastectomies or were left traumatised by an NHS breast unit now under investigation Women say the service missed cancers and stripped them of dignity, with one claiming she was treated like she was on a “conveyor belt” at the trust in north-east England. More than...

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1 week ago Ofcom boss: I limit my use of social media amid fears of online abuse

The internet regulator has published guidance urging providers to take more responsibility for protecting users online.

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2 w. ago Met apologises for 'wholly indefensible' use of undercover officers to spy on Doreen Lawrence and her family

Baroness Lawrence has accused police of trying to pit her and her ex-husband against each other and manipulate their relationship in the wake of their son's murder

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2 w. ago Police ‘tried to pit grieving parents of Stephen Lawrence against each other’

Baroness Lawrence told the public inquiry into undercover policing that officers tried to manipulate her relationship with her ex-husband Neville.

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2 w. ago Fraud suspects tried to cash a stolen check from the US treasury

The suspects unwittingly recruited an undercover federal officer into their scheme

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3 w. ago Cab driver jailed for extorting drunk passengers with ‘fake vomit’ scheme

Scam unravels after driver tries to extort undercover police officer posing as passenger

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3 w. ago Met Police sergeant who was filmed saying detainee 'deserves to be beaten up' becomes yet another officer sacked after BBC Panorama undercover documentary about scandal

The footage, which was aired in a BBC Panorama documentary, showed Sergeant Lawrence Hume calling a detainee a 'prick', a misconduct hearing in south London was told on Friday.

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3 w. ago Inside life of 'fantasist' who offered Tory Grant Shapps info to 'Russian spies'

Howard Phillips, who was caught by undercover British intelligence officers, was said to be 'an ageing man whose life had collapsed' after trying to sell Grant Shapps's personal information to pretend Russian spies

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3 w. ago Man jailed for seven years after sharing Grant Shapps’s details with ‘Russian spies’

Howard Phillips was looking for money when he offered his services to officers who were posing as agents, judge saysA man found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service after handing over personal details of the then defence secretary, Grant Shapps, to two undercover officers he believed to be Russian agents has been jailed for seven years.Howard Phillips, 66, was convicted in July after jurors heard he had been seeking “easy money” when he offered his services to the undercover officers, known as Dima and Sasha. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man jailed for seven years after sharing Grant Shapps’ details with ‘Russian spies’

Howard Phillips was looking for money when he offered his services to officers who were posing as agents, judge saysA man found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service after handing over personal details of the then defence secretary, Grant Shapps, to two undercover officers he believed to be Russian agents has been jailed for seven years.Howard Phillips, 66, was convicted in July after jurors heard that he had been seeking “easy money” when he offered his services to the undercover officers, known as Dima and Sasha. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Grant Shapps says 'he put me and my family at serious risk' as ex

Howard Phillips, 65, told two MI5 officers posing as Russian agents that he wanted to work in intelligence to avoid a 'nine to five office' job after retiring aged 58 and clearing out his savings.

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