3 h. ago Cops struggling to stop gang war escalating as union warn "more lives at risk"

David Kennedy, General Secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, has called for investment in frontline policing as staffing shortages make it hard for officers to respond.

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11 h. ago Northolt incident: Man arrested after 'mounting teenage girl and slashing her face' outside school

Police and ambulance crews were called to close to Alec Reed Academy in Northolt, west London, on Wednesday following reports of a stabbing involving a teenager

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21 h. ago Huyton stabbing: 'Family girl' knifed to death in 'domestic incident' pictured

Merseyside Police were called to Knowsley Heights, Huyton, at around 10.30pm on Tuesday to a report that a woman had been stabbed following a 'domestic incident'

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39 h. ago Woodland Trust call for 'justice' over ancient oak tree felling as Met Police drop investigation

Met Police confirms it has dropped its investigation into tree felling, citing no evidence of criminality

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39 h. ago Man pulled out clump of police officer's hair before strangling her colleague in violent assault

Brian Owens, 34, of Holyhead, Anglesey, violently attacked police after they were called to an incident

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43 h. ago Woman urged to 'call the police' after catching neighbours' kids on doorbell camera

A woman was left wondering what to do after a dispute got nasty with the neighbours and escalated to the next level when they physically damaged her front door

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59 h. ago One teen shot at Dallas high school prompting ‘active shooter’ calls and massive police response

Multiple emergency responders were seen arriving at the school upon a report of a shooting incident

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60 h. ago Girl, seven, found on the street with a knife 'threatening to stab other children'

Police were called to a residential area in Southampton following reports of a young girl brandishing a knife in broad daylight.

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2 d. ago London’s Sycamore Gap? Police called in to investigate ‘criminal’ felling of ancient oak tree amid uproar

A Tree Preservation Order has been placed on the 300-year-old tree in Whitewebbs Wood, Enfield, to protect it from any further damage

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2 d. ago Man found dead in M60 motorway field sparking major police investigation

Police were called to reports that a man was found unconcious on a field close to the M60 between Prestwich Heys Football Club and Parrenthorn Road on Monday morning

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3 d. ago The mystery of the nameless girl found dead in a Spanish border town

On a summer morning in 1990, the body of a young woman appeared in a small town close to the frontier. For those who saw her, finding her identity became an obsession that would last 30 yearsNobody can recall who first phoned the police on the morning of 4 September 1990, but everyone remembers the girl. Her body, hanging from a pine tree on a steep slope above the Spanish frontier town of Portbou, was visible to anyone looking up from the beach or across from the opposite hillside. She was barefoot, with grey-blue eyes and thick chestnut-brown hair. She wore blue dungarees over a turquoise green shirt.Portbou, squeezed into a cauldron-like Mediterranean cove, had only 2,000 inhabitants but plenty of police officers. In these years before the Schengen agreement, guards were stationed on the French border but these officers were experts in immigration and smuggling, not violent deaths. Instead, Enrique Gómez, a 35-year-old investigator from the Guardia Civil police force was called i...

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3 d. ago Man charged after three teens rushed to hospital during Edinburgh 'disturbance'

Police were called to the Portobello area of the capital on Saturday, April 12. Cops descended on Bath Street and Mentone Avenue.

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3 d. ago CCTV appeal after violent disturbance erupts at Joe & the Juice restaurant

Police were called to reports of disorder at the venue on Cross Street

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4 d. ago Lewisham murder probe as woman dies after being found with 'serious injuries'

Police were called to Hatfield Close in Lewisham at 6.41am after reports of a woman being seriously injured. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

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5 d. ago Worksop house gas explosion: Emergency services rush to scene as street covered in debris

Police have been called to the site of a gas explosion at a property in Worksop, Nottinghamshire - images show the street covered in debris and a severely damaged house

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5 d. ago Plane crashes into holiday park on Isle of Wight as flames and smoke billow

Police were called at 2.23pm on Saturday to a report that an aircraft had crashed in Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park.

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5 d. ago Man in hospital with serious injuries after 'stabbing' near tram stop

Police were called out to Crumpsall last night

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5 d. ago Chinese executives 'tried to enter key areas' of British Steel plant hours before crunch debate that could bring furnace under government control

Police were called to the scene and forced bosses of British Steel owners Jingye to leave after they were prevented from accessing core areas of the plant, according to The Times.

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5 d. ago Two taken to hospital and big emergency services response after fight at Pontypridd bus station

A man has been arrested in connection with the incident after officers were called to the scene late on Friday evening, April 11, police confirmed

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6 d. ago UK woman says she was arrested after confiscating her daughters’ iPads

Vanessa Brown called police response in Cobham, Surrey, ‘a complete overreaction’ that left her ‘catatonic’A history teacher has said she was arrested and blocked from seeing her daughters after she confiscated their iPads.Vanessa Brown, 50, described her “unspeakable devastation and trauma” after spending seven-and-a-half hours in a cell on 26 March after a claim that she had stolen two iPads. She was later released with bail conditions that barred her from speaking to anyone connected to the investigation – including her children – until the case was dropped.Brown told LBC she had taken the iPads to encourage her daughters to focus on their schoolwork. Surrey police tracked the devices to Brown’s mother’s house in Cobham, Surrey, and later accepted the devices belonged to her children and she was “entitled” to confiscate them. “I find it quite traumatic even talking about this now,” Brown said. “At no point did [the officers] think to themselves, ‘Oh, this is a little bit of an ov...

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