3 h. ago Pictured: Police officer convicted of assaulting his neighbour in row over parking outside his home

PC Daniel Traynor, 38, pushed Joshua Smith on November 29, 2024 after he returned to his home in east London to find a vehicle 'blocking access to his property'.

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4 h. ago Police chief quits amid claims he 'abused his position to have affairs with officers'

Scott Chilton retired as chief constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary after the police watchdog said it was investigating alleged gross misconduct.

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8 h. ago Moment suspected thief's desperate escape bid is foiled after he gets trapped on roof of shed

The 31-year-old man was pursued by officers in Doncaster after he failed to stop for police.

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8 h. ago Former British police officer has citizenship revoked on 'national security' grounds after moving to Russia

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Bullen, originally from Bracknell in Berkshire, spent 11 years working for Hertfordshire Police, where he wrote a training handbook on Russian crime.

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8 h. ago Moment shameless paedophile 'tries to groom police officers' and goads them to 'keep digging' after being arrested for targeting dozens of boys

Jay Lang, 24, of Canvey Island, Essex, got dozens of young boys to send him indecent pictures of themselves, before blackmailing them into sending more explicit images or cash.

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9 h. ago Families of prisoners in Venezuela wait in anguish as promised releases trickle

Yaxzodara Lozada has woken up freezing on a sidewalk outside a Venezuelan prison, hoping her husband, a police officer detained in November, will be released

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10 h. ago 3 inmates dead, corrections officer and others injured in Georgia prison fight, police say

Police in Georgia say three inmates were killed and a corrections officer and several other inmates were injured when a fight broke out at a state prison

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10 h. ago 'Lazy' police officer who Tasered suspected burglar on shed before fall left him in wheelchair 'did not want to chase after him', court told

Leonard Sandiford was running away from police in Woodford Green, east London, when he reached a cul-de-sac and climbed onto a shed.

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10 h. ago US bond markets should be in revolt. Fed independence matters

It is a perilous time to mess with the principle that rate-setters under an independent system should be free of political pressureEx-Fed chairs condemn Trump’s bid to weaken central bank’s independenceTrump’s attempts to influence Fed risk ‘70’s-style inflation and global backlash’Well said, Jerome Powell. The chair of the US Federal Reserve responded to news of a subpoena from the US Department of Justice with a statement that was extraordinary, necessary and stark.A criminal investigation into the Fed, and him personally, over the renovation of the central bank’s headquarters is an attempt to bully officials into setting policy according to the president’s whims, said Powell: “This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions, or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation.” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago US bond markets should be in revolt. Fed independence matters | Nils Pratley

It is a perilous time to mess with the principle that rate-setters under an independent system should be free of political pressureEx-Fed chairs condemn Trump’s bid to weaken central bank’s independenceTrump’s attempts to influence Fed risk 1970s-style inflation and global backlash’Well said, Jerome Powell. The chair of the US Federal Reserve responded to news of a subpoena from the US Department of Justice with a statement that was extraordinary, necessary and stark.A criminal investigation into the Fed, and him personally, over the renovation of the central bank’s headquarters is an attempt to bully officials into setting policy according to the president’s whims, said Powell. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Rookie police officer caught in 'sexual activity' with another woman on adult site

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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12 h. ago Two Met Police officers spared jail after sexually assaulting woman during drunken night out at London casino

Two Metropolitan Police officers who sexually assaulted a woman at a casino were spared jail yesterday, as the judge slammed the force for 'training issues'.

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13 h. ago Wife and two children of police officer killed in Boxing Day blaze died from 'exposure' to fire, inquest told

Fionnghuala Shearman, 38, and her children Eve, seven, and four-year-old Ohner were killed when the fire destroyed their home in Brimscombe, Gloucestershire.

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13 h. ago Met Police officer sacked for assaulting neighbour in 'heated' parking row

PC Daniel Traynor, 38, told his conduct ‘was wholly unbecoming of a police officer’ as he is dismissed by Met

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14 h. ago Spanish police seize 10 tonnes of cocaine hidden in ship off Canary Islands

Haul represents country’s largest seizure at sea, with officers digging bales out from vast amount of saltSpanish police have made their largest-ever seizure of cocaine at sea after finding almost 10 tonnes of the drug hidden among a cargo of salt on a merchant ship off the Canary Islands.Detectives and anti-drug prosecutors investigating a multinational criminal group alleged to be exporting “enormous quantities” of cocaine from South America to Europe had identified a suspect ship that had set off from Brazil, the Policía Nacional said in a statement on Monday. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Sheriff’s deputy manages to catch flock of runaway chickens on the loose in Colorado

Watch as a police officer wrangles a flock of chickens that were running loose through a Colorado neighhborhood.

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15 h. ago Man set fire to Conor McGregor's pub and committed knife attack on police officers

Abdullah Khan set fire to the pub before going on to attack gardai with a knife just days later

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15 h. ago Starbucks barista accused of drawing a pig on sheriff’s deputy’s cup

A police officer who allegedly received a coffee with a pig drawn on the cup said he felt discouraged and disrespected

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16 h. ago What to know about the Uvalde school shooting trial as it heads into its second week

The trial of a Texas police officer charged in the halting law enforcement response to the 2022 attack on Robb Elementary in Uvalde is heading into its second week

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35 h. ago Aberdeen and Rangers fans brawl in mass disturbance ahead of Pittodrie clash

Officers from Police Scotland battled to keep both sets of supporters apart during the disturbance on Summerfield Terrace.

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