3 h. ago Police arrest five after Palestine Action banner is hung from Westminster Bridge as pro

The individuals, aged between fifty and seventy-five, were arrested on the bridge on suspicion of encouraging support for a proscribed organisation contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

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4 h. ago Chilling footage of police interview with teen nursery worker who raped children

Thomas Waller coldly replies "no comment" when questioned by police after arrest for shocking abuse.

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6 h. ago Police arrest 24 fugitives in a single day after 'intense' operation

Those held incldued suspects wanted for witness intimidation and serious assault

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30 h. ago Police arrest man after 'fake admiral' turned up at Remembrance Sunday event

A man has been arrested after a 'fake admiral' turned up at a Remembrance Sunday event in Wales.

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56 h. ago Cocky gunman stunned as armed police arrest him for murder of Olivia Pratt

A new documentary examines the moment police marksmen arrest dangerous gangland hitman Thomas Cashman for the murder of nine-year-old who he shot dead in her own home

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58 h. ago Boy, six, dies after 'medical episode' at home as police arrest woman and teenage girl on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of a child

Paramedics called police to a house in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, at around 9am on Monday after the child was found having a 'medical episode'.

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59 h. ago German police arrest suspected Hamas member accused of sourcing weapons to attack Jewish targets

The Lebanese-born man was arrested on Tuesday after entering the motorway near the Czech border

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3 d. ago She stepped out of prison to taste freedom, but police were waiting to arrest her again

A woman was arrested moments after being released from prison

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3 d. ago Moment armed police swarm Vauxhall Astra to arrest thug who blasted man at point blank range with shotgun

Leon Haughton, 34, had placed a GPS tracker on his victim's car and followed him before shooting him in the early hours of the morning on April 6.

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4 d. ago Jeremy Corbyn turns up at court in solidarity with Palestine Action protesters accused of terror offences

Some 36 people pleaded not guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London after being charged under anti-terror laws for supporting the banned group.

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4 d. ago Prevent ‘very ineffective’ in dealing with political extremism – Dominic Grieve

A review found that counter-terrorism measures including the law used to ban Palestine Action and Prevent are being used too widely.

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4 d. ago The Secret Santa Project review – festive romcom tries for the Love Actually style multiple story strands

Set in a London council office, this clunky Christmas comedy interweaves a handful of storylines but musters only a brief flicker of cosy charmFeelgood Christmas romcoms are like school nativity plays: you can forgive a lot in return for a toasty warm festive glow. The Secret Santa Project, based on a book by Tracy Bloom and set in a London council’s accounting department, manages a brief flicker of cosy charm in places but in truth it’s bit of a Christmas clunker.Like Richard Curtis’s Love Actually this is a film with a handful of interwoven storylines. Samantha Giles plays Diane, the grinchy head of accounts who in the tradition of London romcoms walks to work over Westminster bridge past Big Ben; she would love to see Christmas cancelled and save the council a few pounds. Her husband Leon (Mark Williams) is a panto director, and Diane suspects he’s got a thing going on with Snow White. This plot line is not a million miles from Emma Thompson’s in Love Actually, but it bungles alo...

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4 d. ago Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular

Briefing paper warned proscription could also heighten Muslim-Jewish tensions and be seen as favouring IsraelMinisters banned Palestine Action despite being told by their advisers it could “inadvertently enhance” the group’s profile, an official government document shows.The briefing paper was written three months before the proscription of the group, which was set up to take direct action to halt UK arms supplies to Israel. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Terror law used to ban Palestine Action being used too widely, report warns

A three-year review also found that anti-radicalisation scheme Prevent is ‘not fit for purpose’

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5 d. ago Legal experts and politicians criticise process used to ban Palestine Action

Independent commission says definition of terrorism relied on by ministers is too broad and more parliamentary oversight is neededLegal experts, former government ministers and an ex-MI6 director have criticised the process used to ban Palestine Action.The members of an independent commission set up by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law said the definition of terrorism was too broad and better parliamentary oversight and judicial scrutiny was needed. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Police raid homes and arrest four men in 'dodgy Fire Sticks' illegal streaming crackdown

Four individuals have been arrested by police as the crackdown on 'dodgy Fire Sticks' continues. 

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5 d. ago Woman hit by 'harmful substance' on Buchanan Street as police make arrest

The attack in Glasgow city centre left a woman in hospital.

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5 d. ago Police searching for Palestine Action prisoner who absconded after being freed from prison for wedding

The government has warned that Sean Middlebrough may face a longer sentence after he absconded

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6 d. ago Manhunt launched for Palestine Action activist accused of going on the run from HMP Wandsworth after skipping bail

Sean Middleborough, 32, who was being held on remand at HMP Wandsworth in south-west London, was granted bail for a weekend to attend his brother's wedding. But he did not return to prison.

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7 d. ago Tanzania police arrest opposition party official after deadly election protests

Chadema party says deputy secretary general arrested and calls election of incumbent president fraudulentTanzanian authorities have detained a senior official from the main opposition party Chadema amid a spate of arrests in connection to deadly protests during elections last week.More than 1,000 people were killed by security forces during the demonstrations, according to Chadema and human rights bodies. The Tanzanian government has said these figures were exaggerated but did not give its own figures. Continue reading...

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