10 h. ago Investment scams pushing up amount of money being lost to APP fraud – UK Finance

The average loss per authorised push payment case in the first half of this year was £2,325, but for investment scams it was £15,098, UK Finance said.

Economics

14 h. ago Police investigated over claims they knew tragic teen Amen Teklay’s life was in danger prior to brutal death

COPS are being investigated over their actions before a 15-year-old boy was killed. Amen Teklay died in an attack in the St George’s Cross area of Glasgow on March 5 this year with two teenage boys facing a trial next June over allegations of murder. Watchdog, the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) said it has...

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29 h. ago ‘The police weren’t interested’: what’s driving the rise in private prosecutions?

As the police and courts continue to struggle with the legacy of austerity, many people are seeking alternative routes to justice – but it could be making matters worseIn the summer of 2018, the private investigator Simon Davison got a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend had stolen £10,000 from her. Carol (not her real name), a traffic manager at a local council, was not a typical client for Davison. As the director of investigations at AnotherDay, a crisis consultancy in London, Davison usually works for wary companies and wealthy individuals. A former police detective, Davison has recovered stolen cryptocurrency, uncovered secret properties owned by bankrupt business people and tracked down fraudsters to Cyprus.Davison’s speciality is private prosecutions, a little-known area of law that allows victims to pay for justice. These cases are heard in the same courts used by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the public prosecutor for England and Wales, and they can carry the...

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35 h. ago LA man shot by federal agents during arrest streams law enforcement activity on TikTok

A Los Angeles man shot by federal officers while he tried to evade arrest is a popular local TikTok streamer who documents police activity, immigration enforcement and daily neighborhood life

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45 h. ago Four people banned from Celtic Manor for life after police called to 'disturbance'

Officers escorted four people from the resort

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46 h. ago DWP fraud bank account checks alert for people on three benefits

The DWP could also be able to directly take funds from people's bank accounts

Economics

65 h. ago Moment wanted thug hurls boiling cooking oil in police officer's face in attack that left him scarred for life

Mohammed Sarfaraz, 45, of Gosforth in Newcastle, heated up cooking oil when he learned that police officers were on their way to his parents' house.

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66 h. ago Moment wife laughs during arrest for 'plot to kill husband' with ex

Michelle Mills, 46, has been found guilty of planning to kill her husband Christopher weeks after his £124,000 Help for Heroes life insurance policy came into effect

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3 d. ago Parents of Sarah Everard killed by police officer call for 'life sentence' name change

Justice for Victims said the public is too often given 'the false assurance some of the most dangerous criminals will be locked away for life, when that is not the case'

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3 d. ago Greenock 'drugs turf war' sees bullet fired at Audi after machete thugs target home

Police were called out to a firearm being discharged in Greenock and a disturbance involving machetes in Gourock last week.

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3 d. ago “I'm a banker in London. Too few British people do this job"

“I'm a banker in London. Too few British people do this job"  eFinancialCareers

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5 d. ago Dominic Cummings says Nigel Farage will be Britain's next Prime Minister

Cummings says the Reform UK leader will succeed if he can extend his reach beyond being a 'one man band with an iPhone ' to bringing in 'genuinely talented people'.

Politics

6 d. ago Universal Credit update over income and savings bank account checks for 3 benefits

Investigators will also be able to directly take cash from people's bank accounts

Economics

6 d. ago Photos show Czech fisherman hauling in Christmas carp for holiday tables

Thousands of people lined the banks of the biggest pond in the Czech Republi c on Friday to watch fishermen in dark green waterproof gear wade into the frigid water and slowly scoop up carp with their nets.

Culture

7 d. ago Mystery as £520,000 mini Picasso painting vanishes on way to show

Spanish police have launched an investigation into the disappearance of the 'Still Life With Guitar' painting which was scheduled to go on display at an exhibition in the southern city.

Economics

7 d. ago Banks missing opportunities to ‘break spell’ of romance scams, says regulator

The FCA said it recognised the challenge banks and payment firms faced combating ‘this complex crime’.

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7 d. ago DWP update over new powers to take money straight from your bank account

The DWP will also be able to view people's bank statements

Economics

8 d. ago New update on DWP plans to ‘monitor’ bank accounts to tackle benefit fraud

A new Fraud Bill would also allow the DWP to have the power to obtain bank statements from people they believe have enough cash to pay back welfare debts.

Economics

9 d. ago TSB reveals average age of people getting on the property ladder across Britain

The bank used its data to calculate the average age at which people are buying their first home.

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9 d. ago Death toll rises to 16 after factory fire in Bangladesh capital

A fire at a garment factory and a warehouse in Bangladesh’s capital has left at least 16 people dead and several others injured, the Fire Service and Civil Defense department said

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