67 m. ago Peak District police using drones to target 'dangerously fast' Bank Holiday bikers

The winding roads of the national park are very popular with motorcyclists

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4 h. ago Britain needs houses, and Labour’s bold plan will address that. But it may require more migrants | Polly Toynbee

Ministers are ready to be relentless over planning reform. There is a skills gap though – and they must be brave enough to fill itAmid the shock of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) halving its growth forecast last month, one remarkable finding gets too little attention. It predicts housebuilding will rise to its highest level in 40 years, adding 0.2% growth or £6.8bn by 2029-30, potentially rising to more than 0.4% by 2034-35. The government has said that housing scores the biggest positive growth effect from a “zero-cost policy” the OBR has ever forecast.This is especially remarkable given that 2024 saw the fewest planning permissions granted for new homes for a decade, and the worst on record, according to the Home Builders Federation (HBF). Planning applications plummeted when the last government scrapped councils’ mandatory housing targets, but since Labour reimposed a national planning policy framework, applications in the works have risen by more than 160%.Polly Toyn...

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18 h. ago Student who shot 4 at Dallas high school was targeting specific student, school police chief says

The chief of police for the Dallas Independent School District says the student who shot four students when he opened fire at a Dallas high school this week was in and out of the building in less than two minutes and is believed to have been targeting a specific student

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40 h. ago ‘Calculated’ carer stole £17,000 from elderly residents at York care home ‘to spend on gambling and takeaways’

‘Pratt knew which residents would be the most vulnerable to financial exploitation, and these were the people she targeted’, North Yorkshire Police said

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44 h. ago Moment 'Rolex ripper' gang mistakenly target pair of undercover police officers in Mayfair

One of the yobs, Yakob Harket, 21, can be seen snatching a replica Patek Philippe Rose Gold watch from the female officer's wrist in Berkeley Square, Mayfair.

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3 d. ago Benidorm tourist warning issued over infamous hotspot after Brit's horror experience

A British tourist's horror experience in Benidorm, Spain, has led to police issuing a travel warning - the tourist was targetted as he returned to his holiday apartment in the early hours of the morning.

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7 d. ago Hundreds of barbershops targeted by police in crime crackdown

Vape shops and nail salons were also visited with a number of premises already shut down

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7 d. ago Sweet shop police crackdown: Hundreds of businesses are raided and dozens of people arrested in massive operation against criminal gangs running American

Officers from 19 police forces across England knocked on the doors of 265 businesses as part of Operation Machinize, a mammoth crackdown on high street money laundering.

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7 d. ago Hundreds of barbershops targeted by police in crackdown on money laundering and modern slavery

Ten shops were shut down, and further closures are expected after police forces across the country visited 265 cash-focused businesses

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7 d. ago Hundreds of barbershops targeted by police operation against money laundering

The operation targeted barbershops in an effort to prevent criminal gangs from using cash-intensive businesses for money laundering, the NCA said.,

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8 d. ago PSG hooligans 'deliberately targeting Aston Villa fans' as police launch crackdown ahead of Prince William's expected arrival in Paris trouble hotspot for Champions League game

French police have launched a major crackdown on fan misbehaviour ahead of a huge European match which Prince William is expected to attend.

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1 week ago Shots fired at Bootle property as 'little girl was playing in front garden'

Merseyside Police continue to investigate a "targeted attack" on William Henry Street in Bootle where neighbours reported seeing a large armed police presence on Friday

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1 week ago Trump demands UK universities which get funding from US prove none of it is spent on woke DEI projects or research

Donald Trump is demanding British universities which receive funding from the USA prove the money is not being spent on ' woke ' research in a new crackdown.

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2 w. ago Turkish barber shops police crackdown: Cops raid dozens of businesses being run as front for money laundering and seize hundreds of thousands of pounds in dirty cash

Bodycam footage shows West Mercia officers smashing their way into the businesses which are increasingly used as fronts by criminal gangs.

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2 w. ago One of Britain's worst rapists may have targeted more than 80 victims, police reveal as 23 new victims come forward

A Chinese student unmasked as one of Britain's worst rapists may have targeted more than 80 victims, police have revealed.

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2 w. ago ‘Depraved’ sexual predator who raped woman and secretly filmed others is jailed

Police said Craig France targeted young women at nightclubs and took them to his home where he had set up hidden cameras.

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2 w. ago The great crypto crackdown: Police have frozen up to £6MILLION of digital currencies since getting powers to stop criminals funding terrorism and laundering ill

Criminals have been increasingly using digital currencies such as Bitcoin to launder money, dodge taxes and fund terrorism. Ministers last April launched a crackdown on the 'emerging threat'.

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3 w. ago Tackling climate crisis will increase economic growth, OECD research finds

Third of global GDP could be lost this century if climate crisis runs unchecked, says reportTaking strong action to tackle the climate crisis will increase countries’ economic growth, rather than damage their finances as critics of net zero policies have claimed, research from the world’s economic watchdog has found.Setting ambitious targets on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and setting out the policies to achieve them, would result in a net gain to global GDP by the end of the next decade, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in a joint report with the UN Development Programme. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ayrshire motorists targeted by number plate thieves as police appeal for information

A number of car number plates were stolen from vehicles in the Flatt Road and Bellesdale Avenue area of Largs over the weekend.

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3 w. ago Wrexham's James McClean targeted by fan as police forced to intervene

Wrexham captain James McClean was involved in an altercation with a supporter who was later ejected during his side's 1-0 win over Stockport at the Racecourse Ground

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