4 h. ago Infatuated corrupt officer who raided police systems 200 times to pass intel to her secret criminal boyfriend is banned from the job

Former PC Lorna Pennycook raided West Midlands Police systems 200 times so she could supply information to 'professional' crook Anthony Kennedy.

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22 h. ago How notorious crime gang smuggled £125million of heroin into Britain before mob boss tortured his own uncle to death... and the EncroChats that finally bought them down

Tahir Syed, 42, brought in 200 kilos of drugs at a time using lorries coming from the Netherlands to a warehouse he rented in Bradford.

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27 h. ago Has America learned anything from the George Floyd uprisings? | Eric Morrison

The response to the demonstrations fell short. But they marked the beginning of a new era that calls for actionFive years ago, the entire world changed when we saw George Floyd’s body on the pavement, a knee pressed into his neck – a murder, in broad daylight. Others might have simply witnessed a horrific incident, but Black people saw ourselves, and what it’s like to live with a knee on our necks at all times. Because George Floyd wasn’t the first – and unless we uproot this system, he won’t be the last. The police have gone so far as to remind us of this by killing more people each year since George Floyd.But the uprisings of 2020 didn’t erupt because of one killing. They were the breaking point of centuries of violence and neglect. Trayvon Martin. Freddie Gray. Sandra Bland. Oscar Grant. Breonna Taylor. Dreasjon Reed. Ma’Khia Bryant. Ahmaud Arbery. And far too many others whose names never trended. The message was clear: we’ve had enough. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Met Police chief says force 'stretched' and justice system 'frustrating'

Met Police chief says force 'stretched' and justice system 'frustrating' - as he admits London's 'shameful' racism challenge  Sky News

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33 h. ago Racial disparities in criminal justice system ‘shameful’ – Met Police chief

Sir Mark Rowley discussed the racial disparity among suspects and victims of crime in London.

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47 h. ago Cheeky thief nibbles on party leftovers before stealing expensive gadgets and cash in late

Burglar nibbles on party leftovers before stealing expensive gadgets in office raid.

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63 h. ago Time for an emergency budget? Rachel Reeves facing fresh turmoil after GDP falls again

Sparking further warnings of a tax raid this autumn, the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) said gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.1 per cent.

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3 d. ago Photos of a confrontation between protesters and federal officials outside California farm

A confrontation erupted Thursday between protesters and federal officials carrying out a raid on a Southern California farm, with authorities throwing canisters that sprayed what looked like smoke into the air to disperse the crowd.

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6 d. ago Officer who shot Australian Aboriginal teen Kumanjayi Walker was racist, inquest finds

Coroner finds systemic racism within Northern Territory police and says it may have influenced officer’s actions during fatal 2019 shooting

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8 d. ago Met commissioner calls for the axing of 43 county constabularies and the forming of '12 mega forces'

In a damning review of UK's crime fighting set up, the Met Police boss said the current system has not 'been fit for purpose for at least two decades'.

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8 d. ago Even over the Fourth of July weekend, ICE officials didn’t stop their raids in LA: ‘Troubling reminder of federal overreach’

ICE has arrested about 1,600 people in Southern California in recent months

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1 week ago Woman arrested for 'conspiracy to murder' after man attacked through car window

Officers carried out a raid this morning

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1 week ago New night train to beautiful coastal city is one of Europe's longest

In total, it takes 19 hours to complete the trip, trundling through the pretty countryside of Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, and on into Croatia, during the just under 1,200-kilometer route. It will run four times a week

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1 week ago Azerbaijan detains 7 linked to a Russian media outlet as a rift between Baku and Moscow deepens

Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry says seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in Baku have been detained after a Monday raid on its office

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2 w. ago Iraq War architect Condi Rice heaps praise on Trump admin for Iran strikes

Bush era official says bombing raid delivered ‘shot in the arm for American credibility’ but president unlikely to welcome applause from ‘neocon’ unpopular with his MAGA base

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2 w. ago Foreign Office statement after mum gets Turkey travel ban over 'drunken mistake' during trip for boyfriend's new teeth

Georgia Harrison from Rochdale was arrested while travelling to the airport to fly back home to Manchester

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2 w. ago Illegal workers repeatedly hired at famous Kensington café dedicated to Princess Diana

Some staff at Café Diana, which opened in 1989 opposite the gates of Kensington Palace, claimed they were being paid in food

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2 w. ago Illegal workers found in Home Office raids on famous Kensington café dedicated to Princess Diana

Some staff at Café Diana, which opened in 1989 opposite the gates of Kensington Palace, claimed they were being paid in food

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2 w. ago Britain doesn't need to quit ECHR to have a 'sensible immigration policy' says Tory tasked by Kemi with finding UK a way out of human rights system

Shadow attorney general Lord Wolfson KC is leading a Conservative review of the UK's membership of the European Convention of Human Rights.

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2 w. ago Will the Democrats learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory? | Bernie Sanders

Too many Democratic party leaders would rather be the captains on a sinking Titanic than change courseThe Democratic party is at a crossroads.It can continue to push policies that maintain a broken and rigged economic and political system and ignore the pain of the 60% of Americans who live paycheck to paycheck. It can turn its back on the dreams of a younger generation which, if we don’t change that system, will likely be worse off than their parents.Bernie Sanders is a US senator, and ranking member of the health, education, labor and pensions committee. He represents the state of Vermont and is the longest-serving independent in the history of Congress Continue reading...

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