4 h. ago Shops 'closed' and police 'everywhere' as gunman fears put schools in lockdown

Armed officers and a police helicopter descended following the incident

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7 h. ago Live: Schools 'on lockdown' in Wigan as armed police called to firearms report

A police helicopter was also called to the incident amid the major police response

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25 h. ago Trump’s state visit: American flags, armed police, and tourists swarm Windsor Castle

The Independent visited Windsor in Berkshire ahead of Donald Trump's state visit to the town on Tuesday (16 September), where he and his wife Melania will be staying until Friday (19 September).

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35 h. ago Arrest warrant issued for UK citizen after body found in septic tank in Kenya

An inquest in 2018 found Agnes Wanjiru had been murdered by British soldiers.

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55 h. ago Gang attack on armored vehicle in Haiti leaves 2 police officers injured and 1 driver dead

Authorities in Haiti say that two police officers have been injured and one driver killed after their armored vehicle came under attack in a community near Haiti’s capital

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57 h. ago UK cops won't be given guns despite safety review saying they should

Police chiefs should consider arming officers with semi-automatic pistols to protect them from knife attacks in the capital, a review said

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57 h. ago Live updates as number of schools in lockdown after large police response

Armed police officers were seen heading to a Welsh port town on Monday morning

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57 h. ago Schools in lockdown after reports of person seen carrying axe

Armed police officers were seen heading to a Welsh port town on Monday morning

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60 h. ago Metropolitan Police officers 'should be armed with guns' amid soaring knife crime, confidential report advises

The internal document said the force should consider arming staff from basic command units with semi-automatic pistols to protect them from violent criminals

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2 d. ago Armed response vehicles, baton guns and ballistic helmets: Inside the police operation for Trump’s UK visit

King is to host US president and his wife, first lady Melania Trump, at Windsor Castle from Wednesday to Friday

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3 d. ago Edinburgh armed police swoop on plush neighbourhood as 'males seen in cuffs'

In an image taken from the scene, officers wearing helmets and stab proof vests, had appeared to place two young males in handcuffs on the corner of Hector's Bar.

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4 d. ago Cancelled Graham Linehan flees Britain and flies back to the US where he wants to be a 'free speech refugee'

Graham Linehan is even more determined to make the US his home now after his dramatic arrest last week by five armed police officers when he arrived at London Heathrow.

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5 d. ago Elderly sailor rescued after 45 days lost at sea but has bomb squad called

Armed police were called to the scene following the man's rescue from the boat at King Edward's Bay in Tynemouth, along with an Army bomb disposal team

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8 d. ago UK internet user 'stopped school massacre' as teen arrested with bag of knives

The 15-year-old was live streaming as he entered a school with weapons saying he planned to carry out an attack

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9 d. ago Armed police arrest son of former Premier League footballer outside McDonald's for drink

Tom Huckerby (right), 25, of Norwich, Norfolk, found himself in cuffs at a branch of the fast food restaurant chain in his hometown on July 18.

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9 d. ago Tom Phillips, fugitive father on run with children for nearly four years, shot dead by NZ police in exchange of fire

Phillips, who has been on the run with his children for four years, was shot by police after officers came under fire while investigating burglary in Piopio, authorities saidNew Zealand police search for missing children after shooting – latest updatesA fugitive father who had been hiding in New Zealand’s rugged wilderness with his three children for nearly four years has been shot dead by police investigating an armed burglary, police said on Monday.The whereabouts of Tom Phillips has attracted headlines around the world since just before Christmas 2021, when he fled into the Waikato wilderness with his children Ember, now 9, Maverick, 10, and Jayda, 12, following a custody dispute with their mother. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Cancelled by Britain, Graham Linehan's war with trans lobby ended his career and his marriage. Now he's quit the UK for America

The Father Ted creator was arrested by armed police at Heathrow Airport last week and questioned over three tweets defending women from transgender rights campaigners.

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1 week ago Retired police officer claims her own force knocked on her door after she referred to a transgender activist by her birth name on social media

 A retired police officer says she was investigated by her former colleagues after she 'dead-named' a transgender woman on the internet. 

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1 week ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan seeks asylum in US as a 'free speech refugee' after being arrested by armed police at Heathrow last week over trans tweets

The Father Ted creator was arrested by armed police at Heathrow Airport last week and questioned over three tweets defending women from transgender rights campaigners.

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1 week ago Armed police storm Glasgow cafe after reports of man with bladed weapon

Two rushed to hospital after broad daylight incident involving a weapon on Tollcross Road.

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